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  1. kas

    Back from the Abyss

    Hello everyone I haven't been on here for a long time so thought I would say Hello again :t:I have spent too many hours lost in social media :C However I have recently seen myself referring to the forums for info, so thought it was time to dip my feet back in. Its great to see Delia and Jos...
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    Florida late November/early December.

    Hi there I was wondering if anyone could help me with some advice, as I am struggling to find the information I am looking for on the internet (there is too much info!!) Where is the best area to choose for birding holiday during the last week in November, first few days of December as I am...
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    Coolpix repair advice

    Hi there I was wondering if anyone could give me advcie on my NIkon coolpix 4500? My OH took it with him one day when he climbed a local Munro. It was minus 8 when they left the car and think it would have been about minus 15 at the top where he used it to take about 30 scenic photos. Ever...
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    Buzzard??(very rubbish photo)

    I could not make out through my scope what Raptor this was when I saw it on Sunday. The photos are terrible I know but I thought I would post them anyway, just in case some expert can say what it is. It was very faustrating as I had to be somewhere so I could not wait to see the bird fly off...
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    Grey pups appearing

    The Grey pupping season has started here in Caithness with pups being spotted at the weeknd. Normally it works that the further north you are the later the season starts. I had heard reports that the pups appeared to be late this year in parts of England, Any truth in this. Some photos can be...
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    Siskin influx due to a harsh winter???

    I have heard from other birders that high numbers of Siskins have been seen in Caithness this last week. I also read an article in the weekends Press and Journal which was similair(but larger) to the one below taken from Saturdays Telegraph. Mass arrival of finches herald a cold winter The...
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    Basic Florida guide

    HI there Looking for a basic Florida bird book with Floridas common birds. I am heading out in March, but will not get birding done as the holiday is for the kids. I still think I should have a bird guide as I am still bound to come across some birds at some point. Cheers
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    2 for UK

    Hi there I have not been 100% sure of these birds and had 2 different answers for both. One is sadly a squashed bird that was on our road about 2 months ago. The other a seaduck last week out in front of the house..
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    Super Whooper

    I do not know if anyone else has been watching the super whooper migration on the wildfowl and wetlands trust website, the same type of project as super goose that was featured on Autumnwatch. The first whooper to make its migration south has arrived near Loch Heilen, Caithness this evening...
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    Goldie attacking a Roe

    A very experienced birder emailed me this yesterday. This guy knows his stuff and is paid to carry out survey work. What is just as fascinating is we do not normally get Golden eagles where the bird was spotted. I must check to see if it was an immature bird. I had a Golden eagle pass by me at...
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    H5N1 in UK

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/6327193.stm Here we go again. What impact will this have on peoples attitude to our wild birds?
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    Beluga sighted off Caithness

    http://www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk/news.php What a shocker. I am trying to find out more on the sighting. My seawatching friend spends hours a week in winter and summer watching from Lybster, and I am sad to say it was not him who made the sighting. What an awesome sight it would be to see...
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    White-winged Gulls

    Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but why is it nearly always 1st winter and 2nd white winged gulls that turn up in Britian. Living in the North of Scotland has allowed me to see many, including 8 1st winter Icelands today. Yet I have never clapped eyes on an adult and have rarely...
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    Missing Twite

    An article that was featured in a few papers today and here on the BBC website. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6299389.stm I saw some good sized flocks in October but none since despite keeping a close eye out for them. Has anyone elsewhere noticed their absence...
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    Hedehog hibernation

    Hedgehog hibernation I saw a dead Hedgehog on the road yesterday. Should it not have been in hibernation?? May have it been ill, or has its hibernation been effected by the mild weather. Right now it is freezing, but last week it was up to 12 degrees. We have not had many frosts this winter...
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    World cup threat to swallows.

    World cup site threat to swallows. I apologise if this has already been posted on here, but I had a look and could not see it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6153104.stm Even mentions my town.
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    Juv UK Gull

    A friend had this gull in the corner of a photo. I have not looked at Gulls for a year, and the little I did learn has completely gone. Is it a first winter Herring Gull.
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    Servicing

    Hi there Although I love birdwatching when it comes to optics I dont have a clue, I just use what the other half buys me. I have had my Swarovski 8.5x42 for 5 years now, and he says they need a service. Can anyone point me in the right direction with this? As in do they need serviced and if...
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    Grey seal pups

    Anyone seen many pups yet? I think we may have a later season than further south. Unfortunatley all the pups we know about have died, most we think down to human disturbance, as one of the most popular areas has been taken over by quad/bike owners at the weekends, as well as lots of dog walkers...
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    Caithness Birding

    HI everyone I have been thinking about this for a while and since the org pages (not forum) have come to a standstill, I thought the few of us that are on here, could post our sightings. I hope you dont mind. After work I went in search of the Surf Scoter spotted in an Eider flock in Dunnet bay...
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    Berry Bonanza

    I dont know one tree from another as we dont have many trees up here, its always a comment made by tourist. I do however know the rowan., and boy what a year it has been for them up here. They are bursting with berries this year, I have never seen anything like this that I remember. Other trees...
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    Not as many as Oddie

    But still an amazing sight. This is one of the biggest starling flocks I have personally witnessed, although I am sure many of you will have seen larger flocks. I coulbnt believe seeing them, after Bills starling film being repeated on Autumnwatch last night. The noise of their wings was...
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    Redwings

    Well Bill Oddie predicted last night on Autmnwatch we should start to see Redwings as the winds are SE. Bang on cue this morning I saw a couple of hundred between home and work. Away out to see what else the easterlies have brought in.
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    Sooty Shearwater???

    Have I just seen my first ever Sooty Shearwater???? I look out over a bay that is situated between 2 Headlands. Alot of birds pass between the headland, and some are not possible to ID but I am pretty sure I may have seen a Sooty Shearwater. It appeared to be pure black but it was a good...
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    Skua kills skua

    Has anyone ever seen a Great Skua kill one of its own. I have never witnessed this until today. The dominant one persued and drowned the other skua just as it would any other bird it would prey apon, and then procedded to pluck it. Also in the middle was a fulmar attacking both of the skuas...
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