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  1. James Armstrong

    The Famous Five Find a Garganey at Oare Marshes, 13.4.04

    The Famous Five Find a Garganey at Oare Marshes, 13.4.04 Geraldine and I once again teamed up with fellow BFers DaveG, partner Sam and their five-year old son Jamie at Oare Marshes, Kent yesterday in search of the drake Garganey reported thereabouts. This would be a lifer for Dave, Sam and...
  2. James Armstrong

    Bird brains - new research results.

    Discovered this article in the Sunday Times yesterday - thought it would be of interest:- From the Sunday Times November 02, 2003 link:- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,2-523-876938,00.html Bird brains? They're the high flyers CARL GIERSTORFER BIRDS have emerged as rivals to...
  3. James Armstrong

    Help needed with new firewall!

    Since downloading the Sygate firewall recommended by Diane, I keep getting messages asking me whether I want to let things cross it e.g. birdforum, Symantec (my anti-virus update program) etc. In some cases I can see what it is and tick accordingly but in a lot of cases I haven't a clue. One...
  4. James Armstrong

    Mothagrams!

    Seven British Moths from 2,400 plus species are hidden in the following anagrams. There's a theme as well! 1. Fight swots. 2. Think highbrow, mad mum. 3. A well-worn monster's spiel? 4. Lucid megapode. 5. Gee! A crackpot! 6. Pish! Lax lemon. 7. Rats! Brisk slogan. Good luck! o:D james and...
  5. James Armstrong

    The Famous Five Go Mad in Sandwich Bay - Last Chapter

    The obs staff then opened two very large moth traps and started iding the hundred of specimens therein in an impressively knowledgeable way considering how many species of moth there are altogether in the country. Only one or two needed recourse to the book. For somebody not very well up on...
  6. James Armstrong

    Part Three: Sandwich Bay Day

    I must at this point give Dave 'Eagle Eyes' G the credit for spotting the Great Egret. During lunch a common lizard ran across the patio where we were eating our packed lunch al fresco. Then just as we finished the hard-working ringers struggled back with yet more birds to ring: Reed warbler...
  7. James Armstrong

    Sandwich Bay Day: Part the Second

    Saw a couple of kestrels above the trees. Then on to the New Scrape where a lot of redigging and landscaping is in progress plus a wheelchair-friendly path to the hide from the road. Here things got a bit more exciting. Apart from lots of linnets and pippets on the scrape which isn't that...
  8. James Armstrong

    Sandwich Bay Day: Part One

    Sun 21st September 2003 Geraldine and I had a great day today. We met Dave G, his partner Sam and son Jamie at the Observatory(which they hadn't visited before) at 8.a.m. to find them already in the hut watching the ringing (which starts at dawn!) Birds ringed were a Reed Warbler, several...
  9. James Armstrong

    University of California Santa Cruz

    My 21 year- old daughter's off to the states for a year as part of her American Studies Degree at the University of Sussex. She's living and studying at the UCSC campus. Any of our American members know anything about it? Any useful advice I can give her about birding or non-birding in the area...
  10. James Armstrong

    Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory (SBBO)

    Geraldine and I are members of The Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust. (Registered Charity) President Bill Oddie. We were made very welcome when we first visited as non-members and were given a guided tour of the place including the traps and ringing huts plus their library and natural history...
  11. James Armstrong

    Cliffe Pools

    From the RSPB Website:- www.rspb.org.uk Cliffe Pools The 230 hectares of Cliffe Pools is a mix of saline lagoons, freshwater pools, grassland, saltmarsh and scrub. These habitats have developed on old clay diggings and river dredgings. The RSPB will be working in partnership with Westminster...
  12. James Armstrong

    Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve (Essex Wildlife Trust)

    125ac/50ha OS Ex184/a168 GR 041 195 Essex Wildlife Trust's flagship reserve on the west shore of the Colne Estuary, created out of disused gravel workings. Bare gravel, clay, mud and sediments are inviting seedbeds for wild plants, and the disturbed, undulating terrain is largely buried in...
  13. James Armstrong

    Oare Marshes - short visit.

    Finally made it to Oare Marshes (see RobinM's thread in County by County Index and his visit report recently). Geraldine and I arrived in Oare about 5pm tonight after deciding to give it a quick visit on such a pleasant evening. We didn't have any idea of the tide times but thought we'd go...
  14. James Armstrong

    Can I digiscope with the scope I have?

    Hi Andy and all other digiscopers, As well as our binos my partner, Geraldine and I use a Nikon Spotting Scope 80A (Angled-body type) with a 27x Nikon Eyepiece. Can this be used for digiscoping and how should we go about it? If not what would you recommend as a good beginning digiscoping...
  15. James Armstrong

    Bird celebrities.

    Just been talking about Sammy the Stilt (Black-winged) of Titchwell RSBP reserve fame with Michael. Anybody got any details of other wild birds similarly well known as individuals in their parts of the world? It could just be a bird you've named. I expect lots of people have garden visitors they...
  16. James Armstrong

    Hello Everybody!

    Hi everyone. What a fantastic site! Kept me awake last night 'til gone 2 in the morning! I'm James Armstrong and although I've been watching birds since I was a a kid. It's only within the last three years that I've started seriously twitching. I'm a member of the RSPB and Sandwich Bay Bird...
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