OTHER HOBBIES

Tim Wilcox · Status: Offline

RE: OTHER HOBBIES

Dean Macdonald · Status: Offline

Paul Wilson wrote:

Rob Smallwood wrote:

The drummer is Paul Hanley, once of The Fall.

That's a bit of a come down then. And it's The MIGHTY Fall.

There can't be many local drummers around who haven't been in The MIGHTY Fall, surely

Tim Wilcox · Status: Offline

Dusted off the bats for a punk golf bash round Alti GC this evening with my mate Shad. Not played a round for about 3 years - great fun especially making par on a par 4 in regulation to the green (yes, we're ****). On the way Moorhen, Woodies, Crows, Pied Wag, Willow Warbler singing, GS woodpecker calling. No other birdies were involved or harmed in the completion of this round.

dave broome · Status: Offline

JOHN TYMON wrote:

6-GARDENING-A BIT WEIRD THIS ONE AS I USED TO HATE THINGS LIKE THIS BUT IT SEEMS THAT AFTER THE AGE OF 40 YOU START TO APPRECIATE THINGS AS A KID YOU WOULD HAVE HATED.

....I know what you mean there John. There was a time when I would have rather re-grouted Audenshaw Reservoirs using the back of a teaspoon before doing any gardening. Like nasal hair these things do catch up with you. I've never thought of it as a hobby, but I do enjoy gardening these days.

Birding does tend to cross over in to other bits of life, after all you can be sub-conciously 'birding' all the time you are out anywhere, that radar can't just be turned off. One thing I remember about the Glastonbury Festival is Chiffchaffs in all the hedges around the site.

Watching The Cure at a festival in Belgium I noticed a Swift approaching from behind the outdoor stage. As it passed over the stage the guitarist Perry Bamonte obviously noticed it and watched it flying around overhead. That's what I call multi-tasking, playing guitar on-stage and following a Swift at the same time

Haven't actually played football for years now, I doubt I could last 90 minutes these days. The last game I played was probably on the Scillies when the Birders XI defeated St Mary's FC one year in a memorable victory. I stick to watching it these days, having watched Wigan Athletic since 1978. Again, you can't turn off that birding radar - Peregrine and Ring-Necked Parakeet being among the species seen at games.

Paul Wilson · Status: Offline

Rob Smallwood wrote:

The drummer is Paul Hanley, once of The Fall.

That's a bit of a come down then. And it's The MIGHTY Fall.

Paul Cliff · Status: Offline

Rob Smallwood wrote:

Wish I was - he can really play - I'm on guitar - the black & red Fender Tele.

go fellah, you rock out!

Paul Heaton · Status: Offline

I must admit it felt like a dark zone today, too hot sunbathers all over the place and no birds.

But we must keep at it

but for those moth lot out there JUNE 17TH Moth watch trafford Ecology Park info on 0161 912 5599.

keep birding as well for nightjars are out there somewhere in GM, last years beauty must have returned.

Rob Smallwood · Status: Offline

Wish I was - he can really play - I'm on guitar - the black & red Fender Tele.

The drummer is Paul Hanley, once of The Fall.

Glad you liked it!

-- Edited by Rob Smallwood at 16:42, 2008-06-14

JOHN TYMON · Status: Offline

Rob Smallwood wrote:

Football - watching and the still playing the odd game as well as helping run the team my son plays for.

Music - Alternative for me - you can even check me out on stage (if you've good eyesight and can stand the racket!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC3SemIoRBI

Cricket - mostly from an armchair but used to play

Taxi driving - that's what you do if you have kids!

HI ROB
ARE YOU THE DRUMMER?QUITE ENJOYED THEM ON YOU TUBE-EXPECIALLY THE CULT STUFF

JOHN TYMON · Status: Offline

Judith Smith wrote:

Come on John, this is the time when all the rarer ducks start producing broods, not to mention waders. I need those records, especially from Pennington! With atlasing very much to the fore at present, we need all those confirmed breeding records, even for Blue Tits, Woodpigeons and the like, too!

no probs judith be with you as usual end of month-

i just try to do more hobbies in summer-still same ammount of birding though

Judith Smith · Status: Offline

Come on John, this is the time when all the rarer ducks start producing broods, not to mention waders. I need those records, especially from Pennington! With atlasing very much to the fore at present, we need all those confirmed breeding records, even for Blue Tits, Woodpigeons and the like, too!

JOHN TYMON · Status: Offline

Ian McKerchar wrote:

JOHN TYMON wrote:

JUST WHILE WE ARE IN WHAT ME AND BROWNEY USED TO CALL THE DEAD ZONE-JUNE TO AUGUST,WHEN THINGS TEND TO STAY MUCH THE SAME ON A LOCAL PATCH.

The 'dead zone' you speak of John was indeed when most birders of years ago traditionally turned to moths but the 'zone' is pretty non existant now. Top birding covers all 12 months with no exceptions, terns, return passage waders and seabirds all come into their own rarity wise in those 'dead months' but the less out there looking means more for us that are, so please carry on and ignore this post

semed pretty dead on penny this aft

Rob Smallwood · Status: Offline

Football - watching and the still playing the odd game as well as helping run the team my son plays for.

Music - Alternative for me - you can even check me out on stage (if you've good eyesight and can stand the racket!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC3SemIoRBI

Cricket - mostly from an armchair but used to play

Taxi driving - that's what you do if you have kids!

Ian McKerchar · Status: Offline

JOHN TYMON wrote:

JUST WHILE WE ARE IN WHAT ME AND BROWNEY USED TO CALL THE DEAD ZONE-JUNE TO AUGUST,WHEN THINGS TEND TO STAY MUCH THE SAME ON A LOCAL PATCH.

The 'dead zone' you speak of John was indeed when most birders of years ago traditionally turned to moths but the 'zone' is pretty non existant now. Top birding covers all 12 months with no exceptions, terns, return passage waders and seabirds all come into their own rarity wise in those 'dead months' but the less out there looking means more for us that are, so please carry on and ignore this post

Kane Brides · Status: Offline

For me.

1) - Like Craig - Moths which I have been into for around 5 years.
2) - Swimming, Squash, Ten Pin Bowling.
3) - Going out with mates on Friday's and Saturday's
4) - Bird Ringing, Ring Reading + survey work i.e Nest Recording + BTO surveys.
5) - Camping and Canoeing on Pickmere Lake in Cheshire.
6) - Playing the Bodhran which I picked up in Ireland whilst working there!!

Kane

Craig Higson · Status: Offline

For me, in no particular order:

Moths - do this at other times as well, but its just a happy coincidence that some of the best months for moths are not that good for the local patch.

Dragonflies - Ditto

Football - Watching Wigan Athletic with my son, and taking my son to his football training/matches.

The Gym (Sad?) - Keeping fit (but also the rather nice hydro pool and sauna get a fair bit of use).

Computers/internet.

Tony Coatsworth · Status: Offline

For all Rock Music fans - The New York Dolls are playing a warm-up gig at Manchester Academy on 3rd July !!!

Paul Heaton · Status: Offline

Shame on that man there is no such thing as the dead zone its just harder to find the little blighters, but if you are bored there is always bird books

Time maybe to brush up on knowledge about orbital rings and eye rings scapulars and greater coverts moult in birds. always a good time to practise.

As for the friday 13th been unlucky AMERICAN KESTREL CORNWALL 1976
ROLLER AYRSHIRE 1976 RED-RUMPED SWALLOW KENT 1988
TEREK SANDPIPER ETC all birds found today 13 JUNE IN PAST YEARS.

But some of us are really sad and only do birding, have meant to get into dragonflies etc but never get round to it.

Lee Evans collect dinky toys thats a fact.

KEEP BIRDING,

JOHN TYMON · Status: Offline

JUST WHILE WE ARE IN WHAT ME AND BROWNEY USED TO CALL THE DEAD ZONE-JUNE TO AUGUST,WHEN THINGS TEND TO STAY MUCH THE SAME ON A LOCAL PATCH.

OBVIOUSLY MOST BIRDERS WOULD SAY BIRDING WAS THIER HOBBY!BUT WE USED TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION IN THE DISTANT PAST ME AND BROWNY,WE OFTEN WONDERED WHAT OTHER HOBBIES PEOPLE WHERE APART FROM BIRDING?SOME PEOPLE START TO THINK SOMEONES GIVEN UP BIRDING IF THEY DON'T SEE THEM FOR A FEW MONTHS/YEARS,BUT THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE.I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BIRDING IS AN OBSESSION!!AND NOTHING ELSE MATTERS,YET THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE JUST AS MUCH INTO OTHER HOBBIES?JUGGLING THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER,WITH WORK,FAMILY,COMITTMENTS,ANYWAY HERES MINE IN NO REAL ORDER
1-ROCK MUSIC-GOT A MASSIVE COLLECTION (SINCE THE AGE OF 10 COLLECTED MUSIC-GOING TO GIGS WHEN I HAVE THE TIME,MONEY,NOT AS MUCH AS ID LIKE)
2-PHOTOGRAPHY(BIRDS/WILDLIFE/LANDSCAPES/PLANTS)
3-HIKING/WALKING(MIX THIS WI A BIT OF BIRDING THOUGH)

4-RUGBY LEAGUE-FOR MY SINS HAVE BEEN A LEIGH FAN FOR MY WHOLE LIFE-ONLY GO OCCASIONALLY NOW,DUE TO TIME RESTRICTIONS,HAS ITS MORE OR LESS GIVING MY WHOLE SUNDAY UP FOR 80 MINUETS.SO I TEND TO WATCH SUPERLEAGUE ON SKY NOW,AS LEIGH ARE NEVER IN THE SUPERLEAGUE(UNTIL THIS YEAR WHEN WE GET ONE OF THE NEW FRANCHISES THAT IS)

5-FISHING-ON OFF LOVE AFFAIR SINCE FISHING AS A 5 YEAR OLD WITH MY DAD WHO UNFORTUNATELY DIED WHEN I WAS 10

BEFORE SOMEONE CHIPS IN IVE BEEN THROUGH ALL THE ETHICAL STUFF OF SHOULD SOMEONE WHO LOVES WILDLIFE FISH,STUFF,BUT IN A STRESSFULL JOB I NEED SOMETIMES TO JUST,SIT AND THINK ABOUT NOTHING,AS I DON'T CATCH MANY FISH ANYWAY,AND I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION YEARS AGO,THAT THERE ARE MUCH WORSE THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ME CATCHING A COUPLE OF FISH AND PUTTING THEM BACK STRIEGHT AWAY,BY THE WAY ITS 2 YEARS SINCE IVE FISHED.

AND I DO LIKE CORMORANTS A LOT

6-GARDENING-A BIT WEARD THIS ONE AS I USED TO HATE THINGS LIKE THIS BUT IT SEEMS THAT AFTER THE AGE OF 40 YOU START TO APPRECIATE THINGS AS A KID YOU WOULD HAVE HATED.SUES REALY THE GARDENER AND WE GROW,HERBS,FRUIT,LOADS OF BUDDLIAS FOR THE BUTTERFLIES(PHOTOGRAPHY)
NOW THERES SOME OF MINE WHATS YOURS

-- Edited by JOHN TYMON at 07:53, 2008-06-13

-- Edited by JOHN TYMON at 07:57, 2008-06-13

-- Edited by JOHN TYMON at 07:57, 2008-06-13