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13-04-2006, 03:05 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Crawley,Sussex
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| | | Doing anything wildlife related over Easter?
Well i have an easy day tomorrow.The wife is out with the inlaws so might take a stroll into town and look at some cameras and lenses.
Saturday hope to get down to Rye Harbour and maybe Dungeness.....never been so should be a good day out and hopefully add a few birds to the (slowly) growing list 
Sunday i quite fancy a stroll around Amberley Wild Brooks just to see whats about.
Monday..........no plans yet.
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13-04-2006, 03:12 PM
|  | Active Member | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Exmouth Devon
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Probably spend most of the weekend along the nature walk and th reserve and probably visit the Exmouth brook
I was going to Petts Wood and Hampstead Heath London but a digital photography course 2, is going to be in the way and as it is 10 weeks long I'll have to pospone my london trip till summer
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13-04-2006, 03:15 PM
|  | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: exmouth devon uk
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Well if it does not rain I might just go to Topsham to Bowling green marshes or just get on the trusty rusty moped and give it it's head and see where it takes me 
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13-04-2006, 03:37 PM
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I intend to spend quite a lot of the holiday at our local nature reserve. I just hope not too many others get the same idea as it's definitely best when no-one else is around to scare the wildlife off.
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13-04-2006, 04:37 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Lincolnshire
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No such luck as time off for me, I have to work all the Easter weekend. I am on holiday starting on the Tuesday for a week though, so the local nature reserves will definitely be on my list. The wife isn't on holiday so should have a free reign. (hope she doesn't read this or I might not be so lucky)
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13-04-2006, 05:31 PM
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Going to be a busy weekend as im working at my country park over Easter, screaming kids everywhere................. i cant wait 
I would much rather spend my weekend down Rye Harbour anyday Mark |
13-04-2006, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by nicole Going to be a busy weekend as im working at my country park over Easter, screaming kids everywhere................. i cant wait
I would much rather spend my weekend down Rye Harbour anyday Mark | But those screaming kids are tomorrow's conservationists,wildlife experts,bird watchers etc etc................hopefully.............but good luck anyway  |
13-04-2006, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark43 But those screaming kids are tomorrow's conservationists,wildlife experts,bird watchers etc etc................hopefully | Oh if only that was the case Mark heehee unfortunately no such luck, I seem to spend most of my time chasing kids on mini-motorbikes on bank-holidays. Think of me whilst you’re enjoying the sun down Rye Harbour
Im sure you will have a great time, its a fantastic area  |
13-04-2006, 05:50 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Leicestershire
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I'm hopefully going to spend lots of time taking photos if the weather permits, my new Sigma 150mm macro arrived today so I'm going to spend time getting aquainted with it, plus there's the usual family stuff to do & a bit of work! |
13-04-2006, 06:56 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: N.E.SOMERSET
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I am going to move my compost heap and try to take pics. of any finds (I hope)
There have been woodmice etc. but I am a little worried about frightening off my grassnake/s still if I take my time it could be allright
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13-04-2006, 07:51 PM
|  | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Kent
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Well it's my Dad's 80th birthday tomorrow so it's party time first. Saturday with the rellies. Then Sunday...VAST amounts of chocolate then a good walk somewhere in Kent. Going to look for my illusive bullfinch again. STILL haven't seen one. ww |
13-04-2006, 07:59 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Gloucester
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Hopefully I'm aiming to improve on my jay and woodpecker shots friday morning and then off to Santago rare leopards project on Sunday to play with big pussycats and then Lathkill Dale monday for another frustrating time chasing dippers |
13-04-2006, 07:59 PM
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Me and the boy will be doing our first plant survey of the year at the reserve. I am really keen to find some new species that are not yet listed.................Jon |
13-04-2006, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark43 Well i have an easy day tomorrow.The wife is out with the inlaws so might take a stroll into town and look at some cameras and lenses.
Saturday hope to get down to Rye Harbour and maybe Dungeness.....never been so should be a good day out and hopefully add a few birds to the (slowly) growing list
Sunday i quite fancy a stroll around Amberley Wild Brooks just to see whats about.
Monday..........no plans yet.
What are you all up to then? | Mark, I can highly recommend the Stodmarsh reserve north of Canterbury I spent several hundred hours there last year playing with 'my' kingfisher |
13-04-2006, 08:05 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Greater Manchester
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Well were going to Pennington Flash tomorrow morning, Risley Moss on Saturday and St Aspath in North Wales on Tuesday (cause were off all week hooray to visit in-laws at their caravan for the day. Hope to have our hide in place this weekend as well (weather permitting). As for the rest of the week we shall take it as it comes but I'm sure there will be plenty of photograpy involved. It certainly get's you out a lot this hobby, my other hobby genealogy which is on hold, kept me in most of the time |
13-04-2006, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Klewis Hopefully I'm aiming to improve on my jay and woodpecker shots friday morning and then off to Santago rare leopards project on Sunday to play with big pussycats and then Lathkill Dale monday for another frustrating time chasing dippers | I'm off there as well! I guarantee I'll see them, if I get any good images, that's another matter! |
13-04-2006, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Klewis Mark, I can highly recommend the Stodmarsh reserve north of Canterbury I spent several hundred hours there last year playing with 'my' kingfisher | Thanks Klewis.........another place to visit. |
13-04-2006, 09:14 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Laindon, Basildon, Essex.
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Originally Posted by Fourwings I'm hopefully going to spend lots of time taking photos if the weather permits, my new Sigma 150mm macro arrived today so I'm going to spend time getting aquainted with it, plus there's the usual family stuff to do & a bit of work! | I couldn't have put it better myself, the only difference being that my Sigma 150mm arrived yesterday!
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13-04-2006, 09:36 PM
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Weather permitting, lots of gardening and taking photos, im determined to try and get a half decent picture of some ladybirds paul |
13-04-2006, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by glsammy I'm off there as well! I guarantee I'll see them, if I get any good images, that's another matter! | If you step on a bush and you hear it go "OUCH" that will be me |
14-04-2006, 03:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Klewis If you step on a bush and you hear it go "OUCH" that will be me | I have heard all about people like you 
I off to photograph even bigger birds with jet engines!
Anyway why are all these Sigma Macros lenses suddenly arriving with you guys are they knock off :-)
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14-04-2006, 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by digi Anyway why are all these Sigma Macros lenses suddenly arriving with you guys are they knock off :-) | My excuse is that I have been saving for a rainy day and can now afford one .
The only problem is that the rainy days and the cold, grey weather continues  .
Anyone know when the sunny stuff is due to arrive so I can actually test my macro skills for the first time on butterflies and dragonflies?
Still living in hope for the Easter weekend ....
Richard |
14-04-2006, 08:18 AM
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The sunny stuff delivery has been cancelled until the 12th of never and we all know when that is |
14-04-2006, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Klewis If you step on a bush and you hear it go "OUCH" that will be me | If I stood on that bush, You'd be in no fit state to say anything. |
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