http://www.birding.uk.com/forum/blogs/ Birding UK and Ireland Bird Forum en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:35:26 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.birding.uk.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.birding.uk.com/forum/blogs/ http://www.birding.uk.com/forum/blogs/bassist/251-alans-end.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:44:42 GMT The name is mine for a place where i first met alan and half killed him !!!!!!! through dehydration,heatstroke and general exhaustion heehehehehe.Its... The name is mine for a place where i first met alan and half killed him !!!!!!! through dehydration,heatstroke and general exhaustion heehehehehe.Its on the ribble near preston docks and borders a canal,fields,a tip,a small marsh and small patches of woodland a great variety of habitats.Its a place i often go to for solitude and just to reflect and of course watch birds ...here is a list of what i saw today buzzard,kestrel,carrion crow,snipe,shelduck,mallard.great,blue, coal and long tailed tits,dunnock,wigeon,teal,cormorant,blackbird,robin ,wren,muteswan,coot,moorhen,black headed,herring,great black back and common gulls,chaffinch,white geese,fieldfare,goosander,canada geese ,curlew and redshank........and the star of the show a lifer for me a woodcock.............Peace from alans end......! ]]> bassist http://www.birding.uk.com/forum/blogs/bassist/251-alans-end.html http://www.birding.uk.com/forum/blogs/bassist/82-out-about-my-new-scope.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:30:15 GMT Only had chance 2 use it twice due to the bad weather recently,but am well impressed with it to say the least..the images are bright and sharp even... Only had chance 2 use it twice due to the bad weather recently,but am well impressed with it to say the least..the images are bright and sharp even on full zoom.Though have to say! keep needing to give my eyes a rest after a while,maybe thats because i am long sighted and need glasses short up, i really do not know.First time i used it i spotted a pair of common sandpiper that you could not see with my bins as they were too far away....makes me wonder what i have missed for the past 12 years without one!(not that i am really bothered though!).Went out with it for the second time on the 11/07 to my local hotspot for birds brockholes quarry..saw amongst others ,1 common sandpiper, a pair of little ringed plover(according to another birder who was there!) and a green wood pecker a lifer for me....as well as my mate the little owl on the way there.Had a go at digi scoping hand held again,with my compact ....prob wrong camera as it has an external zoom, i know you can use them but internal zooms are supposed to be better,did it and got some quite good shots of the plovers..!.Digi scoping is something i am going to be looking into.Although you will not get the quality of pic of a proper decent camera lens,for memories sake and id purposes ...i think i will be investing in a proper set up soon...although having said that some of the sites on digi scoping have some fantastic pics on them.......!.PS ..There has also been a family of jays out side my flat for a few days now.....the young one/s dont half make a racket....they have even been flying down to eat bread.....nice to watch..!ps ps Apparently just after i was at brocks ,knowing me it was there! a med gull turned up.........i would not have known to be honest anyhow !even if it was there....!exciting times ahead.....!Peace.! ]]> bassist http://www.birding.uk.com/forum/blogs/bassist/82-out-about-my-new-scope.html http://www.birding.uk.com/forum/blogs/bassist/39-lovely-couple-days-09-05-10-05.html Sun, 10 May 2009 16:17:11 GMT On and around the river ribble,have seen the following in the last 2 days.!Snipe,wheatear,corn bunting sort of... On and around the river ribble,have seen the following in the last 2 days.!Snipe,wheatear,corn bunting sort of sure?,skylark,lapwing,shellduck,oystercatcher,swif t,swallow,sand martin,widgeon,canada geese,cormorant,goosander,great crested grebe,nuthatch,greylag geese,goldfinch,muteswan,various tits,gulls,....all within an half hour cycling distance from my flat.!:)Peace.!P.S also explored (courtesy of google earth!) a large pond ,that had obviously been set up to keep the wildfowl there for when the shooting season starts....there was about a million mallard there,with some seriously big feeders.:)Peace..!Ps the goosander were fishing,it was like watching synchronised diving with the 2 males ,they would dive down at the same time and pop up at the same time time,really nice to watch.!Peace.! ]]> bassist http://www.birding.uk.com/forum/blogs/bassist/39-lovely-couple-days-09-05-10-05.html