Hi All - hope everyone is enjoying the summer?!
I am hoping you guys can help me as I'm getting more and more frustrated when I go bird watching - because I never seem to see any!! This is gonna sound really stupid but I spend ages with my head in my bird identification books and on the internet so am quite good at bird identification but whenever I go out I never seem to see anything! I've been to the hide that overlooks the harbour at Arne and have seen the waders and the ducks / geese from a distance but what I really want to see are woodland birds and especially some birds of prey. I've seen on the website that there will be some raptor walks coming up - so I am planning on going to some of those - in the meantime, can anyone let me know some good places where I might see some birds of prey?
I have a few days off work and am planning another visit to Arne - can anyone give me any tips? Do you just walk along the paths, keeping quite and keeping your fingers crossed? Or do you find a spot and sit down and wait for birds to come by? What's the secret? I know they are all wild and nothing is guaranteed but I'm hoping there's a way of increasing my chances? I have a good camera with 500mm lens so am really hoping to get some photos. What do you reckon?
Yours hopefully!!
Andy
Alan,well done,more help for your friend WB,not lol but did make me smile.
brahma,lots of good advice there.Think for woodland bird pics the Blashford Lakes woodland hide must take some beating,think it is like one way mirror glass so the birds do not see you.
Good morning everyone - had a surprise when I looked in at live birdfeeder cam...........
A rare species???!!!
2013 photos & vids here
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