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  1. joe cockram

    Israel Sep-Oct 2013

    I'm currently in Israel, primarily to assist with the annual monitoring of migrating soaring birds in the Northern valleys, but also doing a bit of 'regular' birding in my free time. The number of raptors passing through this region is quite astonishing, particularly for the 2 key species for...
  2. joe cockram

    India and Nepal 2008

    Happy 2008 to all. To start the year off, i'm going backpacking around India and Nepal for most of January and February, leaving tomorrow. Hopefully we'll be doing the Jomsom/Thak Khola Trek and Chitwan NP in Nepal, and visiting Corbett NP, Harike Wetlands, the Great Thar Desert, Gujarat and Goa...
  3. joe cockram

    Madrid June 2007

    As I am spending the summer working in Asturias, in North Spain, I decided to take advantage of the ridiculously cheap flights to Madrid from Oviedo airport for a few days birding, and also to see one of the more historical cities of Europe. As I would be without a car for the trip I...
  4. joe cockram

    Biscay Ferries

    I´m working on North Spain for the summer, finishing sometime in late August/ September and reckon that it will be worth getting the ferry back home through biscay for seabirds, cetaceans etc, and have a few questions that i hope somebody can help with; Which is the better route...
  5. joe cockram

    Madrid by public transport

    Hi I´m planning on a long weekend, maybe week long trip to madrid some time in June/ July but will be without a car. Does anyone have any info on how to get buses or trains out from the city to some good spots nearby, and also if there are any decent parks or things within the city itself...
  6. joe cockram

    Fiji, September 2006

    Fiji 29th August- 14th September 2006 Introduction This trip to Fiji was part of a 7 month backpacking trip around Australia. Before leaving the UK for Australia I had been planning to have a short visit to either Fiji or New Zealand. After a lot of deliberating I finally decided on Fiji as...
  7. joe cockram

    Spanish Butterlfy I.Ds please

    hi i´m currently living in north spain, just north of the picos de europa. its fantastic for butterflies but unfortunately I really am very poor at butterlfy i.d. Heres what i think the pics are of but would welcome conformation or correction 1) Spanish or Marsh Fritillary? 2,3)Provencal...
  8. joe cockram

    India and Nepal 2008

    i'm going on a two month backpacking trip around northern India and Nepal in Jan and Feb next year and have a few questions that i hope you guys may be able to help me out on: Tigers, obviously the major goal of the trip. There seems to be conflicting reports on their status at various sites...
  9. joe cockram

    3 new birds from Fiji

    I've just added three new birds for the database from Fiji: Blue crested Broadbill/Flycatcher, Giant Forest Honeyeater and Kadavu Fantail. joe
  10. joe cockram

    Lunar Eclipse

    Having seen the thread elsewhere on the forum about the lunar eclipse tonight, i quite fancy trying to photograph it. I've never really tried photographing the moon before tho. What do you reckon are the best settings to use for this sort of thing, with a DSLR and tele lens? cheers joe
  11. joe cockram

    Thailand Jan 2007

    On the way back home from a big trip to Australia i stopped off for 12 days in Thailand as a sort of intriduction to birding in the country, heres a brief trip report: Hopefully ther emay be few pics on my blog soon, theres a link to it in my signature 11th-13th Jan Khao Yai National Park...
  12. joe cockram

    Australia July 2006

    I'm currently on a 6 month birding trip around australia. I'm keeping a weblog with a few sightings and pictures on it here: www.joesbirding.blogspot.com its not very detailed as i havnt had much timeto update it fully, its more of a diary than a trip report but hopefully i'll soon be able to...
  13. joe cockram

    hi all, new member here

    hi all, just writing to introduce myself as i'm a new member. I've been a birder since 1995 and do pretty much all my birding in hampshire, dorset and somerset. I'm currently at college in hampshire but spend most of my days off birding at portland. regards joe cockram
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