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  1. Strandman

    C-ring scheme for a green-flagged Dunlin?

    A bit of a long shot, but just in case anyone happens to recognise the scheme that this bird comes from. It was on the Stour in Suffolk last month. I've tried the Dunlin projects on the crbirding and IWSG database (relevant lines attached), but none use c-rings on both tarsus and tibia on...
  2. Strandman

    Mergansers flighting out to roost at sea

    Does anyone have any current experience of Red-breasted Mergansers (and maybe other things like R-t Divers, Long-tailed Duck) flighting out of estuaries at dusk to roost at sea, returning at dawn? That's what they used to do here (Suffolk/Essex) but it seems they may have stopped bothering...
  3. Strandman

    Fish ID Mull April

    Does anyone happen to know the ID of this fish? Bright yellow body (or at least belly), long thin tail. Any pointers would be much appreciated.
  4. Strandman

    Red Deer in the Brecks

    Are there any particular good sites to see Red Deer in the Brecks? I see them there now again, but my son is back in September and keen to find some in a non-park, non-Minsmere setting. Hence a more organised approach to tracking them down than I am used to. I'm not after sensitive sites...
  5. Strandman

    Hijack via Netgear wizard?

    Strange incident this morning. The icon on my Mac top sites for google search replaced itself with what seems to be the Netgear set-up wizard, but has now reverted to google search. I have a Netgear extender and I can see a mywifiext URL in history, which looks authentic to my inexpert eye...
  6. Strandman

    Pipit, Suffolk April 2013

    Could some kind soul talk me through the ID of this pipit? I'm used to Rock Pipits in winter and the occasional rather pale looking grey'n 'pink Water Pipit in spring (a beauty at Minsmere today, which prompted this post from the recent past), but this 2013 bird seemed tricky to me with...
  7. Strandman

    South Korea January 2014

    I've posted some notes in Vacational Trip Reports: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2919361#post2919361
  8. Strandman

    South Korea January 2014

    Just back from a couple of weeks in South Korea, partly surveying for Scaly-sided Merganser and partly winter birding. Not a full report, but here are some notes in case helpful. General: South Korea looks deceptively small on the map, alongside the mighty China. But it's about 5 hours...
  9. Strandman

    spitting feathers

    crap photos [poor light etc.] of some memorable otter action this morning, sharking a Mute Swan outside Argos in Thetford his tactic was to swim past looking uninterested, then turn at about 5 metres past, leap clear out of the water to get up speed and then hit the swan from underneath... he...
  10. Strandman

    partridge playing by the rules

    nice moment today Red-legged Partridge wandering across the mud when a Peregrine comes in to strafe the Knot flock now every partridge knows the rule when a Peregrine is about, you crouch and don't budge an inch for at least 10 minutes but not every partridge knows that there is an exception...
  11. Strandman

    what species are these people watching?

    I think there are enough clues here for you hardened quizzers to intuit this..
  12. Strandman

    moving threads from here to country-specific sub-forums?

    Just musing- it seems a shame that the many good threads in Information Wanted don't end up in the country-specific sub-forums, which oftentimes are quiet, despite the good material being here. I can see it is best to post queries in Information Wanted first-off, as you are more likely to get a...
  13. Strandman

    Cranes at Linum, Brandenburg

    It looks like i might be in Berlin for a couple of days at the end of the month and might be able to sneak off for Cranes. Dos anyone have any information on where best site is: I have got as far as Linum Brandenburg as my top answer, but anything more specific would be very handy (and much...
  14. Strandman

    Swarovski comes in from the cold..

    just had returned to me this morning (thank-you RSPB) a Swarovski 20-60 zoom eyepiece that I lost December in a camera bag spill horror lost on the river bank and was found in April where it had rolled to, so it has survived 4 months of rain, frost, snow :eek!: tried it out on my beloved...
  15. Strandman

    salt water shrew

    bit of a surprise whilst wader counting in sunny Suffolk today Black-headed Gull about a hundred metres out into the salt marsh with a very much alive (until swalllowed) shrew, which on size along I think must be a Water Shrew I've spent many years creeping about this locale and had no idea...
  16. Strandman

    router firewall strangling internet

    Hello all Just wondering if anyone might have some wise words on a router problem- I've just replaced an old Netgear router (hit by lightning...it's been that kind of summer) with a new (Netgear N300) and the new is delivering very slow speeds compared to the old. But if I switch off the...
  17. Strandman

    just in case you don't read the Daily Express

    always nice to see R-b Shrike image, even in a most unlikely place.. not my usual morning reading, I hasten to add www.express.co.uk/cartoon/view/2012-07-16
  18. Strandman

    Kindle

    just wallowing in the joy of J.A. Baker's the Peregrine on Kindle for under a £tenner: forcing myself to read it just a few pages at a time, so every word gets savoured this time around which happy experience prompts a thought: anyone else spotted any bird books worth having at under a £tenner...
  19. Strandman

    Kiskunsag

    Just back from a very nice few days at Kiskunsag, so I've stuck some notes on the vacational thread, in case of interest. http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2455327#post2455327
  20. Strandman

    Kiskunsag, Hungary

    Just back from my annual outing to E Europe- I must be getting old, because I couldn't quite face the long flog east from Warsaw to Biebrza or the wait on the border with Belarus, so opted for Kiskunsag in Hungary for a few days. A report would be OTT, but here's some notes. Logistics and...
  21. Strandman

    nice little Tunnicliffe proj

    funny old world was dragged round an auction house the other day and amongst the tat were some wonderful Tunnicliffe card books bundled with Enid Blyton and Thomas the Tank anyways I got sidetracked and missed the auction, but out of curiosity when reminded checked e-bay and got the same...
  22. Strandman

    rippley lakewater

    could be the name of a folk musician but in fact a request for advice- I'm on Smew #2 and it's all going a bit wrong, so I thought I might stop and seek out a bit of learning (which for me often means looking for someone to imitate..) anyone happen to have any favourite examples of painters...
  23. Strandman

    Florida mammal declines linked to pythons

    I thought this was eye-catching: I'm always intrigued by studies that give glimpses into when predators do or don't impact prey population levels long-term but as an amateur, I've no idea if this one is good science: Burmese pythons, giant constricting snakes native to Asia, now are found...
  24. Strandman

    RL Buzz in Lancashire?

    assuming not a spoof, here's nice http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2262709#post2262709
  25. Strandman

    marsh plant ID UK

    with the usual apologies for my ignorance could someone help with the ID of the plant growing in the mud on this little flood?
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