tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182075007676974436.post5656683333745514179..comments2024-03-07T08:23:35.893-08:00Comments on Black Audi Birding: Christmas in the Highlands 21st-28th December 2012Ewan Urquharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053632254016984946noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182075007676974436.post-54827299204175941762013-01-10T11:43:53.214-08:002013-01-10T11:43:53.214-08:00Cheers Tom.Hope you are well.Have just come back f...Cheers Tom.Hope you are well.Have just come back from Dix Pit Landfill today and believe it or not the second part of my comment on Oxfordshire came true! A first winter Caspian Gull. I'm living the dream or is that nightmare.Still there are worse places than Oxfordshire to live.We are going back to Achleek cottage in June.Can't waitEwan Urquharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053632254016984946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182075007676974436.post-44168642918610900322013-01-10T05:26:49.899-08:002013-01-10T05:26:49.899-08:00Congratulations on a great find Ewan. Well done fo...Congratulations on a great find Ewan. Well done for being thorough too, it is all too easy to dismiss a small group of Mallard, when who knows what may be in with them. As I am sure you know, away from the extreme South West, Black Duck is a very rare bird. "Black Duck and Otters in unbelievably beautiful and isolated surroundings was worth a thousand Fieldfares in vast, flat Oxfordshire fields or a Caspian Gull on a landfill site." Absolutely! Being a birder in Oxfordshire makes one appreciate nearly everywhere else!Tom Bedfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333838201430756640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182075007676974436.post-72591213133027563202013-01-04T04:52:34.498-08:002013-01-04T04:52:34.498-08:00Awesome find Ewan & great write-up too! I love...Awesome find Ewan & great write-up too! I love the west coast of Scotland, we've been for lots of family holidays there.Adam Hartley (Gnome)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367677984805807645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182075007676974436.post-25957425968373550632013-01-02T11:40:40.516-08:002013-01-02T11:40:40.516-08:00Thanks for your kind thoughts and apologies for no...Thanks for your kind thoughts and apologies for not calling a Scot a Scot, in my defence, it was meant as a term of endearment.<br />Barry. Camboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10515444028727100593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182075007676974436.post-90021559823609692282013-01-02T02:36:38.639-08:002013-01-02T02:36:38.639-08:00Thanks for your kind comments Barry.I do sometimes...Thanks for your kind comments Barry.I do sometimes wonder what people think. Not only were there no Jackdaws but no Magpies either.I think it a little unfair to say all Scots (never call us Jocks) dislike English people in my experience the further north you go the friendlier people seem to be.Hope you have a better year in 2013 I know its been tough for you personallyEwan Urquharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053632254016984946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182075007676974436.post-16106050900538147782013-01-02T00:53:22.349-08:002013-01-02T00:53:22.349-08:00No Wood Pigeon was very surprising but even more w...No Wood Pigeon was very surprising but even more was the lack of Jackdaw on your list.<br />It never ceases to amaze me that anyone can actually like drinking that foul smelling poison called whisky.<br />Another conundrum - I wonder why the English generally love the Jocks but the jocks often show a dislike bordering on hate.I am also a little bewildered by what I call the Rod Stewart syndrome where some folk become more nationalistic even though they bathe in the rewards and comfort of their adopted country yet for some obscure reason feel a greater affinity for the country that they left.<br />Scotland is wonderful but so is Oxfordshire both in their own ways.<br />This was another superbly written and personally enjoyed article please keep them coming.<br />camboy Camboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10515444028727100593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182075007676974436.post-44156031489351409972012-12-31T11:00:29.231-08:002012-12-31T11:00:29.231-08:00Wonderful, I felt as if I were there.
I have a few...Wonderful, I felt as if I were there.<br />I have a few more comments to make on the trip but away now to spend the evening with my children and grandchildren so happy new year. By the way I wonder if your daughter was suffering from polydipsia.(i'm still shivering) <br />camboyCamboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10515444028727100593noreply@blogger.com