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Recent content by Jon Oates

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    Transferring recordings off a Sony MiniDisc

    Audacity is a great piece of software for this purpose, though if you want to save as mp3 files, you also need to install the LAME encoder (its relatively straightforward and instructions are on the Audacity website). http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/ If you are prepared to release your...
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    Transferring recordings off a Sony MiniDisc

    I agree, the quick and dirty way is to connect the line out of the minidisc recorder to the line in of your computer. Unfortunately it means that the recording is converted from digital to analogue and back to digital again, which might result in a slight degradation in quality depending on your...
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    Norfolk birding

    Have missed all the fun on Blakeney Point, but had a nice view of a Little Egret foraging in Wells harbour before flying off west this afternoon.
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    Hats - what do you recommend?

    This is a tricky one. For sun protection I would go for a wide-brimmed hat such as Tilley or less expensive similar. Unfortunately, I find that a brim affects my ability to localise sound, so is less useful when trying to locate birds by their call or song. In which case a baseball cap would be...
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    Mid-side stereo: what set-up do you use?

    Thanks ermine. My plan is to start with a figure-of-8 plus short shotgun to get a feel for the logistics and then decide whether I want to progress to a parabolic. I have not tried MS recording before. I am assuming that I can decode the channels manually using Audacity. Living in central...
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    Mid-side stereo: what set-up do you use?

    What microphone combo do you use? Is there an "ideal" set-up for recording birdsong?
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    Wood of Cree, Dumfries and Galloway

    Many thanks for the links. Still haven't decided what we are doing at the weekend. A day trip is a possibility (loyalties divided between birding and the allotment!)
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    Wood of Cree, Dumfries and Galloway

    Marmot - we might tie in a stay in Galloway next weekend and visit Cree, Ken-Dee and Mull of Galloway. Today we ended up at Muirshiel Country Park in Renfrewshire as Mrs O. preferred a shorter trip. Nice views of grey wagtails, common sandpiper, pair of stonechats and the usual mass of meadow...
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    Wood of Cree, Dumfries and Galloway

    Thanks Mark. I was thinking about a trip to Loch Lomond tomorrow, but I might just go down to Galloway instead!
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    what was your bird of the day ?

    Rather nice surprise on my cycle to work. I stopped at the footbridge across the White Cart Water, locally known as the Silver Bridge because of its colour. (South side of Glasgow, UK for more distant readers). Anyway, as I was leaning on the rail a kingfisher flew beneath the bridge, alighted...
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    Hamlyn Where to watch birds in... guides

    Sadly out of print and does not appear to be available through online secondhand book searches.
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    Hamlyn Where to watch birds in... guides

    Could be this one: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35136995&referer=brief_results
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    Norfolk birding

    Buxton Heath Cheers Matt. Anyone else have local knowledge?
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    Norfolk birding

    Thanks Matt. Will definitely give it a visit next time I'm down. Are there any access restrictions? Jon
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    The Rook and Me - Sundays on Radio 4

    So you can listen to it over breakfast after returning from the dawn chorus! Seriously, you can listen again on the BBC website. With the volume turned up, the sound of the rooks is amazing.
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