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  1. digi-birder

    For all techies

    I've just been having a terrible time with my computer at work, and suspected that the hard drive was failing. I had this confirmed by posting on a tech forum, but the solution to getting the data from the hard drive was not one I'd ever heard about. I do backups, but the external drive didn't...
  2. digi-birder

    Article in Bird Watching

    I was amazed to read, in the article about wildlife gardens in the July edition, that Japanese Knotweed stems were recommended as good material for building a bee-house. Now, as I work for an environmental consultancy firm that has a team trained in the eradication of this plant, I know the...
  3. digi-birder

    Cornwall info

    We're off to Cornwall soon and wondered if there were any good places we should visit. It's years since we've been down to that area and we haven't done much birding there. It's not primarily a birding trip, but it would be nice to fit some birding in, if there is a chance to do so.
  4. digi-birder

    Lexar cards in Canon cameras

    Someone reminded me yesterday about the image rescue software that came bundled on Lexar cards. The last card I bought was a 512mb 80x Lexar professional card, so I went searching my hard drive to see if I actually installed this software. As it turns out, I did, but in searching the web to see...
  5. digi-birder

    Strange problem

    The other day my work computer would not switch on - no POST beeps, no display on the monitor, just the fan turning. After testing the drive in another computer, and found it worked, I assumed that it was the motherboard that had failed. I ordered another one and fitted that yesterday and did a...
  6. digi-birder

    A pleasant morning at Padley Gorge

    Following a mention of Padley Gorge, in the Derbyshire Peak District, at the Oop North Bash the other week, Keith, myself and Benjismum (Dawn) decided to meet up there today and have a little walk along the river. After some helpful tips from deboo, who unfortunately couldn't join us, we met at...
  7. digi-birder

    Lesvos 5th-12th May 2005

    I decided to post a day or two of the report, while I work on the last couple of days. Apologies for the length of it. Do stop if you get bored. Lifers marked with (L) Thursday 5th May: So started our very tiring journey to Lesvos with a 1am taxi pick up from home to Manchester airport. Being...
  8. digi-birder

    Somerset Levels

    We are thinking of paying this area a visit later in the year (somewhere we've never been and know little about), but we are not sure how far it extends and where would be the best place to go. We've heard that there are a number of sites worth a visit, but would like to know where would be best...
  9. digi-birder

    Garden diary

    My original post was lost in the crash a few weeks ago, so I thought I would resurrect it, in case anyone wants to see how our wildlife garden (hopefully) develops over the coming months. As some of you know, we recently moved into a brand new house (November 2004) and, even though the garden...
  10. digi-birder

    Not-sure-what-to-call-it quiz

    Bit of a pop quiz, bit of a fun quiz, more of a silly quiz! I've just been sorting out some photos and found this, which I'd completely forgotten about. The photo below was taken last year at the car park at Dinas Head in Wales. I'm not quite sure why this company named their loos after the pop...
  11. digi-birder

    Slight frustration!

    I hope someone can help, even though this isn't really about photo editing. I have been trying to produce directions to a venue for one of the events we are organising at work. On the map I was trying (in PS7) to draw a circle on the spot where the venue is and I have been having a pig of a job...
  12. digi-birder

    My garden bird (singular)

    We just moved into our new house three weeks ago (is it really that long?) and, as you may know, gardens in brand new houses are not that pretty. We brought a few plants and trees from the old house that were already in pots, which we've placed outside the kitchen door, but other than that it's...
  13. digi-birder

    Yorkshire Dales

    Well, it wasn't really a birding trip, so not much to report. We went to do a 'proper' walk to try and get fit, but ended up cutting it short, nipping in a pub for a wonderful meat and potato pie and mushy peas (and a pint) and then heading straight back to the car. We did take the binoculars...
  14. digi-birder

    ID help please

    A colleague of mine was out on a survey the other day and took some photos of the damselfly below. He didn't know what it was and I can't find anything similar in my Brooks/Lewington book. I can only assume that it's an immature that isn't illustrated. There were some Azure Damselflies around...
  15. digi-birder

    Horrid, horrid day!

    Well, slight exaggeration - it turned out not too bad in the end. On the recommendation of Tom McKinney, following my request for any recent info on Coombes Valley RSPB reserve, we had a little tour around Staffordshire - an area unfamiliar to us. The weather didn't look too promising and we...
  16. digi-birder

    Info on Coombes Valley please

    As mentioned in another forum, we are probably having a trip to Coombes Valley RSPB reserve on Saturday. We haven't been there for years, and we were wondering what the chances are of seeing Pied Flycatchers (among other things, of course). We did see a female on the Oop North Bash the other...
  17. digi-birder

    Bird Photography

    Last Thursday and Friday I was helping at a conference that my boss organised and while there I picked up a book (that he also published, so I am unable to divulge the title, etc). In the first chapter, about the development of bird photography, there was a passage that made me cringe and smile...
  18. digi-birder

    News for those with garden ponds

    This may be of interest to those with, or just making, a garden pond. Couldn't quite believe it myself. Found in the latest issue of The Environment Post: Common frogs now afforded protection English Nature / DEFRA have just announced changes in the protective status of native amphibians and...
  19. digi-birder

    More Waxwings

    Yesterday, my boss spotted some Waxwings just along the road from our office. I was off work, but he told Keith and they both went along to see them. Keith mentioned it to me when he arrived home last night. I arrived at work today and they are still around, about 20 of them, sitting in a tree...
  20. digi-birder

    Easter in Scotland

    There will be a full trip report soon (when I catch my breath and get some rest!!), but here are some of the highlights. Pictured below is one of the four lifers we encountered on our guided birding tour to Scotland (Ptarmigan, Capercaillie, Golden Eagle, Black Grouse). The Ptarmigan we really...
  21. digi-birder

    What a lovely day!

    Not quite a full day birding - just a walk through the local park on the way to the station to catch the train to work. For a few weeks now we've seen a flock of about 20-30 Redwings on some mornings. They haven't been around for a few days, but this morning they were flying above us from tree...
  22. digi-birder

    Christmas day birding

    We were going to have a trip to Fairburn Ings, but decided to stay local due to the weather forecast (it was wrong again, so we could have gone!). Our first stop was Elsecar reservoir, near to where we would have been living had the house-move gone ahead. There were quite a few Mallard there...
  23. digi-birder

    Goose nabber!

    Article found in the Metro - a free newspaper found in railway stations - this morning. I almost laughed out loud on the train. A father of six, who was fined £400 after being caught with a wild goose under his jacket, told magistrates he was only cuddling it. The man said he did not mean to...
  24. digi-birder

    Is it me?

    I wasn't really sure where to post this, so I thought I'd put it here in the hope that as many people as possible would see it. Being a little pedantic about the use of the English language, as some of you may have noticed, I am not altogether happy with the spread of abbreviations used instead...
  25. digi-birder

    New sighting

    Well, I wouldn't exactly call it a birding day out, as I'm confined to home with the dreaded chest infection that everyone appears to be getting, but I had a couple of nice experiences this morning. First was when I was putting a bit of washing on the line (it's a glorious, if cold, day here)...
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