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Recent content by alanrharris53

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    Lagoa dos Salgados to become Nature Reserve!

    OK thanks. That's not waht it says in the article from 2 years ago though. It is very frustrating that this has been talked about for the nearly 15 years I have been going there and nothing seems to change.
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    Lagoa dos Salgados to become Nature Reserve!

    So what protection is there at Salgados now? I have been going down a few times over the last 2 weeks, mostly taking photos of bee-eaters there. There are/were a lot of them nesting quite close to the entrance off the roundabout. One day I was watching, using the car as a hide, when a woman...
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    Olympus 150- 400mm Lens Announced

    That sort of fits with what I was told for my order that they were expecting a very small number about now, but they would then come in in dribs and drabs over the coming months, so it depends on when the order was placed when it will arrive. I was told late March at the earliest. The info on...
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    Olympus 150- 400mm Lens Announced

    Delivery delayed due to high demand. Delayed until Spring . The Olympus statement doesn't have a date but I have one on order and was told it would be end of March at the earliest.
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    njlarsen said: In all fairness, as most focusing hate black areas, I believe that there is a much higher contrast in the branches with dark spots there simulating eyes. Or in other words, that black bird with a black eye might be the worst case scenario for an eye detect AF. I have read about...
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    Firmware for E-M1 MkII

    3.3 seems only to allow you to use the new 100-400 lens. Not much point in updating if you don't have it or intend to get it?
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    New Olympus 100-400

    Available soon in the UK. A direct challenger to the Panasonic 100-400 which is £100 more, but faster (F4) at the short end...
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    Olympus up for sale

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53165293
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    Best base for The Algarve in spring

    PS check out the books by Gonçalo Elias for locations. There are threads about them here below.
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    Best base for The Algarve in spring

    If you hire a car then somewhere central so you can get from the World's end at Sagres all the way up to Spain within an hour on the motorway. Also inland up to the Castro Verde area. Just west of Albufeira I would say. But really more or less anywhere is OK.
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    Algarve - Albufeira bird tour operators

    Contact Simon Wates who is often on here if you want a guide. He has a webpage here too http://www.algarvebirdman.com/default.asp?o=10478
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    Vilamoura

    Check out the thread below for the free downloadable guide which covers a lot of areas on the Algarve http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=292948
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    New Sigma 150/600

    Very well said!
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    Lagoa dos Salgados

    Any more news on the golf course development since the discovery of the toadflax? I have been done this week and it is starting to recover from all the mechanical work carrid out althoughnthere are stil areas where the ground will take a while to recover.
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    Lagoa dos Salgados

    Well congratulations Simon for a great effort.
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