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Saturday, 21 July 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
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  • Lost in my Dream - Spooky Tooth
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  • Photo-finish Rory Gallagher
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  • Sound Man - Glyn Johns

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