tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post4744213978726395227..comments2024-03-27T13:34:10.184+00:00Comments on NORTH DOWNS & BEYOND: About to crackSteve Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-47042692242622350862017-09-20T16:16:07.803+01:002017-09-20T16:16:07.803+01:00The Wild West of birding...The Wild West of birding...Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-87950640214494005002017-09-20T13:03:35.209+01:002017-09-20T13:03:35.209+01:00Have you considered Shetland. Only several hundred...Have you considered Shetland. Only several hundred pounds to get there!Jonathan Lethbridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12791327377479687655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-48398084638658613122017-09-20T07:26:30.011+01:002017-09-20T07:26:30.011+01:00Very good Derek!Very good Derek!Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-72896730863828907872017-09-20T06:00:27.919+01:002017-09-20T06:00:27.919+01:00You may need to wander further afield - on the fro...You may need to wander further afield - on the frontspiece of the original Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe by Peterson, Mountfort and Hollom is the wonderful mention - TO OUR LONG SUFFERING WIVES - "she laments, sir... her husband goes this morning a-birding"<br />Shakespeare - Merry Wives of WindsorDerek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-74701837321824899592017-09-19T21:00:28.944+01:002017-09-19T21:00:28.944+01:00Well good for them...for me, time could be better ...Well good for them...for me, time could be better spent with lots of moorhens and god knows what else..Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-28951063439231751162017-09-19T19:46:29.132+01:002017-09-19T19:46:29.132+01:00I refer to my response above... By the way, at the...I refer to my response above... By the way, at the same patch a number of birders twitched a Moorhen. True.Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-76118608448444882112017-09-19T19:44:26.004+01:002017-09-19T19:44:26.004+01:00Dalai Sexton, you talk much sense. I know you are ...Dalai Sexton, you talk much sense. I know you are right, but it wouldn't be me unless I shoved a bit of angst in there, would it?Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-85543543209196784962017-09-19T19:44:20.401+01:002017-09-19T19:44:20.401+01:00On the note above, I have just clicked on Devil Bi...On the note above, I have just clicked on Devil Birders blog on your side bar and find that he has finished work and in his valuable spare time is twitching the Sedge Warbler on the farm. Now, for a patcher, this is understandable, but lets just stand back and view through the window... its a Sedgie. The world will not end without seeing that individual. Now if at the time, this is his idea of birding utopia, then great, stake it out, flog it and burn it up, but if there is one single atom of 'why am I doing this' its time to go to where you would want yourself to be and enjoy it... Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-18454465880332950662017-09-19T19:39:28.579+01:002017-09-19T19:39:28.579+01:00I have learned recently that 'worthiness' ...I have learned recently that 'worthiness' is a poor attribute for a human. You can spend the rest of yours days dillegently searching your patch and get aroused by your first coal tit or coot, but life really is too short for that. I now keep an open mind and do whatever I fancy doing on my birding days. If I am in patch mode, I flog it, if I am envious of someone elses birds, I'll go and see them with not one ounce of regret. Once you get this frame of mind sorted, every day can be enjoyable, just go with the flow! Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-46927801339785631582017-09-19T18:24:54.175+01:002017-09-19T18:24:54.175+01:00Funny you should say that Martin...Funny you should say that Martin...Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-55593714628017027492017-09-19T18:15:46.784+01:002017-09-19T18:15:46.784+01:00Time for a trip to the shingle Steve.Time for a trip to the shingle Steve.Ploddingbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06622485302669950415noreply@blogger.com