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  1. Songkhran

    So what is the difference between Stringing and Making Stuff Up

    A great philosophical conundrum? 8-P
  2. Songkhran

    Has a bird conservation organisation every done something that'S REALLY WOUND YOU UP!

    sic - ''Ever done something'' when I was at Uni in Kent I remember what Grove Ferry was like in its embryonic state. It was basically a mini Biebrza, even before it opened there was a Long-billed Dowitcher and in that particular year off the top of my head there was breeding Spotted Crake...
  3. Songkhran

    Flummoxed, 1st win Flycatcher, Khao DinSor, Thailand

    very new to Thai birding but Chukiat has been around for a while - only pic - thoughts? https://www.facebook.com/messages/chukiat.nualsri Is the photo over-exposed and the orange tones a bit of an illusion - lower branch colour matches the crown, when I saw this bird it seemed more monochrome...
  4. Songkhran

    Khao Din Sor Migration 2013

    I'm 45 minutes motorbike drive away from Khao Din Sor and will post sporadic updates over the next month and a half. Good numbers of Oriental Honey Buzzard and Japanese Sparrowhawk on the move already with about 600 OHBs over my school between 12.15 and 1pm, today likely to have been a very big...
  5. Songkhran

    Hello

    many thanks to the BF staff for letting me change my name, I'm not exactly a new poster more a reinvention. A little bit about myself. In my previoous guise as pomskua I had an absolutely spiffing time on the North Norfolk, I have too many friends to mention but it was always a delight to...
  6. Songkhran

    North Norfolk Goose Spectacular

    Hey Guys, I'm co-leading a weekend trip in the third week of January specifically looking for Geese on the North Coast. I'm hoping to do a recce to find out some stuff but my err 'diary' is very packed between now and then, so would anyone be able to tell me (moving East to West) Is the Grey...
  7. Songkhran

    Swans calling, Blakeney

    just wanted to post, calls are not my strong point and its one of those things after about 20 years birding that I'm a bit embarassed to say about, sometimes still get Robin/Dunnock mixed up:eek!: Anyway just on the phone on Blakeney Quay and had 7 White Swans go over, I just caught a brief...
  8. Songkhran

    Is Twitching Over

    With the many hoaxes that are now going around, rare birds ID'ed via photographs rather than in the field, instantaneous information and transport is the modern phenomenum of twitching drawing to a close? When will rare bird news be ignored because of the amount of phoney information. If...
  9. Songkhran

    Blakeney Patch

    I've got so hooked on the patch, I might as well start a separate thread! Currently watching the patch pretty much daily. Patch includes the whole of Blakeney and Morston.
  10. Songkhran

    RSPB: Trafalgar Square to be transformed into nature park

    RSPB: Trafalgar Square to be transformed into nature park www.birdguides.com I'm not sure i've added the link or not to this because to tell you the truth I'm not that great with computers... On the surface wonderful - a concrete jungle transformed into a nature paradise by 2020, the leading...
  11. Songkhran

    Silver Gannet, Sheringham, Norfolk

    A number of us had an extremely oddly coloured Gannet today, it was definitely a Gannet and was very close but the only way to describe it was that it was a uniform shiny silver colour. Impossible to know whether it was adult or juv, It was called as a Leucistic bird but in my experience...
  12. Songkhran

    Predicting good birding days

    Quite a lot of people come on this thread asking what they are likely to see in a certain month and whether they can expect good seawatching in for instance 3 weeks time. Initially the reaction is that its impossible to predict falls, weather conditions and North-westerly blows but i wonder...
  13. Songkhran

    Hello

    Hello, my name is Mark Fleming, i have recently moved from Sussex to Norfolk, I am looking forward to exploring the area in the Autumn, Mark Fleming
  14. Songkhran

    How many birders don't own a car

    looks like im going to have to bite the bullet this year and get my license as a good birding opportunity has come up but for 14 years i havent owned a car, be interested to know if theres anyone else out there who have gone a number of years without one through choice. I don't know anyone. it...
  15. Songkhran

    The joys of dipping an Osprey.

    In the last couple of weeks heard news of a late Osprey in Norfolk and after seeing some griptastic photos on a friends site decided to check it out. I knew id be in for a rough ride though as Osprey is my number one bogey bird. its not like ive never seen one, This year ive had two - both very...
  16. Songkhran

    Norfolk v Yorkshire

    which County is better, unfortunately i am unable to comment as i have never left Norfolk;);)
  17. Songkhran

    Birds and Sod's Law

    this may sound a bit X Files but does anyone else think that 'there is something at work' when they go birding. It just seems sometimes there are too many coincidences and ironies for the birds you see to occur in a fairly random way. It seems that birds will ALWAYS turn up when you least expect...
  18. Songkhran

    Skua Page.

    Since i think they are such awesome birds, Ive decided to start a thread wholly dedicated to Skuas. If anyone wants to discuss ID, behaviour, population or post photographs (mystery our otherwise) would be good to do it here. I'm based at Sheringham and have been watching the sea daily so...
  19. Songkhran

    impossibly improbable

    i started this on the norfolk patch site anyone want to comment Yet another report of a probable on the pager today going past Sheringham this time a Roseate Tern just to put it in context, so far this year at Sheringham theres been (insert probable or possible) Slender-billed Gull...
  20. Songkhran

    Hunting Merlin

    Was driving along a quiet lane the other day and had this tiny Falcon suddenly appear very low to the ground just in front of the car. It had a fluttering Thrushlike flight (try saying that after 8 pintsB (:) interdispersed with moments when it tucked its wings in and glided along, it suddenly...
  21. Songkhran

    Are you Unlucky?

    I really don't want to start this thread so that it sounds like i'm whining but i honestly think i have extraordinary bad luck when i'm birding, i still enjoy it immensely and feel infinitely lucky in that there are these crazy flying things called birds which are so incredible and amazing...
  22. Songkhran

    Pressure Charts

    could be a non-starter and not strictly to do with migration this, but i need some help understanding weather charts, i know what kind of conditions lead to a fall - high pressure over scandanavia and lows over uk but i'd like to know how to accurately read a chart. i think any help would be...
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