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Yeah I was lucky. Had my camera to hand from photoing the moon from the loft. Then this morning when I went to get it, saw the sparrowhawk!

@adroit thanks :-)

Had an unexpected visitor in the garden today. First time I've ever seen a Sparrowhawk that I recall...

Magnificent sunset last night.

Change in the weather today.
#change

There is also a seam running east to west under the legs, and where they cross over the compass points mine have what i'd call a 'bobble'. Which is fine when worn over a liner, but noticable when worn over plain ol'boxers. I've worn them on rides up to 150km'ish and they were pretty comfy.

Yeah the one zipped pocket is weird. Also no zip for a wazz is odd. But I do like the closing magnetic method.

Nobody asked, but I'd give them a 8/10. Probably the only piece of Rapha kit other than a waterproof jacket I have of theirs that is worth the salt. edit - That I've tried.

If you can find a pair, the Howies Wonster Short is hands down the best 'stylish baggy not baggy' short i've owned, and I've ridden a lot of miles in 'stylish baggy not baggy' shorts.

Should he able to pick up a Sony A6000 for that budget with a reasonable lens.

Whilst a few years old, they're still pretty decent small mirrorless lens cameras, with the E mount for a large range of lenses.

Butser Hill.

Other spots include this Chiff Chaff (I think?), a load of reed warblers, and what I think is a Linnet?

Making use of the morning light. Egret Heaven today!

Morning Egret.

Yeah they are, live the next village south and there is an abondance of lovely off road paths.

Not sure I'd call any of it 'gravel' though. You need a Mud'n'Chalk bike. Although I just ride my touring bike as in the summer it's all perfectly manageable.

For 'gravel' you need to head to the New forest, where you can legit do just 'gravel' loops.

I don't think it needs much investment at all. Probably only new bit you possibly NEED is a chain, but only if this seized. (and maybe brake cables). Those cassettes will last longer than the earth. Tyres/tubes only if they don't hold air and the tyres cracked.

If anything it just needs a thorough clean and rust scrub. Then lube the chain.

At a real push new wheels wouldn't hurt, a set of super cheap 2nd hand one's in reasonable nick.

Also a Heron, an Avocet, an Skylark and some Geese.

Couldn't get much sleep last night, so popped to the local marshes at 5am to catch sunrise. Not the best photos as tired, but Godwits for miles!

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I hear stories of Heron's cleaning out peoples ponds who've spent £000's on fancy Karp.

What a waste of plums.
#waste

@pullingteth your images don't seem to be showing :-(

To make up for the crop, it would also mean I'd have the buy the 1.4 teleconverter, which is another £500.

edit - to northshore.

Thinking of upgrading my a6300, as its a few years old now and seen a lot of punishment (including perhaps one too many bike crashes!).

As i mostly use my 200-600 sony lens for wildlife now, I'm torn between the a6600 and the a7iii. As much as i'd like a A9, I'm not quite ready to shell out £4k.

a7iii looks good, better low light handling, and more light on the sensor, so should help on that front, but I would be sacrificing the 1.5x of the APS-C.

Anyone had any hands on with either camera?

Thats cool!

We've just had gulls in massive packs dining on flying ants all day here.

Sadly true. You'd think when it's something that stops people even being outside we could all pull together.

Russia also accused of thing to hack and steal covid 19 vaccine research.

What I don't understand is why that could ever be a story. Surely everyone's sharing all of their research into a vaccine with everyone anyway? Why wouldn't they?

Yeah fair. We like what we like :-)

To counter the negativity, I thought it was really good, probably enjoyed it more than any of the bioshock games and way more than the modern Deus ex games. Thought it had a good clever story, very good atmosphere and excellent world building of mini stories, people etc.

Not sure how you can say rubbish guns with the Gloo gun? That thing was fantastic, make your own ladders on any surface etc.

Found the shoot the aliens until they're dead comment funny, shot them until they're Alive? Shoot them till they're nearly dead then make them a coffee? What are the alternatives?

The alien upgrades are also excellent, turning into objects never gets old.

Just my thoughts. It's up there with the better games I've played in recent times. It's actually something a bit different and slower paced.