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    Confirm this please

    I am sure I know what it is but your ideas would be appreciated! I would say it was a challenge but not to some of you people ..and you know who I mean:@)
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    Golden oriole or Stone curlew?

    Or both:@) can anyone help? My wife and I are spending a week in norfolk May29th-June3rd and have a trip planned to weeting to see the stone curlews we do not drive and have booked a taxi to take us from wells to weeting so its a one off trip, looking at birdguides I see that golden oriole can...
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    Worst bird id?

    I told the tale in another thread of a workmate iding Pied wagtail as baby magpie this made me think what is the worst id you have ever witnessed? I once saw someone at a park point to a Canada goose turn to his wife and say "look at the size of that Mallard!".That will take some beating but i'm...
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    Non-birders questions

    Is it just me or do your non birding workmates ever ask you about strange birds they have seen? Do you ever get a reasonable description? I had 2 people at work tell me about birds they had seen in there gardens this week and could not identify either of them! This is how they were described 1...
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    Favourite bird behaviour

    following on from Fifebirders favourite bit of a bird post what is your favourite bird behaviour I for one never get bored with watching ravens flip upside down how about you?
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    Waxwings?

    Hi ..anyone in the County Durham area know if there are still Waxwings at Houghall?
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    Seawatching?

    Hi all just wanted to pick your brains again, its forcast for stong Northerlies tomorrow if it was late summer I would go to whitburn ob for a seawatch is there any point in going in February? what sort of birds could you see at this time of year on the north east coast?
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    Ladbrokes albatross Bird race

    I bet you think this is a good idea! Take a look at this web site.. http://www.ladbrokes.com/bigbirdrace/site.html Any comments. I think its a great idea!
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    Master class?

    How about a series of Master classes from you highly experienced birders out there to help us "Dudes" can we start the ball rolling here How do you Differentiate Meadow and Rock Pipits? We saw a rock pipit today ..we think, but always find it hard to be absolutly sure...what do you look for when...
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    Started the year with a new patch tick:@)

    Jan 1st The weather was much better than the forcast predicted but no public transport so My wife and I had a walk over the fields through a nearby farm and back so in the order of when we saw them here they are 1 Herring gull 2 Greenfinch 3 Chaffinch 4 Wren 5 Bluetit 6 Starling 7...
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    Buy one!

    I just got an extend a view mini monitor shade for my Coolpix4500 what a difference it makes! Now if I can just persuade my wife to upgrade my kowa scope to the flouride version:@)
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    How trusting can you get?

    We had a day out at the WWT Washington today nice view of a water rail and loads of siskins but the highlight of the day was this Robin. We were right at the far end of the reserve when we saw this Robin in a low bush my wife had some seed in a bag and jokingly I said "give it your last bit of...
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    Your Birding year?

    Only a week to go! How has 2003 Been for you all? I have for the first time achieved more than 200 species in a year (207) and got 20 new lifers up from 218 to 238 all in all quite a satisfying year I think!
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    Dragonfly ID please

    Hi I was birdwatching my local patch in County Durham earlier this year when this landed about 2 foot from me I have never seen a large dragonfly in my area before and would be interested to know what it is and if its unusual to see them around here or if its just me not noticing them?
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    Weather (or not)

    Hi I'm not very experienced and have been wondering exactly how the weather effects what birds turn up I know that on my local coast a N.east wind is good for seawatching but what effect does other weather have for example there is snow and strong Northerlies forcast for the weekend what, if...
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    Ah yes..I remember it well

    Just read Janes blow me down with a feather thread and it got me thinking. WHAT IS YOUR FIRST MEMORY CONCERNING BIRDS I was about 6 or 7 years old about 1966ish my dad took me night fishing and we had a fire lit on the beach..fresh cod fried in lard in a shovel mmm all of a sudden there was...
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    Familiarity breeds contempt?

    Shocked myself today! my wife and I have been birding quite seriously for about 3 years today we went to seal sands and Dormands pool in cleveland and had an enjoyable 3 hours we watched the sands for an hour and saw Curlew Dunlin Grey Plover Redshank Red breasted merganser Oystercatcher and...
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    Cutest Bird?

    Ok people its leading up to Christmas I think its time to bring on the daft threads so how about this. Whats the cutest bird you have ever seen? My life list is only just approaching 250 so I wont be able to compete with some of you world travelers but how about this Snow Bunting to start you off.
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    So that's why you need decent bin's!

    My wife and I were I suppose "casual" birdwatchers until about 3 years ago lots of walks in the country with a pair of 8X21 bins in case we saw anything then one day we went to the Tees marshes to see what all the fuss was about and found loads of birds we had never seen before. The big broblem...
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    Scope advice please

    Hi ..I have been using a Kowa 821 with 32XW lens for 3 years now and started digiscoping earlier this year my results have been ok but not quite right and I put this down to me being inexperienced but on saturday I bought a pair of leica 8x42 ultravids and now find the image quality of the scope...
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