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I told you they'd be good. Bear in mind that these were taken from my bedroom. And they're really quite a long way off.
Still up there with some badger photos I can think of .
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Enjoying this thread. I shall be expecting a King Eider being seen from your flat window this winter.
A digiscoped picture from your house would be nice Andrew.!!
Add to this a couple of Goldcrests, a Red Admiral and a Painted Lady and you can see that it's been a good solid and rewarding day of local patch working, serving as a model to less experienced birders who might be tempted by big rares in far away places. Just say no kids.
You never give up, do you?
Just might make me nasty enough to express my opinion of English folk who head North and then adopt the dialect. A tad pretentious, don't you think?
Pretentious? I dinnae ken whit ye min.
Pretentious? I dinnae ken whit ye min.
First stop on our virtual tour is the Allotments, on the north side of Girdle Ness next to Greyhope Road. And they're not called the Allotments because you see 'a lot' of birds there. Despite not often seeing much there (until yesterday, see above) I always reckon there's something lurking, probably a Lanceolated Warbler narrowly avoiding being butchered by the spade head of one of the rustic old boys who have their plots there.