Recent content by Kernow Pete

Hello, can anyone direct me to any local sites near Marbella that I can get a birding fix from for a couple of hours each morning next week?

NEWS – Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey. This winter the BTO will be running the third Non-Estuarine Water bird Survey (NEWS). This periodic survey focuses on the non-estuarine shoreline, which is not so well covered by the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS). These rocky shores, along which extensive...

NEWS – Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey. This winter the BTO will be running the third Non-Estuarine Water bird Survey (NEWS). This periodic survey focuses on the non-estuarine shoreline, which is not so well covered by the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS). These rocky shores, along which extensive...

NEWS – Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey. This winter the BTO will be running the third Non-Estuarine Water bird Survey (NEWS). This periodic survey focuses on the non-estuarine shoreline, which is not so well covered by the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS). These rocky shores, along which extensive...

Bto Hi, you should be able to find answers to several of your questions here: http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/ringing/ringing-scheme It will also be worth popping along to your local ringer or ringing group and have a look at what they are doing as a lot of your questions will be easily...

Any other takers on this bird?

Today I observed the following "Hooded" Herring Gull on an Estuary in Cornwall. This bird appears to all intents and purposes to be a Herring Gull. However it is slightly smaller than accompanying Herring Gulls and has a very strange bill and head pattern. The last photo is of the same bird on...

Have you tried this Italian scheme? http://www.cr-birding.org/node/1111

Thanks Toby, I suspected as such. 30x eyepiece would not be good for my style of birding but I will bare it in mind. :t:

Hi folks, I have a Nikon ED82 scope with the 25x - 75x eyepiece. I love the scope and the eyepiece but would like to digi-scope with the set up. Can anybody recommend a setup that would work? It does not need to be amazing quality merely record shot quality.:t:

Thanks gmax. I am departing early Tuesday morning with my fingers crossed and optics packed.

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Hello fellow birders. I was hoping somebody in the birding community could help me? I am visiting Puglia in Southern Italy next month and would love some information and suggestions for places to visit and birdwatch. I love raptors and wildfowl so would really like to visit a marshy area but...

Hi folks, I was wondering if anybody could recommend a detination in Europe or somewhere affordable to visit during June? I look forward to your replys Regards Pete:t:

Tut Tut Tut Oh dear an officer of the law getting involved in such petty squabbles and using such a profanity as "bullS*%&t" on a very public forum. I hope I never have the miss fortune of having dealings on a professional level as I fear it may well be a one sided event!3:-) Isn't it time to...