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@jonfoster

Spend my days reading Shakespeare and C19th literature, theatre-going and watching cricket (Middlesex CCC). Trustee of medical charity HealthTree Uganda (UK registered charity 1185553).

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Both teams in white shorts too...

14.03.2026 21:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks. As it happens, Merlin picked a woodpecker today that I didn't hear, though I did hear it later after I stopped recording.

14.03.2026 12:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Can you advise on how to share Merlin files here? Can't find a Bluesky option, and nothing else seems to work.
Recorded 17 birds in my local woods this morning. Also clearly heard a red kite many times (they nest there), but Merlin failed to identify it.

14.03.2026 11:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you! 😊😥

14.03.2026 09:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah...🙄

14.03.2026 08:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Absolutely! 😆

14.03.2026 08:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Clearly our minds work in completely different ways, as green seemed quite straightforward to me, whereas I I had no idea on purple! 🤷‍♂️

14.03.2026 08:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Oof! It was one of those days when it's a complete revelation to me when I discover what the purple group was about.

14.03.2026 08:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not sure. Maybe green rather than yellow, but it's one of those that perhaps either you recognise or you don't.

14.03.2026 08:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yes, I really thought I might be in for a 2 🤷‍♂️

14.03.2026 08:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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14.03.2026 08:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

Morning! You did better than me despite a less promising opening.

14.03.2026 08:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A tad frustrating
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14.03.2026 08:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

That's lovely about the training - good for you.
Yes, I can well imagine the wait is very stressful. BTW you may recall I said recently that I'd done a home test for bowel cancer. Results showed blood, and I was advised to have a colonoscopy which I had today. Relieved to get a clean bill of health.

13.03.2026 16:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

😆 Well, you got there quicker than me! I was barking up the wrong tree, though.
BTW how are you doing? Going to make it to cricket training as hoped?

13.03.2026 12:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Good work! Back from the doldrums 😁

13.03.2026 10:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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13.03.2026 10:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks - pleased I followed my hunch on line 4 🙂

13.03.2026 08:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Well hung in there!

13.03.2026 08:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Wow - a 6-club regular! 😮

13.03.2026 07:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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13.03.2026 06:44 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

There were so many options. I struck lucky and obviously was very pleased with my score; but on another day I could just as easily have been relieved to get a 6.

12.03.2026 22:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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12.03.2026 14:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you! Got lucky. Feeling a bit lonely in the 3-gang clubhouse! 🙁

12.03.2026 13:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Today I'm all in favour of them 🤣

12.03.2026 10:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yes, yours looks very frustrating. Similar to mine, except that I got lucky immediately.

12.03.2026 09:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you!
It's a bit lonely in the 3 gang clubhouse today 🙁

12.03.2026 09:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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12.03.2026 09:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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12.03.2026 08:52 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

Very glad to hear that 👍🙏

11.03.2026 09:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0