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  1. Padraig

    Botswana 2015

    This is my first trip to botswana. I arrived at Kasane Airport on the 11th February from Johannesburg with my wife Susan. The idea was that we would spend three days doing touristy things and Susan would carry on to Cape Town, leaving me with a week to do some serious birding. I will put all new...
  2. Padraig

    Birding Botswana

    Dear All, I am looking for some advice. i arrive in Kasane on the 11th of Feb 2015 with my wife Susan and have booked 4 nights in a BandB by the Chobe river. My first time in Botswana.I hope to make excursions into Chobe. Susan carries on to CapeTown on the 15th and I have 10 days to explore...
  3. Padraig

    Kruger Cisticola

    Apologies for indistinct views of what appears to be a Cisticola. Can anyone hazard a guess what it is? Padraig.
  4. Padraig

    Kruger Cisticola

    Apologies for grainy picture. I think its a cisticola. Any guesses? Padraig.
  5. Padraig

    Kruger trip February 2014

    My very first trip to the Kruger, something I've looked forward to for years. I hired a car at Nelspruit airport on the 25th Feb and stayed in a lodge at Hazyview. Next morning I was up before the sun at it early. Birds that were Southern Africa lifers are in bold. Apologies to seasoned SA...
  6. Padraig

    Kruger raptor

    Can any eagle-eyed person please help me with this high-in-the-sky raptor. i could only manage one photo. Is it a pale morph Wahlbergs eagle? I'm not sure if I've attached this or not. if not, can anyone tell me how its done? Padraig
  7. Padraig

    Space for Giants

    Dear All, A bit of a depressing one, I'm afraid. We all know the situation that confronts large wild animals such as elephants, rhinosoros, tigers : extinction in our life-time outside of zoos and highly protected parks. How can we live with this unbearable thought? A concerted effort is now...
  8. Padraig

    Back from The Gambia

    Just got back from The Gambia last Monday. Have survived going back to work and here is my serialised trip report. I know that people who’ve been to the Gambia like to read others’ experiences and those who are planning to go, its invaluable. I certainly found other peoples’ accounts and...
  9. Padraig

    Combinations of Birds

    Like almost all birdrers, there are lots of different aspects about birding that I just love. Trying to explain these to 'non-believers' is met with varying degrees of success....or failure. However, as I'm among friends here I thought I'd share one personal idiosyncracy: I get a kick out of...
  10. Padraig

    Orlando in December

    Well, my children have finally got round me and we're going to Orlando in 3 wee's time. We spend 2 weeks in Orlando and needless to say, I'll want to have a bit of quiet birding. Anyone have suggestions where to go? On the map, it looks like Cape Carnarvel is the nearest hotspot. Any others...
  11. Padraig

    I have a diferent question

    MnChris has a thread going calle d I have a question, so mine is different. Someone asked me could I answer a question and I couldnt. There was a WW2 song which sang about hat would happen after the war was over (and presumably the right side had won) and which had the line 'The blue will fly...
  12. Padraig

    Qui Parle Francais? -Mark 2.

    O.K. Last time I broke the rules by writing in french and Digiscoper rightly intervened. He explained to me that the rule is there to prevent people erupting into foreign languages ,making it impossible for the moderators to keep an eye on the content of what contributors are saying. It takes no...
  13. Padraig

    Advice Needed

    I trying to organise a family holiday at the end of October in Europe. I must bear in mind that family holiday means just that- with a little birdwatching thrown in for 'good behaviour'. Places that spring to mind include: Mallorca Cyprus Lesbos. I'm told that a real problem can be the amount...
  14. Padraig

    Qui Parle Francais?

    As I sit here, I am 100 miles from France. Those in Dungeness or Dover are much closer. How many people watch birds in France? How many know the names and descriptions in French? Lets find out who's interested. First one should be easy. Peut difficilement etre confondu. Attitude dresse, corps...
  15. Padraig

    Una Visita en Espana

    Being the Semi-fledged birder that I am, I thought it was time to spread my wings and see a few Spanish birds. On 31/3/05 we (wife,2 kids, myself) arrived at our flat near Torrevieja, south of Alicante only for me to discover that there was a bird reserve on a salt-marsh 4 miles away, called La...
  16. Padraig

    Take a Guess

    Taken from Collins- key info omitted: 7'' (17.5cm). Attenuated form with wing-tips extending well past tail and reletively short legs. In flight, white wing- bar, thin and restricted to secondaries. Breeding adult noticeably streaked, with rufous crown, whitish supercilium, fully lined gorget...
  17. Padraig

    Unusual combinations in your scope

    I'd love to hear what unusual combinations other members have had in their scopes. To start this one off: On New Year's day this year I had our (then) resident Glossy Ibis on the shore of Bowling Green Marsh and swimming directly behind it was a Red Throated Diver. I thought that was unusual...
  18. Padraig

    Flying a Red Kite

    Helenol is rapidly becoming BF's Red Kite expert and on Friday 23rd, I became the third BF member to venture over to High Wycome for a guided tour. I actually arrived on Thursday night and Helen had arranged accommodation in a flat above a pub. How thoughtful! We had Thai food and cider with...
  19. Padraig

    Bonding with the cousins.

    Over the last few months I have noticed an interesting aspect of vagrant behaviour, that of teeming up with the 'nearest reletives' in the new host country. While in the Scillies this year I saw two cases of the phenomenon in quick succession. A Rose Coloured starling in a flock of starlings...
  20. Padraig

    Going to Brittany

    Going to Brittany I am off to Brittany on Friday 20th June for 8 days holidays. Does anybody know good birdwatching sites in Brittany. I have already E-mailed a Breton Pal, to see if he will show me around, but haven't heard back yet. Cheers, PadraigB (:
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