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    Flycatcher - UK?

    Saw this when out on the North Downs (South East UK) today. I'm really not too sure what it is. My instincts tell me it may be a flycatcher of one kind or another, but I'm really not sure and more than happy to be corrected. The terrain was downland - grass, heath, pasture - that kind of thing...
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    Objective Lens Covers

    Hopefully someone can help. I need a replacement objective lens cover. Ideally hinged or tethered. Including the casing, it needs to go over a diameter of 95mm (80mm objective lens plus the thickness of the casing). The official replacement costs £48! So I'm hopeful someone, somewhere, does a...
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    Chiff Chaff or Whitethroat - South east UK

    Whilst out for a stroll today I managed to get a picture of a bird in some nearby bushes (pic attached). I'm pretty sure it's some kind of warbler. I can't decide if it's a chiff chaff or whitethroat. Or maybe something else? There were two or three of them. They kept hoping about, starting...
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    Bird ID - South East UK

    Just saw the attached in the garden (as timed and dated by this post). I'm in the UK - Kent. It was about the same size as a song thrush, sitting on the fence, and looking at the fish in the neighbour's pond. I've had a look through some books and I'm not sure - maybe a pipit of some kind? But...
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    Compact Scope Recommendations

    I have a small Praktica spotting scope set up in the study, pointed at the feeders, that I take an odd peek through if something interesting comes by whilst sitting there doing my work. It's one of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Praktica-B00513-Waterproof-15-45x60-Spotting/dp/B0039483QC Yeah...
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    Attaching A Head To Monopod

    You'll have to forgive my ignorance on this, so a simple answer would be great. Right then. I have a nice monopod. It's a Manfotto one. Now, it doesn't have a 'head' on it, just a screw which a camera or scope can screw straight onto. That's been OK up to now. But what I'd like is a head with...
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    Greasy Lens

    I've had a smear of grease on the lens for a while now. I keep wiping it but all I'm doing is moving the smear around. So what's the best way to get rid of it? Would it be safe to be use a small dab (and I do mean a small dab) of meths on a tissue and wipe it? I have a box of those computer...
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    Straight or Angled?

    I'd appreciate thoughts from the hive mind about something that I've often wondered - which is best: a straight eyepiece or an angled eyepiece? The overwhelming majority seem to use an angled eyepiece. That's got to mean something. But my instincts tell me that a straight one would be better -...
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    A Challenge - UK

    Here's one for you. Firstly, sorry about the poor quality of the image. I realise it may make a positive ID impossible - but it was at quite a considerable zoom. Anyway. So, as I was walking down a lane this afternoon, this bird flew out. I immediately knew it was 'something else' - flight...
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    UK - Green Lizard?

    I was at Dungeness (south east UK) today and got this picture of a green lizard sunning itself. But I'm not sure what it is. I know that sand lizards can go green along their flanks, but this doesn't look like one to me. And I know that some European green lizards can be found in some parts of...
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    RSPB Staff and Members

    The last couple of weeks I have had two encounters with RSPB staff and members that left a negative impression on me. This is nothing to do with the RSPB as an organisation, who I fully support and have on occasion done voluntary work with. I am, of course, not going to name specific reserves I...
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    Bird Numbers

    This is something I was talking to someone about yesterday, but I thought I'd also raise it here. What bird species have you noticed increasing and decreasing in numbers? I realise that responses may just be local (probably as local as your own back garden), but it would be interesting to see if...
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    They're Back!

    I was just sitting on the back step eating my brekkie when i saw something hopping around in the shadows of the spruce tree at the bottom of the garden. It looked very small and unlike anything else I've seen there. I nearly wrote it off as a wren, but the two wrens in the garden are much bolder...
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    Best Podcasts

    Hello All. I'm running out of things to listen as I walk to work in the morning. Anyone got any podcasts the can recommend? They don't have to be about birds and nature, but they might. Anything interesting, entertaining, whimsical...whatever takes your fancy. Looking forward to your suggestions.
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    UK - Feeding Finches

    I am pleased to say that we get a very good variety of birds in our garden and in the Bird Buffet area at the top of the garden. But we have trouble attracting finches. The table and hangers are sheltered by a couple of spruce trees. There's often a chaffinch or two in the trees, and...
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    UK - Little Brown Thing

    Just seen this sitting in the ivy on top of the shed. Managed to get a quick snap - taken through a window, so sorry for the quality. I've had a quick leaf through the guides I have but can come up with no answer. Really appreciate it if someone could identify it for me. I'd say it was about the...
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    The Garden Redwing

    We've had a pair of redwings make a home in the trees at the bottom of the garden. They've been there a few weeks, feeding on the (dried) mealworms and making the most of the worms in the vegetable beds when I turn the soil. I don't know if redwings make for the same nesting spots each year...
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    Camera Cushion

    I was looking to get myself a camera cushion, for taking wildlife shots from the car. So I did a quick Google search and when I saw the price being asked for what was a cushion after all I decided that I would make one for myself! So that's what I've done. I had a tatty old pair of craghopper...
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    Is It Too Big, Is It Too Small..?

    I have three sets of binoculars - all Hawke by the way. A set of 10x25, a 10x42, and 12x50. Now, what with it being Christmas Eve, and the inevitability that at some point today I will just be getting in the way, I thought I'd go out for a bit. So I was looking over what I would take with me...
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    Ball Mount Heads - Yes or No?

    I tend toward the 'travel light' philosophy - mainly because I'm often on the move when out and about rather than restrict myself to a hide. I have a small spotting scope that, when I use it, I use in conjunction with a monopod. But I have been looking at tripods. There are two kinds of heads -...
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    Down At Dungeness

    Yesterday I spent the morning down at Dungeness/Denge Marsh. Haven't been down that way for some time, so it was a good opportunity. The weather was a bit mixed - milder than it could have been, but a breeze coming off the coast. Sometimes cloudy (did drizzle to start with) but sometimes the...
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    Swallow or Sand Martin - UK

    Took the attached picture earlier in the year. I've always had them down as swallows but I've never been too convinced if that slight blush to the face is genuine coloration or slightly dirty feathers in the shade. There were a lot of sand martins around on the day. So what do you reckon -...
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    North Kent Marshes

    I had to fend for myself today. Rather than spend the day indoors, and despite that it barely got above freezing all day, I decided I would go out for a walk, and take my camera and bins with me, because I knew I'd be in with a good chance of seeing something worthwhile. Lots of marsh harriers...
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    Spotting Scope Covers

    I was given an 80mm angled spotting scope a short while ago and would like to get a cover for it. It's a used one and unfortunately I do not know the make. I was wondering if it was possible to get rain covers for scopes? I do like the carry cases but the prices can be quite steep, and I know...
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    Goose ID

    Hello everyone. Well, this is my first proper post, and what motivated me to sign up, an unknown goose! It was seen by a friend who asked me. I'm afraid I can't ID it so was hoping someone here could. It was taken in the UK, in Kent. Here's a picture:
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