Went Away on Holiday

**topper** · 24-02-2008, 03:02 AM

Just for a few days to Cornwall, did lots of walking and eating

and no drinking, oooh detox heaven.
Anyhow we went twice to a little fishing village called Fowey that has a quaint feel about it lots of narrow streets and odd shaped buildings. Got friendly with one of the locals, but 18 inches was about as close as I dared to go.

***Chocky*** · 24-02-2008, 09:08 AM

Very nice. Sounds and looks like you had a good time .
Well done for not drinking

**rolf** · 24-02-2008, 09:33 AM

Looks like a lovely place Topper, always liked Cornwall.

Love the sunset picture.

**andy b** · 24-02-2008, 04:42 PM

nice pics topper, it's a lovely part of the world is'nt it. rolf right, the sunset is a good photo. your right, 18 inches is close enough to get to a herring gull..... especially on a first date!!!!

**topper** · 24-02-2008, 05:06 PM

They can be a little aggressive at times, I can recall about 20 years ago my niece and her mum were visiting from the middle east and we took them to Blackpool and we shared a bag of chips on the pier needless to say we were suddenly attacked by herring gulls who were stealing the chips and one of them grabbed my forefinger thinking it was a chip, ouch that hurt.

**andy b** · 24-02-2008, 05:10 PM

they are big birds up close are'nt they!!
from the middle east to blackpool... bit of a come down...hee hee!!.. the donkeys dont have humps there

**topper** · 24-02-2008, 05:50 PM

It is probably a good job as well! Also on the same trip last weekend in Cornwall went to the Eden project and in one of the domes there was a family of robins and they had red breasts and what is puzzling me is I did not think they were songbirds and yet I recorded on of then up in the top of the dome

Oh sugar it is above the upload limits, Ill have to see if I can snip it and post it later

**rolf** · 24-02-2008, 06:02 PM

If it is an MP3, put it up on sat-newbie and I'l load it to this site Topper.

Robins are one of the most prolific songbirds.

Robin singing

**topper** · 24-02-2008, 06:15 PM

I just ran it through windows media editor without cropping it and it has reduced the file by 6 MB

Sorry I did think of that but had already processed this

But I will ftp as well it as it is neater

Launch in external player

**andy b** · 24-02-2008, 08:50 PM

as rolf says, topper, robins are prolific songbirds. what may surprise you even more, is that, many robins can be heard singing during the hours of darkness. manmade street lighting, often fools the robins, into thinking that it is daylight and so start singing away.

24-02-2008, 03:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
topper Founder Member Info Real name: Neil Location: North West England Gallery: 0 Equipment: Samsung Digimax A50 M4A Collapsible Lightweight Tripod An old pair of binoculars X 50 Posts: 98 Join Date: Jan 2007 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Went Away on Holiday Just for a few days to Cornwall, did lots of walking and eating and no drinking, oooh detox heaven. Anyhow we went twice to a little fishing village called Fowey that has a quaint feel about it lots of narrow streets and odd shaped buildings. Got friendly with one of the locals, but 18 inches was about as close as I dared to go. Attached Thumbnails

24-02-2008, 05:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
topper Founder Member Info Real name: Neil Location: North West England Gallery: 0 Equipment: Samsung Digimax A50 M4A Collapsible Lightweight Tripod An old pair of binoculars X 50 Posts: 98 Join Date: Jan 2007 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Yep They can be a little aggressive at times, I can recall about 20 years ago my niece and her mum were visiting from the middle east and we took them to Blackpool and we shared a bag of chips on the pier needless to say we were suddenly attacked by herring gulls who were stealing the chips and one of them grabbed my forefinger thinking it was a chip, ouch that hurt.

24-02-2008, 05:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
topper Founder Member Info Real name: Neil Location: North West England Gallery: 0 Equipment: Samsung Digimax A50 M4A Collapsible Lightweight Tripod An old pair of binoculars X 50 Posts: 98 Join Date: Jan 2007 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Is this possible It is probably a good job as well! Also on the same trip last weekend in Cornwall went to the Eden project and in one of the domes there was a family of robins and they had red breasts and what is puzzling me is I did not think they were songbirds and yet I recorded on of then up in the top of the dome Oh sugar it is above the upload limits, Ill have to see if I can snip it and post it later

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andy b Regular Member Info Location: preston, lancashire Gallery: 0 Equipment: for the last 8 yrs i have used a kowa 60 mm scope, but hve recently bought an opticron hr66 ga. i too have have used a homemade digiscoping adaptor with my kowa.i used two different sized bushes to accomodate the scope eyepiece and camera lense.( with some good results!).... budget has always been a massive factor with my hobby. having a family, there are always other things which take financial p Posts: 523 Join Date: Oct 2007 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	nice pics topper, it's a lovely part of the world is'nt it. rolf right, the sunset is a good photo. your right, 18 inches is close enough to get to a herring gull..... especially on a first date!!!!

24-02-2008, 05:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
andy b Regular Member Info Location: preston, lancashire Gallery: 0 Equipment: for the last 8 yrs i have used a kowa 60 mm scope, but hve recently bought an opticron hr66 ga. i too have have used a homemade digiscoping adaptor with my kowa.i used two different sized bushes to accomodate the scope eyepiece and camera lense.( with some good results!).... budget has always been a massive factor with my hobby. having a family, there are always other things which take financial p Posts: 523 Join Date: Oct 2007 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	they are big birds up close are'nt they!! from the middle east to blackpool... bit of a come down...hee hee!!.. the donkeys dont have humps there

24-02-2008, 08:50 PM	#10 (permalink)
andy b Regular Member Info Location: preston, lancashire Gallery: 0 Equipment: for the last 8 yrs i have used a kowa 60 mm scope, but hve recently bought an opticron hr66 ga. i too have have used a homemade digiscoping adaptor with my kowa.i used two different sized bushes to accomodate the scope eyepiece and camera lense.( with some good results!).... budget has always been a massive factor with my hobby. having a family, there are always other things which take financial p Posts: 523 Join Date: Oct 2007 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	as rolf says, topper, robins are prolific songbirds. what may surprise you even more, is that, many robins can be heard singing during the hours of darkness. manmade street lighting, often fools the robins, into thinking that it is daylight and so start singing away.

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