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Thursday, 15 March 2018




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Retired now and birder since 1966. Mostly now birding Hants and West Sussex , looking for hoverflies and taking photos of anything that takes my fancy
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  • Zeiss 8x30 SFL
  • Panasonic G9 + Olympus 90mm 3.5 macro + Lumix 100-300mm + Lowepro Tahoe
  • Swarovski 18-45x65 Balance

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  • Books and Music
  • A Year in the Merde - Stephen Clarke
  • Around the world in 80 Birds - Mike Unwin
  • Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
  • Bare Bones - Madeleine Peyroux
  • Blue and Lonesome - Rolling Stones
  • Breakfast in Bed - Joan Osborne
  • Channel Shore - Tom Ford
  • Come and Find Me - Robin Trower
  • Compact Collection - Camel
  • Drastic Fantastic- K T Tunstall
  • Ghosts of Spain -Giles Tremlett
  • Gypsy Honeymoon - Kim Carnes
  • Hell-on - Neko Case
  • Hong Kong - Jan Morris
  • In The Morse Code of Brake Lights - The New Pornographers
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  • Lost in my Dream - Spooky Tooth
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  • Mendelssohn - 5 Symphonies - Kurt Masur
  • Not Too Late - Norah Jones
  • Photo-finish Rory Gallagher
  • Roll With It - Steve Winwood
  • Wind and Wuthering - Genesis
  • The 8.55 to Baghdad - Andrew Eames
  • The Jewel Box - Tim Blackburn
  • The Lost Paths - Jack Cornish
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