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    What would you get?

    Which would you get? Hi All I have been offered a gift of either of the following Olympus C-70 zoom Digital Camera or Sony Digital MiniDV Handycam DCR-HC22E. I can't make my mind up and as I have no experience of either, I would appreciate any views on which would be the most useful. It...
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    Night optics

    Hi All I have been looking at info on Night Scopes/Bins with a view to using them for spotting owls at night. Does anyone have any experience of these instruments? How good are they? Any recommendations? Thanks paj
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    BWP consise or origional?

    bwp Hi All Can anyone help? What's the difference between (sounds like the start of a joke!) the original 9-volume set of BWP (Birds of the Western Palearctic) and the 9-volume RSPB edition? Thanks paj
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    scope carrying

    All I hardly use my scope now as I prefer to travel light and don't like lugging loads of equipment around. Does anyone know of an alternative to the tripod? I was thinking of some kind of 'shoulder pod/brace' to which the scope could be attached and hung from the shoulder, then raised up to...
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    Help with Parakeet/Parrot ID

    All Had a Parrot/Parakeet in the garden today (2nd time i've seen him, first was early December!) and don't know what it is. All Green, about 12 to 14 iches long including the tail,which is long. Large salmon pink/red bill with reddish eyes and white eye ring from what I recall. Pale legs...
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    Attachments

    All I can't see image attachments on forum postings, either as the image itself or as a clickable icon. I can view gallery images with no problem and am using Windows 2000 Professional. Any ideas for a fix? paj
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    Sea Watch Outing

    Any chance of one of our experienced Sea Watchers organising a day out to introduce the delights of staring out onto an empty seascape to a bunch of landlubbers, who would very much like to get to grips with this, the 'hardest' form of birding? regards paj :t:
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    Martin Mere

    Today at Martin Mere WWT in Lancs - Firecrest. That's a first for me! Apparently it has been around for a week or so and tends to frequent the main path near the hides with a mixed flock of Tits and Goldcrests. paj
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    Migration Atlas

    Just received my copy of 'The Migration Atlas' from the BTO. What a book! Well a book and a half really. It's big! Clear and well laid out. I'm sure anyone interested in migration will enjoy this book. This is not an advert and no financial gain is coming my way, unfortunately :-C paj
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    LSW's

    First for me on Sunday - fishing on the R.Severn at Berriew near Welshpool - 2 Lesser-spotted Woodpeckers - very close 10 to 30 feet for about 15 minutes and throughout the day they kept coming back. Just like buses, never see one then they all come at once! Also, not a bird I know but worth...
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    Sunday walk- Storeton Wirral

    Out for a walk with my new Bins today!! Peregrine 1 Buzzard 3 Kestrel 1 GS Woodpecker 2 Linnet 100 Greenfinch 20 Collared Dove 10 Wood Pigeon 25 ChiffChaff 2 Blue Tit 10 Great Tit 2 Wren 2 Robin 6 Swallow 15 Carrion Crow 8 Heron 1 Magpie 10 paj
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    garden

    Thought i'd be first to post :eat: Just popped my head out in the garden earlier. 2 swallow 2 blackbird 2 house sparrow not much but what the heck! paj
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    Where's Harry?

    Any news from Ireland Harry? paj
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    LBJ's (little brown jobs)

    All I have problems identifying finches, buntings, larks, pipits etc in flight if their details are burnt out by the sky. Has anyone got any tips on how to identify any of the above by flight characteristics alone? Some time ago I downloaded a short message from a newsgroup on how to identify...
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    Global Warming

    BBC Countryfile program today - scientists agree that global warming will have a large impact on average temperatures in Britain. A 5 degree increase in average temperature is forecast over the next 80 years or so. Apparently each degree increase is the same as moving Britain 125 miles further...
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    giant hogweed

    All Not really wildlife I know but how do you tell Giant Hogweed from our native species? I've got this thing growing in my garden which looks suspiciously like one and is about 7 feet tall. Paj
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    Books/CD's

    Can anyone suggest the best books/CD or DVD's for identifying Butterflies & Dragonflies? Pajarero
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    Which magnification?

    What are the views/experiences on the merits of 8x against 10x bins?
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    hello

    Hello to one and all. Just got in from a day out in Conway N.Wales, saw this forum mentioned on UK.Rec.Birdwatching, had a look, liked what I saw and so I registered! This forum looks very promising. Pajarero
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