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Thursday, 18 June 2026

Portsdown Hill with FoPH

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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
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  • 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
  • Kindred Spirit - Debbie Peterson & Siobhan Mayer
  • Lifelines - Julian Hoffman
  • Lost in my Dream - Spooky Tooth
  • Meetings with Moths - Katty Baird
  • 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
  • The Orchid Hunter - Leif Bersweden
  • The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Bettany Hughes
  • Under the Covers (Best of) - Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs
  • Vienna Masters - Joseph Haydn
  • Keith Emerson Band with Marc Bonilla
  • The Living Years - Mike Rutherford
  • Rock'n Roll Gypsies - Vinegar Joe
  • Second Album - Roy Buchanan
  • Sound Man - Glyn Johns
  • Mass Romantics - The New Pornographers
  • Love of Country - Madeleine Bunting
  • I Still Do - Eric Clapton
  • Say Something Good - River City People
  • The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

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Oft-used Websites

  • Birdguides
  • British Bugs
  • BTO
  • Druridge Diary
  • Hampshire Going Birding
  • Hampshire Moths - Flying tonight
  • Hants IOW Wildlife Trust
  • Historical Birds
  • James Lowen
  • Jamie Partridge
  • Jon Dunn
  • Steven Falk's Hovers
  • Sussex Ornithological Society

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