NUTCRACKER staffs 1991

going through some old photos and found this

maybe my most favourite bird ever full stop

it went something like this

#1 bought an old ford escort at 9

#2 insured escort at 10

#3 pick up ady z and nick d at 1130

#4 head to staffs

#5 smitten by nutcracker at 1400

#6 head home at 1600

#7 pub #2000

pits and birds

took a walk into walterclough valley this morning to have a look around the old colliery,quite shocked at how much of it is left!

nuthatch 1

grey wagtail 2

jay 2

sparrowhawk 1

green woodpecker 1

sunday 23rd january

a pleasant 9 mile walk.

good numbers of house sparrows at both southowram and lower edge elland.the southowram sparrows numbered 54 on pinnar lane and at elland counted 46 in the hedge rows around old earth school also here were 13 goldfinch,8 greenfinch and 67 siskin in trees on shaw lane.

22 waxwings on lower edge were the first of the year.a female goosander on the hebble by the water treatment works on huddersfield road was the closest to halifax ive seen.

tesco is shit

why? cos this morning i walked up to buy a digital camera for my mum to give to my dad as a christmas present,after choosing the said product and its accompanied large security box,i proceeded to go and pay for the item.

after 20 minutes in which no one could open the security box,my offer of placing it on the floor and stamping on it was met by funny looks and i may damage the product.i explained i have been breaking things since i was a small child and thus im quite a expert! but they would not let me break the fucking thing open!

they did offer to get me another bit i replied 'dont fucking bother' god i hate shopping.

but on a happier note next friday im off to see LADY GAGA

Ms Gaga VIP tickets.........check

train tickets..............check

hotel................check

the look on my face when i saw how much its costing...............priceless.

i think i could of bailed out ireland

Ring Billed Gull Mirfield

headed over to selby for my brothers birthday, so thought i would call in and pay my respects to the ring billed gull at sands lane thingy.

it was a balmy 0 degrees and the cracker was showing as soon as i managed to stop my little car on the icy roads.

ring billed gull

sands lane

black headed gulls

sands lane

quite a nice twitch with just 2 others

pugneys and pits

the big K

shaw lodge

a few first shots with the sony nex-5 think i need to work on the digiscoping though

a new camera

i have become fed up of canon their products which are not cheap are crap in the build quality.maybe its just me and bad luck but out of 7 products 4 let me down

350d= no problems

40d= shutter failed on 24768 clicks just after the warranty ran out

50d= no problems

100-400= zoom failed had to be sent back twice

400 l= no problems

50mm 1.8= just fell apart after 1 day

bg e2n grip= got stuck on the 50d had to be taken apart to get the dam thing off

so i was in the market for a new system, nikon looked good but very expensive, so i thought about sony but a lack of lenses,im not including sigma as they are cheaper and in my opinion from what ive used are crap.

then i saw the sony nex-5, interchangeable lenses and with a converter they can be used with all of the sony/minolta range! so off to town i went after what seemed like ages i walked out of the shop with it.

i got the twin lens kit which is the 16mm and the 18-55mm zoom, so far im very impressed with it.........very small,well built hopefully tomorrow i can put it through its paces