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    Beginner bincoluars

    Hi all I am looking for some binoculars to buy as a present for a friend - he is interested in birds and wildlife to the point they will receive regular use but not to the point that they need to be anything particularly high end. I was hoping to get some advice for the best current binoculars...
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    South/East USA Trip RFI

    Hi all, This Sunday (24th July) I am heading down to Dallas (TX) and planning to drive back to Jersey City over the following 5 days. The route I plan to take passes Little Rock, Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Roanoke, and Harrisburg. I don't really have any specific target species as such...
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    Caspian Gull,

    Caspian Gull, Norfolk Saw this picture posted on 'Birds of the Heath and Yare Valley' by David Bryant (LightThisCandle on BF), presumably taken recently in Norfolk. Thought it looked an interesting bird, i've never seen a Caspian Gull looking as small as surrounding Common or Black-headed...
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    Monfrague White-rumped Swifts

    Hi all, I was hoping someone might have an idea regarding how late these birds stay in the area for. I'm looking to book a trip between 7th and 12th September this year, visiting Monfrague towards the end of the itinerary. As WRS would be one of the main focuses of the trip it would be nice to...
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    French Alps birding

    Hi all, Next week i'm going to Val D'isere for a few days under the pretence of skiing. To avoid embarrassment on the slopes i'm hoping to spend most of my time birding. Looking around the net info seems pretty scant, so I was hoping a few people on here might know a bit more. Species i'd be...
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    Eilat Accommodation

    Hello all, I was hoping I could rack collective birding brains about the best places to stay on Eilat, Israel. I'm looking for something affordable but of a decent, ideally at less than the equivalent of £35pppn. Secondly, if anyone had any advice regarding airlines, whether 'El Al' are...
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    Tenerife & Lanzarote, June 2011

    I have just returned from a weeks birding on Tenerife and Lanzarote, and although I haven't written a full trip report yet, as this place is a popular holiday destination for birders with families, a bit of stuff we discovered/saw is probably of interest. Aside from seeing the endemic and...
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    Eyecups for Bauschand Lomb 10x42 Elite

    Hi, I recently lost one of the eyecups for my pair of Bausch and Lomb Elite 10x42 61-1042P. Having rung up the UK suppliers I was told they're discontinued and it's not possible to get hold of any. Does anyone know of any places where I could possibly pick some up? Thanks D
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    USB Pen Crisis!

    Help! Just snapped the metallic bit (that goes in to the computer) off my USB pen. It's got quite a bit of important info on which I haven't currently got backed up. The data card inside it is still perfectly intact it is just the metal bit that provides a link from memory to computer port that...
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    Scilly Radios...

    Hi all, Was hoping someone could help me out re the radios used on Scillies to get birdnews out. I believe most of the islanders have CB radios/walkie talkies, and the birdnews is put out on these. As for most of the time I will be without a pager and unlikely to have phone signal, I reckon the...
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    Seawatching 07

    Looking at reports from today, it seems the seawatching season for 07 has begun. Corys moving in the SW, and Wilson's off W Ireland. This year I, like lots of other people want to try and see the big shears and Wilsons P, but obviously it requires suitable conditions. The hoped for idea of...
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    Any ideas? Surfbirds ID Pic

    Just seen this on the Surfbirds ID discussion gallery, top pic. Anyone got any ideas? http://www.surfbirds.com/cgi-bin/gallery/display.cgi?gallery=gallery28 Cheers
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    Problem with Swarovski AT80HD

    Hi, Recently i've been having trouble with the plate that attaches my Swarov to my tripod, namely that the thread inside the base of the scope has worn away, so the scope will no longer screw on to the plate, and I can no longer attach it to the tripod. I've been given a few names of companies...
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    Getting to Scilly cheaply

    Hi, I'm in the process of planning a trip to Scillies in August, but having just looked at the prices on the Scillonian for a return ticket they're frankly extortionate. I know that the RSPB run 1/2 price day tickets, is there any way that I could buy two of those and use one on my journey out...
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    Seawatching on Anglesey

    Hi, As Cornwall's a bit far for me, I was thinking of going over to Anglesey late week to do some seawatching off either Point Lynas (which I believe is having building work done on the point, does anyone know anything about that?) or Wylfa Head near Cemlyn Bay as there seems to be good birds...
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    Good seawatching condtions

    Good seawatching condtions in the SW Don't know what anyone else thinks but looking at the forecast for Cornwall over the next week there's going to be some decent seawatching conditions in the south-west, southerlies veering W, then NW - http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/7days.asp Should...
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    Cyprus specialities - info required

    Hi all, I've now visited Cyprus twice (family hols with birding chucked in), once in mid summer and once at the beginning of the winter period, and as a result have seen the majority of the specialities/scarcer birds to be found on the island. However this autumn i'm on the island again from...
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    Hybrid Gull???

    Bit of a gull puzzler for everyone, with that thread raging elsewhere on the forum about gull watching being for experts, I think, looking at this i'd be inclined to say yes, lets see if any of them can dechiper anything from this: Today me and Reader called in at Poolsbrook CP on our way back...
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    More Gull Fun

    Strange Gull for analysis Hi, I was just scanning the net when I came across some images of a strange looking gull seen at South Shields, Tyneside today. The site reports this as a possible Caspian Gull, though after much careful consideration and discussion with Wrexile1, we came to the...
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    Crazy Croppin'

    As everyone else seems to be at it, and i've been completely confused and bamboozled by most of them, I thought it was about time i did some of my own for you lot to have a go at. Here they are, have fun guessing!!!!! As on Dave B's, they're all on Cat A of the British List. PS - I don't have...
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    Dwayne950's 2005 list

    Granted - it's a bit late to be putting my 2005 list up on here with a view to write it up as I go, but I figure it's a good place to keep it, as well as show off what i've seen!!!!! :hippy: My 2005 list up to know stands at 252 (uk400). Life birds for me are emboldened. I'm off to Spurn on...
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    BOURC decision to split Yellow Legged Gull

    Ok, so i've probably missed this news before, and somewhere deep in BF's archives there's probably a great big long thread discussing the YL Gull issue. Anyway, i've just read that the BOU have added Y L Gull to Category A of the British List, a bit crap in the fact that it's an armchair...
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    Spurn Obs:

    Hi, I've just booked myself 4 nights in the Spurn Observatory in late October, and was hoping there might be somebody who could tell me what the place is like. Obviously i expect it to be fairly basic, but any guidelines/tips to a successfull stay there would be greatly appreciated, as would...
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    A couple of tricky ones

    Helloooo, For all you budding rarity finders out there, here's a test for your skills, the two pics are of mystery birds photographed for a Netherlands birding site. I think i'm certain of the second one, and the first one is still a bit ambiguous, be interesting to see what you lot think...
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    Large sea bird movements

    It seems that just at the moment there is a lot of the 'better' seabirds being seen around the British coast, for instance large amounts of Cory's Shearwaters are being recorded, and there has been a couple of instances of Fea's Petrel, and even a Little Shearwater and Swinhoe's Storm Petrel...
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