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  1. DaveD

    Birdguides new system

    I think you're looking at the small map on the sightings page. Try the BirdMap proper at https://www.birdguides.com/sightings/birdmap/ And it isn't "complexity for the sake of it" - we were constantly being asked for a zoomable BirdMap on the old site, which wasn't deliverable with the old...
  2. DaveD

    problems with BirdGuides

    The certificate renewal is now complete and shouldn't see any more alarming (alarmist?) error messages. Thanks Dave
  3. DaveD

    problems with BirdGuides

    Evening all Yes, as suggested, the warnings are because our SSL certificate has expired (for some reason we didn't get a reminder from our certificate provider, or at least it didn't get to the right person). There's no security risk, but we apologise for any concern caused. If your browser...
  4. DaveD

    Birdguides

    Just FYI we've adopted some (but not all) of the suggestions made here and on our article. Go to www.birdguides.com/bne and hit Ctrl+F5. Dave
  5. DaveD

    Birdguides

    Afternoon all - only just found this thread. We don't change things on a whim, and we certainly didn't make these changes for the sake of it - the only practical way for me to add the new Western Palearctic functionality was to reorganise the way all the reports are rendered. I would usually...
  6. DaveD

    Wild Arabia- 22/2/2013-BBC2 Pt's 1/3 Frid 21.00-22.00pm

    In case anyone wasn't aware, iPlayer does have an option to download the episodes and watch them offline (for a limited period), which may be one way around slow or intermittent broadband, though obviously it may take a while to complete the download (I sometimes just leave stuff downloading...
  7. DaveD

    Siskins, Ladybower

    Should anybody wish to photograph/film (or just watch) Siskins, family parties in all plumages are currently showing extremely well (<6 ft) on the feeders at the Fairholmes Visitor Centre on Ladybower Reservoir. Save the hefty parking fees by parking at one of the free car parks on the approach...
  8. DaveD

    Lothian Birding

    We at BirdGuides are not immune to errors, and nor do we claim to be, but I don't think we made a mistake or published any "duff info" here. Our report of this bird read as follows: "probable in bushes between path to main lagoon and reedbed this morning" - nothing about it being heard or seen...
  9. DaveD

    Hello. please excuse a beginer.

    Another aberrant Robin that looks rather similar: http://www.birdguides.com/picture?f=190635
  10. DaveD

    Lothian Birding

    Nope, this one is as reported. See http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=211743 Dave
  11. DaveD

    Lothian Birding

    Hi guys Sorry about this - this was a technical semi-error compounded by oversight on the part of our operator. For your possible interest, here's an explanation of how it happened: to speed up data entry our operators can use abbreviations for species; the abbreviation brings up a list of...
  12. DaveD

    Birdguides been hacked?

    I can assure you that our site is secure and our security is up to date. As Andrew says, there are two "wwws" in that address. However, it appears to indicate a broken link somewhere on the site. Can you contact me on [email protected] to tell me how you're accessing the page? Many...
  13. DaveD

    Northumbrian Birding

    Nothing, that I'm aware of. As new sites and site photos are added to our database, the county pages get gradually bigger and bigger; the Northumberland page is just over 500Kb and (pure guesswork) maybe it has just exceeded the limit your BlackBerry permits for the first time? I genuinely can't...
  14. DaveD

    Northumbrian Birding

    Hi Liverbirder I don't think this is related to our server rebuild; more likely the Northumberland page has simply grown lately (the size of the page varies with the size of the randomly selected site photo, the number of recent sightings, the size and number of newly added site photos, etc.)...
  15. DaveD

    Birdguides Server Down?

    Pretty much everything is back up now - just a few internal things to sort out. A heroic effort by my boss John, who should have been enjoying a BirdLife conference in Hungary but has instead spent the last 24 hours (almost solidly) in his hotel room coaxing the server back to life. Please...
  16. DaveD

    Birdguides Server Down?

    We have a fairly complex problem with one of our servers...we working on it (in Derbyshire, London and Hungary!) but it may be several hours yet as we need to move significant amounts of data before we attempt to repair the master boot record. Updates on the BirdGuides Blog as we have them...
  17. DaveD

    iPods and birding software for technophobe

    The update doesn't delete the new species, so there's no need to re-download, but you may need to switch Lists. This is what I'm told by the guys who worked on the app: If you have installed the Northern European in-app update then the extra Northern European species may appear to be missing...
  18. DaveD

    iPods and birding software for technophobe

    As mentioned above the in-app upgrade to the Birds of Northern Europe is now available, at a price of £2.39, but you need to update your Birds of Britain and Ireland app first (free; just sync with iTunes and the update should install automatically - there are a few minor bugfixes too, so it's...
  19. DaveD

    iPods and birding software for technophobe

    http://www.birdguides.com/species/default.asp?list=36
  20. DaveD

    iPods and birding software for technophobe

    I'm told "It's coming in the next few weeks." (I'm not on the project myself.) Dave Dunford
  21. DaveD

    BirdGuides server error - Sun 22nd Aug

    Apologies for the outage - it was quite a complicated problem with our database server that required our hosting company to call in a specialist engineer, which was why the site was down for so long (we couldn't actually fix it ourselves). The problem was made harder to sort out by the fact that...
  22. DaveD

    Birdguides - Birds of Nortern Europe ITunes App

    There will be an upgrade via in-app purchase in the future. We're working on it as fast as we can.
  23. DaveD

    iPods and birding software for technophobe

    There will be an upgrade via in-app purchase in the future. We're working on it as fast as we can.
  24. DaveD

    New Birdguides app - anyone else feel cheated?

    There will be an upgrade via in-app purchase in the future. We're working on it as fast as we can.
  25. DaveD

    Parakeet culling query

    Hi all Access to the article in question isn't restricted to subscribers. See: http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=1824 Regards Dave Dunford (BirdGuides webmaster)
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