Comments for Sam White's Birding Blog http://www.birdportfolio.co.uk Birding in Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:17:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on 13/04/09 - Portland Easter Weekend by Ed Taylor http://www.birdportfolio.co.uk/2009/04/28/130409-portland-easter-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Ed Taylor Sat, 02 May 2009 11:22:55 +0000 http://www.birdportfolio.co.uk/?p=117#comment-9 My personal favourite of Sam highlights was the sheer amount of "videos" he managed to download on the way to the White- Throated Sparrow twitch!. It made a boring car journey very interesting! Some great pics on here man. I really like the Wheatears, so much better than anything I managed to capture. I'm also very jealous that you managed a shot of the Beared Tit- My autofocus almost exploded with the amount of reeds obstructing the birds! Cant wait for another Portland weekend. My body's in desperate need of something covered in cheese and mustard! Ed My personal favourite of Sam highlights was the sheer amount of “videos” he managed to download on the way to the White- Throated Sparrow twitch!. It made a boring car journey very interesting!

Some great pics on here man. I really like the Wheatears, so much better than anything I managed to capture. I’m also very jealous that you managed a shot of the Beared Tit- My autofocus almost exploded with the amount of reeds obstructing the birds!

Cant wait for another Portland weekend. My body’s in desperate need of something covered in cheese and mustard!

Ed

]]> Comment on 29/04/09 - Keyhaven & Flycatcher twitch by Robert Styles http://www.birdportfolio.co.uk/2009/04/29/260409-keyhaven/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Robert Styles Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:55:21 +0000 http://www.birdportfolio.co.uk/?p=158#comment-8 An absoulutley epic day that landed around 86 species for the team. Good to see the Gannet-Terns were behaving for us. Bird-aside the best part of the twitch had to be Dan's face when he noticed a large, boiled, dry, camels testicle (egg) hidden amongst a nest of carrot-wire in his box-o-salad. Classic! Great few days! An absoulutley epic day that landed around 86 species for the team. Good to see the Gannet-Terns were behaving for us. Bird-aside the best part of the twitch had to be Dan’s face when he noticed a large, boiled, dry, camels testicle (egg) hidden amongst a nest of carrot-wire in his box-o-salad. Classic!

Great few days!

]]> Comment on 13/04/09 - Portland Easter Weekend by Daniel Trim http://www.birdportfolio.co.uk/2009/04/28/130409-portland-easter-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Daniel Trim Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:15:15 +0000 http://www.birdportfolio.co.uk/?p=117#comment-7 hmm, Sam's highlights... I personally found it impressive how he dragged a gammy leg, (pretty much hanging off at the knee!), around for the rest of the trip after a drunken injury on the first night, partly caused by myself. This is something that he seems to manage every portland trip :-p. Awesome post man, loving the initial banter! Dan hmm, Sam’s highlights… I personally found it impressive how he dragged a gammy leg, (pretty much hanging off at the knee!), around for the rest of the trip after a drunken injury on the first night, partly caused by myself. This is something that he seems to manage every portland trip :-p.

Awesome post man, loving the initial banter!

Dan

]]> Comment on 28/03/09 - 3 dips and a Purple Sandpiper by admin http://www.birdportfolio.co.uk/2009/03/28/3-dips-and-a-purple-sandpiper/comment-page-1/#comment-4 admin Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:02:42 +0000 http://www.birdportfolio.co.uk/?p=34#comment-4 Thank you Hilary, it was nice to meet you both too. I have heard of the Garganey there, how long do you think it could hang around for? I am currently at 'home' home in south Wiltshire, and getting around at the moment isn't too easy, Dan is the only one of us three with a car at the moment! I will check it out anyway, thanks for that. And thank you for the comment. Hopefully I will have a regular stream of photos and stories of our birding trips. We're going to Portland for the easter weekend so I may be rather busy after that! Fingers crossed! Sam. Thank you Hilary, it was nice to meet you both too.

I have heard of the Garganey there, how long do you think it could hang around for? I am currently at ‘home’ home in south Wiltshire, and getting around at the moment isn’t too easy, Dan is the only one of us three with a car at the moment! I will check it out anyway, thanks for that.

And thank you for the comment. Hopefully I will have a regular stream of photos and stories of our birding trips. We’re going to Portland for the easter weekend so I may be rather busy after that! Fingers crossed!

Sam.

]]> Comment on 28/03/09 - 3 dips and a Purple Sandpiper by Hilary & Ray Cornford http://www.birdportfolio.co.uk/2009/03/28/3-dips-and-a-purple-sandpiper/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Hilary & Ray Cornford Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:56:46 +0000 http://www.birdportfolio.co.uk/?p=34#comment-3 Hi Sam, Superb photos. You should have come up to Old Alresford Pond for the Gargany. Nice to meet you and Dan the other day at Acres Down. Thanks for all the info as to where to look. Hilary. Hi Sam,
Superb photos. You should have come up to Old Alresford Pond for the Gargany. Nice to meet you and Dan the other day at Acres Down. Thanks for all the info as to where to look.
Hilary.

]]> Comment on 28/03/09 - Competition Finalist by Dr Love http://www.birdportfolio.co.uk/2009/03/28/competition-finalist/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Dr Love Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:48:53 +0000 http://birdportfolio.glossdesign.net/?p=1#comment-2 Best photo ever. Best photo ever.

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