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  1. wildlifelove

    Birding trip January

    Hi, I have a free 3/4 days in January and want to get away on a birding get away? Possibly in UK, Scotland, Shetland’s..can anyone recommend a good area to visit. And few birds we can hope for.
  2. wildlifelove

    Targets for 2018

    Parakeets all over London Hyde park ��
  3. wildlifelove

    Spotting scope ..£250/300 budget

    Hawke Nature-Trek 20-60x80 Spotting Scope ? Good one to start with ?
  4. wildlifelove

    Spotting scope ..£250/300 budget

    Thanks for all the replies, will Have a look and think
  5. wildlifelove

    Spotting scope ..£250/300 budget

    Hi, looking for a decent spotting scope for around £250/300 ..most of my birding is at nature reserves and big reservoirs so something with a good clear zoom would be ideal :) normally use binoculars but fed up with not being able to identify birds out on the reservoir far away, there always...
  6. wildlifelove

    Waxwings in the U.K?

    Hi, I have been birding on and off since about 2010, when I started out birding locally around Essex in the winter on local patches, there was always huge numbers of Waxwings, all over, local town, supermarket car parks..the list goes on. I would regularly see 5/6 different waxwing reports...
  7. wildlifelove

    Birding wildlife holiday in January

    Thinking about taking a trip to a location for a birding wildlife holiday for a few days in January..thinking shetlands or isles of Scillies ? Any suggestions? Not mega experienced, but enjoy being out and about.
  8. wildlifelove

    Essex Birding

    The Glossy on the meads was a huge shock wasn't it..Being on are local patch right by a very busy town center, a busy pub/restaurant and a big shopping park not to mention the place has roundabouts and road's going around the whole patch..But it was great!!!
  9. wildlifelove

    Essex Birding

    Wish I could see the Parrot Crossbill's.! They look great from the Photo's..Sadly to far really on Public transport.
  10. wildlifelove

    Essex Birding

    Maldon prom and Limbounrne Creek this morning. Lots of wintering birds starting to arrive..A nice variety. High Lights being - 60-70 Avocet, 100+ Golden Plover, 7 Little Egret, few nice Pochard, 1 marsh harrier and a single snipe. Other birds include; Corn bunting, 30-40 Goldfinch, Lesser...
  11. wildlifelove

    Essex Birding

    LOL I thought Bitter meant Grey Heron..3:-)
  12. wildlifelove

    Essex Birding

    I will keep my eyes peeled. :)
  13. wildlifelove

    Essex Birding

    Considering how much Koi's are im not sure I would be to pleased if it was on my pond, there lovely birds but can't have them eating hundred's of ponds of fish.
  14. wildlifelove

    Essex Birding

    Iv been looking out for that Grey Wagtail all week by the Sluice, Seems a resident in that area seen him or her there a few times before plus another by Wilkinson's but that could of been that bird.
  15. wildlifelove

    Essex Birding

    Iv been getting alot of sparrow hawk attacks lately..quite a scene when it happens.
  16. wildlifelove

    Essex Birding

    P.S Great footage of the Grebes, plus some cracking close up videos of the garden house sparrows.
  17. wildlifelove

    Essex Birding

    It seems very much that way, lakes see a big number of Coots and fewer moorhens and rivers see more Moorhens, that's just from my experience. will have to go over Central for a look one morning, getting back in to my birding more now. I did basically none in the summer.
  18. wildlifelove

    Essex Birding

    Yes it was cold, wet and rainy..And my socks where wet which was not nice. Yes there was deferentially a noticeable increase they where all over the place some Juvs aswell as adults. Strangely I could'nt see any Coots, with them being very similar I thought they would kind of "hang" together...
  19. wildlifelove

    Essex Birding

    Attempted to try go over the Baddow Meads about middy but only got as far as about 200 yards past the road bridge because the rain got to much with the factor that I did'nt have my water proofs with me...Still saw a few birds; 6 Little Grebe's which is nice to see there back hopefully numbers...
  20. wildlifelove

    Essex Birding

    Great to see the Mute swans and its Cygnets still in the town centre on the river, I was watching the swan pair when they where in the nest with the eggs, then a few days after birth I saw them, and basically nearly every day I go past them. There cygnets are now starting to develop white on...
  21. wildlifelove

    Winter watching

    Iv seen them around the weir pool quite a bit in the past. Hopefully we do get big numbers this winter...would be good to see a few other ducks aswell tufted duck ect
  22. wildlifelove

    Winter watching

    Have to wait for the experts to take one look and know what it is straight away.
  23. wildlifelove

    Winter watching

    Sounds good to me, very hard knowing what the bird is..
  24. wildlifelove

    Winter watching

    Looks a bit like chaffinch...but will need a more knowledgeable person really.
  25. wildlifelove

    Winter watching

    Not 100% sure on your ID query... for baddow meads you could park in tescos homeplus by army and navy then just cut through the bushes and follow the river for how ever long you feel. Or you could park by mothercare (you have to pay) and walk along the river up to the meads. Or you could park...
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