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  1. dafi

    Nailed

    Egg thief nailed in Orkney. http://www.orcadian.co.uk/2016/06/devonshire-man-sentenced-illegal-egg-collecting-orkney/
  2. dafi

    What Brought You To Be a Birder?

    I started really watching after being laid up following an opperation when all I could do was look out the window for weeks and months. Some best buy bins were followed by a field guide and an increasing recovery led me out in to the field and better health. That must have been ten years or so...
  3. dafi

    Unusual Hen harrier behaviour, Orkney.

    The female in question is likley the breeding female from that area. This track in the heather is a right of way and regularly walked by dog walkers. I wondered if it was learned behavoiur or just an opertunistic occurence. It may have seen mippits going up from the distance and been drawn by...
  4. dafi

    Unusual Hen harrier behaviour, Orkney.

    I saw something I have never seen before tonight. As I was coming away from Russadale quarry I had the dog running on a right good bit in front and was messing about in the heather just off the track. A hen harrier came over Chris's house down the field and over the heather. It made for the dog...
  5. dafi

    Favorite bird song/call

    Longtailed ducks Curlews bubbling The first skylark of spring
  6. dafi

    Waxwing invasion 2012/13

    Thats interesting Andrew, a lot of our birds are young ones as well. I dont think the amount of birds is unusualy heavy this year (yet). The other factor that i would have expected to be pushing them in our direction would be the weather and that does not seem to be that extreme over the last...
  7. dafi

    Waxwing invasion 2012/13

    They have been coming and going in our garden for the last few days, my rugosa is trashed and they are falling on apples as soon as they go out. The apples go straight through them and in to the sparrows which i havent seen before!! The few reports i can find on the web point to the berry crop...
  8. dafi

    Waxwing invasion 2012/13

    It was going great guns up here but its very wet and the weather is all coming from the west. Does anybody know where i can see information on the scandinavian berry crop ???
  9. dafi

    Waxwings

    There seems to be good numbers here hovering up what ever they can find. They have beaten the redwings to a lot of it this year. I would love to know how the scandinavian berry crop is. That would help give a clue about the potential influx !!
  10. dafi

    Waxwings

    496 views, nobody want to offer up a little help here. Never mind here are a couple of Waxies down the garden. http://youtu.be/ZjnZRgJKGbk
  11. dafi

    Waxwings

    We have been seeing waxwings all week with numbers building yesterday. What i am wondering was does anybody know where i can find info on the state of the berry crop accross scandinavia or does anybody know the state of play with it. There was something mentioned about bramblings moving out...
  12. dafi

    No Tail?

    Probably had a close encounter with a cat or some such
  13. dafi

    WIN an Opticron MM2 52mm travelscope, 13-39x zoom eyepiece, case & tripod worth £400

    1 Yes 2 No 3 £275.99
  14. dafi

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    I had my first Roller here last week and my first common crane this morning....been a good week!!
  15. dafi

    Sunrise/sunset.

    I havent seen this thread for ages!! Here is a shot of the mists rising after sunset the other night
  16. dafi

    Zen-Ray Binoculars Giveaways. Ultimate Prize: two pairs of PRIME HD binoculars

    As the thread is still going is it all over or can i have another go??
  17. dafi

    Red Grouse population- unmanaged land

    I asked a couple of folks but havent found much out, i must admit i dont have much of an idea!!!
  18. dafi

    Zen-Ray Binoculars Giveaways. Ultimate Prize: two pairs of PRIME HD binoculars

    Hey its my penultimate shot, could have done with a super pair of bins today thats for sure!!
  19. dafi

    Zen-Ray Binoculars Giveaways. Ultimate Prize: two pairs of PRIME HD binoculars

    This is almost but not quite my final go... except for the morn and one more the morns morning!!
  20. dafi

    Red Grouse population- unmanaged land

    I am pretty sure that our population is not introduced.
  21. dafi

    Red Grouse population- unmanaged land

    If the moorland managment for comercial grouse and deer stopped the hills of Scotland would look very different in ten, twenty, thirty years. The biodiversity would re establish and bloom and the hills would look much the same in places but be very diferent places to stand in!! Its a shame...
  22. dafi

    Red Grouse population- unmanaged land

    In Orkney we have a lot of heather. There are no shooting estates for the comercial exploitation of grouse. Some of the heather is managed by the RSPB and a little is still cut for peat but the practice has dropped away over the last 40 years. Some is grazed in the summer and improves the...
  23. dafi

    Birding trip to Orkney Islands, May 2012

    John along with Higsons Orkbird message board you can also check out the RSPBs Orkney blog. There is also Orkney birding group on face book. This has just started but has good frendly base of knoledgeable members who will be happy to point you in the direction of current hotspots. The facebook...
  24. dafi

    Zen-Ray Binoculars Giveaways. Ultimate Prize: two pairs of PRIME HD binoculars

    I thought this thread would be closed by now!! But i will have another go anyway!!
  25. dafi

    Am I really the sort of vain middle-aged loser who'd buy Leica or suchlike jewelry ?

    So the answer to your question in the end is yes?
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