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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Acanthis" data-source="post: 3535432" data-attributes="member: 5750">Yeah I know, there's always that guilt in the background. :-CI get your point. If you travelled abroad specifically to see birds over say a fortnight or three weeks, or if you had to travel on business maybe and had some time to spare, then there would be more justification.With my current circumstances I just can't be away for a week or a fortnight. A long weekend is the maximum stretch I can manage.I want to see new birds. Tried twitching within a self-imposed 2 1/2 hour travel maximum radius. This last 6 months have been little short of disastrous - several painful dips. I can't read any bird magazine articles about last autumn without wincing!And again last weekend. Pushed the travel radius out to 4 hours to try for Pine Bunting - dipped!It occurred to me on the long drive home there may be better ways to see new birds than that soul-destroying sh*t <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>