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    Sabine's gull

    I was on the RSPB Skua cruise out of Bridlington today, saw Sooty Shearwater, Great Skua and a Sabine's gull. The gull kept dropping into the chum trail with the other gulls. I've attached three images of the gull, sorry but the qualities poor, but I thought they were worth showing. It was a...
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    Sparrowhawk

    Can anyone confirm is this a male juvenile Sparrowhawk? I decided to do a bit of garden bird photography today, camera and long lens set up on a tripod, I was just sat on a garden bench, no hide. This bird entered from the right and flew down the garden, it was so low, I was looking down on it...
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    Canon 1D Mk2 problem

    I wonder if anyone has come across the problem/fault before on the 1D Mk2? Its intermittent and has happened twice in the past 4 or 5 weeks. I took three photographs this morning, but the camera would not display them on the rear LCD screen. All power was on and everything showed A ok on all the...
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    A Gannet with a touch of Photoshop alchmy

    I've recently been photographing Gannets at Bempton cliffs, and like most photographers I've always a large number of photographs that need deleting for what ever reason. In the first photograph for instance the Gannet's left wing is just clipped, I find this so annoying. So I decided to try...
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    A day at Bempton and a Gannet surprise

    On Saturday I spent the day at Bempton cliffs, it was a sunny morning with a breeze at the cliff tops, which got the birds up, it was a pleasure to watch the Fulmars riding the updraughts, and a young Gannet doing the same. As the day progressed it turned overcast, most of the other people had...
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    Aircraft & Sprawk

    I think most people probably agree that the earth is going through a climate change called global warming, as it has done so for millions of years in the past, whether man alone is responsible is debatable. Today I was working in the garden and as always you can't fail to see the contrails of...
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    Info on book required

    I've just bought a book from a second hand book shop called, Wildlife Sound Recording by John B. Fisher published in 1977, I've just started reading it, is there a modern day equivalent anybody would recommend? Dave
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    My local patch

    I started walking this patch in mid December 2006, it starts just a 10 minutes walk from home and follows a footpath which first passes a small fishing pond surrounded by mixed trees, it then crosses a footbridge over the River Torn and onto arable land, continues to another footbridge over the...
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    The BBC and Potteric Carr

    The BBC were down at Potteric Carr, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, today trying to film the Bitterns, apparently it will be shown on Look North either today or sometime this week. I was in Piper Marsh hide when the camera crew popped in, but the Bittern wasn't playing, it could be seen right over...
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    Nikon Coolpix 4500 problem

    Hello, My wife owns a Coolpix 4500 camera, which she uses for her photography, shooting jpegs. Approximately 18 months ago in a house burglary along with other photographic equipment the instruction book for the Coolpix 4500 was stolen. The Coolpix was not a camera that I used, however, I've...
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    SD cards and card readers

    Hello, I've just purchased a 2GB CF card and a 2GB SD memory cards for my camera. The CF card works OK, but I'm having a problem with the 2 GB SD card, when I place it into my Belkin card reader the computer informs me that it is unable to read the disc i.e. the card. I've since found out that...
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    Purple sandpiper

    Purple sandpiper? 12 months ago, I spotted half o' dozen of these birds on some rocks behind the Spa Theatre in Bridlington, East Yorkshire. It was the first time I'd seen them, I had my Collins with me, I looked at the shape of the bill, the orange colour at its base and the leg colouring and...
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    Gambia info required

    Hello, I'm off to Gambia on the 12th January, can anybody tell what's the carry on luggage security like? I went a couple of years ago and had no problems taking my LowePro Nature bag packed with kit, on as hand luggage. I'm wondering if things have changed since we had problems earlier in the...
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    Adobe lightroom

    I wondered if any Mac users have heard of or using Adobe lightroom, it's Mac only at the present, out for beta 2 testing. I've been trying it for a few weeks, its got great potential and may be the only software a photographer needs. Follow this link for a free download and give it a go...
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    Error 99

    Hi, I use a Canon 1D Mk2 body fitted with a 500 mm f4 IS lens, today whilst trying to photograph a bird in flight, the following happened: The camera was mounted on a tripod, I framed the bird in the finder and pressed the shutter button, the camera took five exposures and then froze. Error 99...
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    Its that place again

    My third season at Potteric Carr, Doncaster, to photograph the Bitterns. I went yesterday, 24.1.06, to add to my collection of Bittern photos, 3 attached below. Over the past couple of years Potteric Carr has gone through some changes, new visitor centre, extra land purchased to extend the reed...
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    Greater Sand Plover....its an old one

    A few years ago, well the date was 3.8.81. I didn't have the slightest interest in birds at all. I was asked by two pals, who were birders, if I wanted a run to Spurn. I'd never heard of the place and certainly had never been. So, just for a change, I went. This was my first contact with...
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    Fungi photos and ID

    Hi, A few days ago, I went out onto my local patch and decided to have a look for fungi, well I spotted about 1 dozen different types. The first two thumbs nails are I believe, Fly Agaric, the second, I believe is a Stink Horn. But 4 to 5 I've no idea can any one please put a name to them...
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    Lakeside, Doncaster. Please confirm

    I spent a couple of hours at Lakeside, Doncaster and saw a few Great Crested Grebes, thumbnail one shows an adult bird and juvenile, which was being fed by the parent bird. The second thumbnail, I believe, is also a Great Crested Grebe, would this be called a immature or is it an adult in winter...
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    Anybody been to Cleethorpes

    A couple of weeks ago, I met a birder in Chalk Bank hide at Spurn, we were watching the large number of knots flocking together, slowly moving towards us, as the tide was rising. He told me to visit Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, and go to the rear of the swimming baths, as the tide rises the birds...
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    Where have all the birds gone?

    All through the summer, I've had plenty of birds in the garden: Starlings, Blackbirds, Song Thrush, Robins, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Collared Doves, Wood Pigeons, Magpies and even a Great Spotted Woodpecker. I put food and water out, and the birds came and had their fill. I'm still...
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    BBC Wildlife magazine

    Just got Octobers issue today, and a preview of some of the photographs entered the annual Wildlife Photo Comp are in. As usual there are some stunning photographs, my favorite out of this lot is Gorilla in the rain.
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    Spotted Crake at Old Moor

    Today, I decided to visit Old Moor in the hope of seeing the Spotted Crake that had been reported. When I left home it was raining stair rods and on arrival, I was informed that it had not been seen since Tuesday 20th Sept. I decided to stay and after a couple of hours I was rewarded with good...
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    Can anybody help with this?

    Hi, I took this photograph a short while ago in my back garden, can anybody tell me what this bird is at top right on the seed feeder. The first thumbnail is the complete photo to give some idea of its size compared to the goldfinches, the second is an enlargement of the same photo. Thanks in...
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    Best time to make a garden pond?

    Hello, For some time, I've been thinking of building a garden pond. I've a bird bath at the present time, and I get dozens of birds every day in it, so what will a pond do?. Is there a best time of year to build one, I think I'm going to have one without a pump or filteration system and let...
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