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    Butterflies in December!!

    Don't know if anybody else has seen any butterflies around at the moment, but I keep seeing the occassional Red Admiral flying around. Its great to see them at anytime of the year, but its extra special to see them in winter. :D Cheers John.
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    Time for twitching!!

    Just thought it would be interesting to see what us poor sods do with our time!!! What is the furthest distance you have travelled to see a bird? And did the bird show itself? What is the longest time you have travelled to see a bird? Did the bird show itself? What is the longest time...
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    Last Mega Mega Bird???

    Having been out of the birding circle for many years and I know there have been quite a lot of MEGA birds that have been recorded in that time but I was wondering what was the last MEGA MEGA bird seen in the UK?? John. :D
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    Firecrest - where do you see 'em?

    Not really interested in where to find them at this time of year...... with everything moving around at the moment!!! But is there any places in the UK where Firecrest is a 'definate' and what time of year is best to see them?? Only asking cos I ain't seen one of these beautiful birds for a...
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    Interesting history of the Great Auks

    Interesting history of the Great Auk Interesting read about the Great Auks history, don't know if your interested. Going through a phase at the moment on birds that have become extinct or endangered :storm: , if anybody has got any others I can read about please feel free to let me know...
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    Bachmans Warbler

    Having had all the up-roar, discussion and the dis-belief on the recent discovery of the 'thought to be extinct' Ivory-billed Woodie-Woodpecker, it has got me thinking about a bird I mentioned in one of my dissertations at University - the Bachmans Warbler. Having just googled the info on the...
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    Dolgellau, Wales

    This weekend coming will be in Fairbourne in Gwynedd. Any of you welsh guys got any information on good birding places in this area. Also do you know if the sea watching is any good ? Any info would be great!!! Cheers - John
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    Work....

    All it does is that it gets in the way of my birding, except for buying the essentials - bins and scope - food can be got from bins & shelter can be found under trees and bushes so they don't count. So the question is who needs work?? The Bird (bored at work and sick to death of looking at...
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    Looking to contact.....

    Thought I would start a thread where we contact people we haven't seen for ages (idea came from another thread). I personally would like to contact the following..... Gary Taylor and Steve Dudley (assistant warden) - who bird watched at Fairburn Ings in the mid-eighties. The Bird (John...
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    Bird surveys

    Just been reading an article about the Big Garden Birdwatch that is run every year or so, and it lists what birds have been seen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/features/birds/index.shtml Any way I was wondering since some people come on to the BF with photos of birds they do not recognise in...
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    Lesser Yellowlegs at Tophill Low NR

    Where is it and how do you get there from Leeds, does anybody know???
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    Birding Blacktoft

    hello all just want to tell you about the evening I had at Blacktoft Sands last night. Went there for the Red-necked Phalarope - which was seen at along distance - this was a lifer for me - Phalaropes have been a bogie bird for me for years - so I was over the moon to finally see one. In the...
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    Favourite birding memory

    Just a quicky cos I'm at work........ but what is everybodies farvourite birding memory? The Bird
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    Caspian Gull ID-ing

    OK will somebody be as kind to give me a few pointers as to how you can tell a Caspian Gull from a Herring Gull. From time to time I'm going to post these little questions to improve my id skills when it comes to birds that are very similar. I found the Plover thread yesterday extremely...
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    Little black critters spoiling birding moments

    Birding at Fairburn Ings yesterday evening - didn't see much - Greenshank, Redshank, Ringed Plover, Common Tern, Kestrel etc - very quiet at the moment. Anyway on six or seven occasions, usually when I put my bins to my eyes (strange) a small/medium sized black fly landed on my arm and started...
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    Yorkshire Birding

    This weekend planning to get out and do a serious day birding.... living in North Yorkshire I'm pretty spoilt for choice of where to go, however fancy going somewhere new. I usually go the following places, please feel free to advise me on other places that may be of interest. Usually go to...
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    Birds in one day

    This thread has probably been done a thousand times - but whats your record for the number of bird species in one day - mine is a not very good and will be beaten this year - 97 bird species @ Minsmere. List some of the birds as well so I can picture seeing them in my head. Cheers The Bird
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    Dream Birding - get involved

    In the last two weeks I have been able to tick Black and White Warbler and Bluethroat while I have been sleeping. What have other people ticked while they've been a sleep? I going to start a new birding list, seems its going to be better than my awake one. The Bird B (:
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    In My Garden

    Very quiet on the forum so far today, so I just thought I'd tell you that when I went to feed the birds this morning in my back garden - Tree sparrows and House Sparrows mainly - a female Whitethroat dropped in to say hello. About 44 species for the garden now - not bad considering its only...
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    Sub-species

    I'm really in the mood for starting threads today, so here we go. Been out of the birding circle for quite sometime. Brought up in West Yorkshire and had a father who took me everywhere I wanted to go (I'm a spoilt brat and an only child). Anyway, when I was twelve, after five years of...
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    My Devon Holiday 2005

    Just returned from my annual holiday in Kingsbridge, South Devon, and what a holiday it was. Beautiful weather for the first week and really rubbish weather for the second - what you call a typical british holiday. However, managed to get some really good birding done. Not a massive list by any...
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    Charities

    Now I didn't know where to put this thread, so I played pin a tail on a donkey and ended up in this sunject forum. Any way here goes- Being a birder in the UK, I of course support, by membership, the RSPB. However, I feel that I need to broaden my horizons and support another charity (as...
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    Devon Birding

    Going to be going on holiday to South Devon (Kingsbridge area) on Saturday 16th July. :-O I know about Prawle Point (fan-dabby-dosey) and Slapton, what other places of interest is there in the surrounding area (50 mile radius would be great) All input would be greatly appreciated...
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    Leica UK warranty

    As revealed in another thread just received my new Leica Televid 77 with 32x eyepiece. I have a warranty for the eyepiece but the scope didn't have one!!! Got in touch with Warehouse Express and they said that the body doesn't have a warranty. I thought it came with a 5 year warranty...
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    Hayfever

    Love my birding, always have and I'm damn sure that I always will. 3 of the 4 seasons of the year nothing mor than I like doing. However, summer fills me with dread. Hayfever hits me like a train, and a bl**dy big train at that. I've tried all the usual hayfever tablets on the market, that...
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