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  1. SiG

    A day off in Rotterdam next week: Black Woodpecker?

    Hello I’ve just realised I’ll have the best part of Wednesday free, based in Rotterdam, next week. Black Woodpecker would be a lifer for me: is this feasible? Where and how (inc by public transport probably) should I go about it? Thanks in advance for all help
  2. SiG

    Torsby municipality, Varmlands, August: pointless?

    Hi I have a week or so with family at their country retreat, a former mission house nr Vagsjofors (excuse missing accents) N of Torsby, where the E45 hangs right. I've seen some decent woodpeckers on the Vagsjofors site list, and also some good birds at Naturreservatet Fänstjärnsskogen which...
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  3. SiG

    Eagle spp? Iraq

    Not my photos: from a friend in Iraq. Best he has; all help appreciated. " It was seen in a mountain range north of Erbil, kurdistan. Not as big as a fish eagle If that helps."
  4. SiG

    Any info on Algiers?

    Hi Work takes me to Algiers this week; a full-on schedule with just one four hour window to myself (with a driver). Any thoughts or advice on any birding sites I might see in the city or its immediate environs? Shokran
  5. SiG

    Nice job counting corncrakes and bitterns ...

    ... in Bosnia http://www.undp.ba/index.aspx?PID=19&RID=1060
  6. SiG

    Excellent After Sales Service - CJ's!

    Credit where it's due ... We're all used to seeing Swarovski rightfully praised for the quality of their after sales service. I'd like to heap some praise on CJ Wild Bird Food today. I must admit that I don't buy much of my food from them, but over the years have bought over a dozen general seed...
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    One day to spare in Oban, August

    Hi Work takes me to Oban next week for a meeting. I'll get one whole day to myself and a couple of early mornings; I won't have a car but I will have my optics. What would you recommend I do with this time for birding? Thanks in advance of any practical suggestions for where to go and what to...
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    One day to spare in Oban, August

    Hi Work takes me to Oban next week for a meeting. I'll get one whole day to myself and a couple of early mornings; I won't have a car but I will have my optics. What would you recommend I do with this time for birding? Thanks in advance of any practical suggestions for where to go and what to...
  9. SiG

    Camargue on foot

    Having solicited a massive no replies whatsoever to my request for any tips on Marseille o:) it now looks as though I'll get off a train in Arles about this time next week (Sunday evening) and will need to be back in Marseille for work on the last train Wednesday night (leaving Arles or St...
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    • Forum: France
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    Timberhawk Rut Buster Backpack

    I got one of these for a recent birthday and, for the purpose for which I required it, found it to be the dog's parts. Sufficiently impressed was I that I was arsed to pen a product review here
  11. SiG

    Christmas morning, Portslade beach.

    Dog and daughter in tow, a quick stroll on the beach near Millionaires' Row produced lots of Ruddy Turnstones, some Ringed Plovers, and - a first for me on this occasional patch - a single Purple Sandpiper, (plus numerous House Sparrows, Linnets, some Greenfinches, a Cormorant, and the usual...
  12. SiG

    Marseille for work late March - any birding tips?

    Hi I can probably blag my way to a conference in Marseilles for work in the last week of March, and can either go early or come back later to get a couple of days' birding in. I'll be relying on public transport (and won't have budgets to hire driver/guides, so thanks for the usual offers you...
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  13. SiG

    Marshside: 2008 Bird Report, Info, Latest Sightings

    Hi. The 2008 and 2007 bird reports can be downloaded as pdf documents here. Marshside and other local sites interactive site info map here Marshside and locality latest sightings here
  14. SiG

    An hour at Marshside, 17th March

    My first wheatear of the year, a merlin, and some harcore avocet action ... written reports are so 20th century ~ there's a photo and a 90 second video here!
  15. SiG

    Twitching the Night Away ...

    Ziggy Stardust looks like a grebe; Guy Garvey spent his Mercury prize money on posh binoculars - Roy Wilkinson takes a look at rock's long-standing love affair with birdwatching Article on The Guardian website
  16. SiG

    Long-tailed Tit constantly tapping at the window

    Working from home today, and every few minutes a Long-tailed Tit is perching on the study window sills and tapping the glass a few times before heading off to feeders and other gardens. The windows were cleaned yesterday ... It's done this more than thirty times now, doesn't seem to be...
  17. SiG

    SiG 09

    British Isles ~ Mute Swan Cygnus olor Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Brent Goose (Dark-bellied) Branta bernicla bernicla Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Wigeon Anas penelope Gadwall Anas strepera Teal...
  18. SiG

    http://ultimatenaturegear.co.uk/

    Can anyone recommend or vouch for the bona fides of this website? Thanks
  19. SiG

    Any Scaup genes in this Tufted Duck?

    Seen (from a very long distance, hence these are tiny crops from digiscoped pics) at Moore NR, nr Warrington today. Such a prominent amount of white around the bill base, and such a tiny tuft that it made me look twice; quite a sizeable black blob at the bill tip too, but back darker than flanks...
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    Moore NR: access question

    Hi Am I right in thinking that on foot it is possible to enter the reserve by the route A5060 > Trans-Pennine trail (north of the canal/chemical works/Walton) and take the track in by the the eastern reedbeds? Thanks (Seems this is right: found the answer in a googled post on "wild about...
  21. SiG

    Seeking an mp3 of Kruper's Nuthatch

    Can anyone point me in the direction of an online mp3 of Kruper's Nuthatch, or email me one? Thanks in advance. EDIT: Found an excellent .wav @ freesound.org ~ sorted :t:
  22. SiG

    BoP, Bozburun Peninsula, S.W. Turkey, Dec 2008

    Attached are two crops from a couple of challenging jpgs sent to me by a friend who lives on the peninsula. They're the same bird, snapped yesterday morning. He's not a birder, so no further info on size, flight, jizz, etc. My first thought, looking at the apparent four free primaries in both...
  23. SiG

    Advice please: 3 or 4 days pedestrian birding, E / NE Spain, early March

    Hello. Work takes me to Barcelona for a conference in the first week of March. Previously it's taken me to Seville, where the cheap bus ride to El Rocio has left me in perfect pedestrian birding territory, and I've used that opportunity to extend the trip by a few days and get some decent...
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    Advice please: a few hours to spare in Muscat, Oman, next weekend

    Hello all. Work takes me to Muscat for a couple of days this week, and it seems I may get a few hours to myself at some point, and this is likely to be mid-afternoon onwards. Bins are packed. I've read up and it seems the potential for lifers is enormous for someone who has never done any...
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    Blackbirds fledged this evening

    Good to see three fledglings emerge from the nest in the climbers on the garden wall and, eventually, safely take to the wing encouraged by both parents. Seemed healthy enough; not a cat in sight, and the mother bird still making use of the mealworms that have been available to them for the last...
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