
Sidi Fidi Gold
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Has anybody got the Merlin bird app ? What's everybody's opinion/thoughts on it ? I've had it about a month, though I did hear it wasn't 100% reliable. Anyway, here's some of my thoughts/findings. When I first tried it out in the garden it recorded Tree Sparrows as being present, I dismissed this straight away, for years now, I have regularly checked House Sparrows in the garden to make sure they're not Tree Sparrows, without any success. It recorded a Raven in Acton, I dismissed this straight away. It recorded a Stonechat over the fields east of Purston and an Oystercatcher to the south of Purston , while I wouldn't rule these out as possibilities, I still thought these highly unlikely. Another time, I heard a bird of prey calling in some trees, its a sound I've heard a lot of times but never knew what it was, it was identified as a Hobby, which was pretty cool but I couldn't see any bird, so when I got home I looked at some videos of Hobby's, which sounded very similar to what I heard, then I looked at some videos of Goshawks, they sounded similar too, then I tried Sparrowhawk, that too sounded very similar to what I heard. In the end I erred on the side of caution and opted for Sparrowhawk. Another time it identified a Treecreeper in an unlikely place, I would have dismissed this as unlikely if it was not for the fact that I'd seen 2 in this area in spring. The thing is, when I hear a bird singing/calling that I recognise, it always identifies it correctly. Anyway a couple of positive incidents. I had the bird app running and it registered Blue, Great and Long Tailed Ts, which I could hear all around me, then it identified a Coal T, now I get these in the garden during autumn/winter and I see them locally on walks during the same period but I always thought they inhabited coniferous woodland during the breeding season, so I never new what they sounded like, anyway I was able to isolate its call and then locate it visually. Today, I was on a walk down Old Coach Road, Purston, it was very quiet, then I heard a bird calling, it was identified as a Yellow Wagtail, I looked up and saw this bird flying, it didn't seem to have a tail as long as a Wagtail so I had my doubts, anyway, it landed in a field not too far away, I was able to peer over the hedge and there it was, a Yellow Wagtail, we seen plenty of Pied and a few Grey locally but before today, the nearest I've seen a Yellow Wagtail is Fairburn Ings, so it was a nice surprise to see one locally. My conclusion is that the app is a useful tool , it makes you aware to the possibilities of what could be around, just don't jump to any conclusions without any visual evidence. Sorry for the long ramble, I hope some of you find this interesting.
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Non League Football
Sidi Fidi Gold replied to Eddie's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
During the 90s and early 2000s, we had a delivery driver who was a volunteer for Emley, he'd deliver once a week and we always end up talking about Emley, even during the off season, he was absolutely gutted when they relocated to Wakefield. -
Glasto 2025
Sidi Fidi Gold replied to Bedford Roughyed's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
This is what I was talk ing about. -
I went for a walk on the old Acton Hall colliery site in Fev this morning, there's always plenty to see, however, it was a bit quiet today, there's this stretch on the path of about 50 yards where there's usually something interesting to see, last week there was a Great Spotted Woodpecker, and had a few sightings of Bullfinches, today I saw 4 Greenfinches, which is not as common as it used to be, then looked up and saw 2 birds perched on a branch about 25 feet up, they looked remarkably like Swallows, then an adult Swallow flew in fed them and then perched on another branch, which was then followed by 2 more juveniles which perched in the tree, while I've seen Swallows perched on telephone wires before, it seemed really strange seeing 5 Swallow perched in a tree. Anyway, there was plenty of Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps, I also saw 3 Jays and heard a lone Yellowhammers.
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I can't quite make out what it says. Does it mention keeping tropical fish down your underpants?
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Glasto 2025
Sidi Fidi Gold replied to Bedford Roughyed's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Also singing Just like heaven. -
Glasto 2025
Sidi Fidi Gold replied to Bedford Roughyed's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Robert Smith from The Cure has just come on stage with Olivia Rodrigo to perform Friday I'm in love. That's Random. -
Glasto 2025
Sidi Fidi Gold replied to Bedford Roughyed's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Dog Dribble by Getdown Services is the most infectious song I've heard at Glasto this time. -
Glasto 2025
Sidi Fidi Gold replied to Bedford Roughyed's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
I can remember them having a single out in the mid 80s " The Great Train Robbery " it was pushed quite a lot by Janice Long on Radio 1 but never did anything. -
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Glasto 2025
Sidi Fidi Gold replied to Bedford Roughyed's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
I think we're getting crossed over with the crossovers -
I forgot about Ncuti, in the Glasto thread I mention 2 Doctors, meaning Smith and Capaldi, so Ncuti makes that three.
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Glasto 2025
Sidi Fidi Gold replied to Bedford Roughyed's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
John, did you see Peter Capaldi, What did you think, that's both of Moffatt's Doctors appearing on stage at Glastonbury. -
What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning
Sidi Fidi Gold replied to paley's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Since someone on the Glasto thread was a Shed Seven fan, I thought I'd post this. -
Since Peter Capaldi appeared at Glastonbury I thought it would be only fitting to post this guitar scene. Capaldi is an accomplished guitar player and for the story " Under the Lake " the Doctor Who intro theme was a guitar solo piece, which was performed by Capaldi.
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Glasto 2025
Sidi Fidi Gold replied to Bedford Roughyed's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
All this " middle class " nonsense makes me laugh, around 200k people go to Glasto, has anybody ever done a survey on the attendees class, I've never been but know plenty who have, people from Fev, Ponte, Normanton, Knottingley, even Streethouse, not exactly middle class hotbeds. -
Glasto 2025
Sidi Fidi Gold replied to Bedford Roughyed's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Wasn't he an international sword fencer? not exactly a working class or middle class sport, he'll be taking up Polo next. -
Glasto 2025
Sidi Fidi Gold replied to Bedford Roughyed's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
It was a carefully laid trap, someone was supposed to reply " don't you mean Lewis " but it failed miserably -
Glasto 2025
Sidi Fidi Gold replied to Bedford Roughyed's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
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Glasto 2025
Sidi Fidi Gold replied to Bedford Roughyed's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Peter Capaldi was great -
What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning
Sidi Fidi Gold replied to paley's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Ed's Funky Diner -
My IT skills are limited too, there's no way I can put a link on here, but go on the BTO website, at the top of the page click on " Explore our data " that brings up a menu, click on " Bird facts species " this brings up a page, scroll down the page( not very far) to the headline " Other ways to explore our data about birds " underneath this headline it says " search for an area by postcode " just below that you'll find " Birds on your doorstep " link. I'll just warn you, I'm registered with this site, whether that gives me access to areas a non-registered person can access, I don't know. If you find it please let us know what you find, I'm not asking you to put full lists up like I did, just post what's new and what's disappeared.