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  1. Stonefaction

    Going Around Again.

    https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2024/04/1245-going-around-again-17424.html An attemmpt at replicating the recent Angus & Dundee Bird Club outing around a few sites in Dundee, with my birding buddy, Susan.
  2. Stonefaction

    Giotto tripod MT9170, how to spread legs?

    Perhaps posting in the "Spotting Scopes & tripod/heads" section of the site would get you more chance of an answer. https://www.birdforum.net/forums/tripod-and-heads.451/ Ask a mod if they can move your post for you.
  3. Stonefaction

    Tayforth Birding

    Had to stay in to wait for my new scope (a present to myself) to be delivered today, so decided to see if there might be anything remotely interesting passing by (that wasn't just a Meadow Pipit, which I'm seeing/hearing most days). My expectations were very low. At 0630, I spotted a couple of...
  4. Stonefaction

    Anti-Clockwise.

    https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2024/04/1244-anti-clockwise-14424.html Normally if I'm 'doing' the walk out along the Dighty/Clearwater Park and Balmossie I'll do it in that order. However, I recently did it the other way around....
  5. Stonefaction

    Where's My Willow Warbler?

    Probably the most Willow Warblers I've encountered in a single morning today. It felt like they were a constant accompaniment to my walk from just after 0600 till around 1030.
  6. Stonefaction

    Where's My Willow Warbler?

    I was a bit too early (and impatient) for most of the week, and it wasn't as if I wasn't going to get one at all, but I was getting fed up finding Waxwings. I don't usually see any Spring Waxwings, but this year I've found them in 2 separate weeks with an empty spell in between.
  7. Stonefaction

    Where's My Willow Warbler?

    https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2024/04/1243-wheres-my-willow-warbler-13424.html In search of a Willow Warbler.....having only succeeded in finding Waxwings on each of the previous 6 days.
  8. Stonefaction

    The Dry Spell.

    Broadly similar story today. Alarm set for 0430 but nearer 0700 before I got out of bed (wanted to be out by 0530 to look for Grasshopper Warblers). Out for 0745 but Grasshopper Warbler search will have to wait (probably till tomorrow - though, if I'm getting up at 0430, I should really be...
  9. Stonefaction

    The Dry Spell.

    https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2024/04/1242-dry-spell-10424.html With rain forecast for late morning, I attempted to squeeze in some birding....
  10. Stonefaction

    Windy Dundee Sunday.

    https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2024/04/1241-windy-dundee-sunday-7424.html The local bird club had an outing within Dundee recently and I helped out with 'local knowledge'. Despite less than ideal conditions, and unfavourable tide times, we still managed to exceed expectations and...
  11. Stonefaction

    Angus Hills and Glens

    If you select the species from the list it will take you to the first snippet on the recording of that particular species (or at least what Merlin has ID'd as that species). You can then see the sonagram and compare it to other recordings (try Xeno-Canto website for other recordings and...
  12. Stonefaction

    Blackcaps Back?

    https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2024/04/1240-blackcaps-back-6424.html Migration seems to be very slow this Spring, so I wasn't sure I would stand much of a chance in finding a Blackcap, Wheatear or a Sand Martin last Saturday....
  13. Stonefaction

    Not Very Summery.

    https://www.gov.uk/when-do-the-clocks-change When the clocks go forward an hour, "British Summer Time" officially begins - which is the context referred to in my post, and why it says summer time/summertime, rather than just summer. There's a difference between the start of "summer time"...
  14. Stonefaction

    Not Very Summery.

    https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2024/04/1239-not-very-summery-1424.html Officially Summertime....yet, you'd be hard pushed to tell from the weather at Riverside Nature Park on the 1st of April....
  15. Stonefaction

    Roling Eggs And Flying Kites.

    https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2024/04/1238-rolling-eggs-and-flying-kites-31324.html Easter Sunday birding - trying to find Wheatear and Sand Martin in Dundee, while also avoidng the Easter Sunday crowds.....
  16. Stonefaction

    Top For The Morning.

    https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2024/04/1237-top-for-morning-30324.html An interesting 3.5hrs at the top of Dundee Law, with a selection of raptors, some passing migrants and even a family group of Crossbills.....
  17. Stonefaction

    The Passing Of The Seasons (Migrants).

    I know that feeling. We had snow here this morning, and it was raining relatively lightly as I walked home with a cold wind in my face, after work. "British Summer Time" too - if that 'British' wasn't there, maybe it would work better. I'm sure someone promised "sunlit uplands"....can't even see...
  18. Stonefaction

    The Passing Of The Seasons (Migrants).

    Spring migration more of a drip here than even a trickle, let alone a flood. Chiffchaffs, a few Black Tailed Godwits and a couple of Ospreys (might even just have been the same one) is more or less it here, so far. No Blackcap, no Sand Martin, no Wheatear, no Willow Warbler yet. It is still...
  19. Stonefaction

    The Passing Of The Seasons (Migrants).

    https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2024/04/1236-passing-of-seasons-migrants-29324.html New blog-post. Friday's unexpectedly productive visit to Balmossie and Broughty Ferry, with summer and winter migrants crossing paths, and much more to be seen.
  20. Stonefaction

    Broken Biscuits Birdwatching

    I don't drive and the bus service to Montrose is a bit of a nightmare these days (I heard of a fellow Dundee birder having a recent trip there which entailed him being on 9 different buses - due to breakdowns etc). It is also an hour each way, at best (2 hours of birding time largely wasted) and...
  21. Stonefaction

    Broken Biscuits Birdwatching

    I'm sort of finding that too, more and more. I do all my birding within the boundaries of the city (Dundee) where there isn't a huge amount of particularly 'birdy' habitat (especially the undisturbed sort) but the more time I'm out the more unexpected birds I see. Recent (past few weeks) 'lucky'...
  22. Stonefaction

    Wind Some, Lose Some.

    https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2024/04/1235-wind-some-lose-some-28324.html Thursday's return visit to Riverside Nature Park for another attempt at adding Greenshank to my Dundee150 list....
  23. Stonefaction

    Rainy Days And Wednesdays.

    https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2024/03/1234-rainy-days-and-wednesdays-27324.html A surprisingly productive visit to Riverside Nature Park last Wednesday in search of a Greenshank (found that morning by Keith Edwards).
  24. Stonefaction

    Sunny & Springlike.

    https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2024/03/1233-sunny-spring-like-24324.html Last Sunday's wanders in the Springlike sunshine....
  25. Stonefaction

    On The Line.

    https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2024/03/1232-on-line-23324.html New blog-post. Last Saturday's visit to Riverside Nature Park which provided a few unusual sightings (not all birds!), as well as a few bonus Waxwing photos from the day before.
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