Eclectic Home Page
The Eclectic Home Page eclectic ek-lek'tik, adj, selecting or borrowing: choosing the best out of everything : broad, the opposite of exclusive. - n. one who selects opinions from different systems, esp. in philosophy. The world is a big place but here are some things that interest me... Birdwatching and environmental...
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Places to watch birds in Angus
Places to watch birds in Angus ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Here are some of the places to go birdwatching in Angus. A mix of reserves and countryside ranging from cliffs and sea-watching to woodland to mountains. (OS Landranger 54 - Dundee, 44 - Ballater) Montrose...
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Angus Towns
Angus Towns ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Click on names on map [Montrose Basin | Montrose Town | Stonehaven | Brechin | Forfar | Arbroath ]
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Montrose Basin Start Page
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Andy's Birds
Bird Behaviour Last Updated 7th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Here are some interesting observations of bird behaviour: Lots of sparrows Crows and Mussels Redshank Feeding Frenzy Moorhen up a tree! Corncrake Drops In
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Andy's Birds
Birdwatching and Other Environment Links Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page The following organisations all have Scottish wildlife as their raison d'etre The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds The Scottish Ornithologists Club The Scottish Wildlife Trust Biological Recording in Scotland...
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Corncrake Photo
Bird Story - Corncrake ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Sept 99 There was a corncrake found in a local factory (it flew into a store room). See the picture here
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Cricket
Cricket's a Funny Game ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Cricket as Explained to a Foreign Visitor You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out....
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Bird Stories - Crows
Bird Story - Crow Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Crows hide mussels! We have often seen carrion crows pick up mussels and drop them on the stones on the shore line of the Basin to break them open. Recently, however, they have been seen hiding the mussels in the vegetation of the marshland...
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Digital Photos
Eclectic Digital Camera Examples ===================== Last Updated 7th Dec 2002 Following a report in the uk.rec.birdwatching newsgroup of someone using a digital camera to take photos through a telescope, I borrowed a Sony Mavica MVC-FD73 and tried it out... Click on image for larger version in new window This...
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Exam Answers
Exam Answers ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page These are some answers history students have given in their exams. This is a compilation of actual student GCSE answers. Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies and they all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert...
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PhotoSuite 8.0 album fauna.ctf - index page
Fauna Album hoverfly fly bee bee bee bee bee dragonfly dragonfly shield bug shield bug froglet pipistrelle bat
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PhotoSuite 8.0 album Fauna Album - attdlbug1m.jpg
Fauna Album Image: attdlbug1m.jpg Back to the album index Title: Shield Bug Photographer/Artist: AWWakelin Date: July 2001 Format: County: Wester Ross Activity: City: Misc: Location: Attadale Gardens Description: Back to the album index
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PhotoSuite 8.0 album Fauna Album - attdlbug2m.jpg
Fauna Album Image: attdlbug2m.jpg Back to the album index Title: Shield Bug Photographer/Artist: AWWakelin Date: July 2001 Format: County: Wester Ross Activity: City: Misc: Location: Attadale Gardens Description: Back to the album index
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PhotoSuite 8.0 album Fauna Album - attdldfly1m.jpg
Fauna Album Image: attdldfly1m.jpg Back to the album index Title: Dragonfly Photographer/Artist: AWWakelin Date: July 2001 Format: County: Wester Ross Activity: City: Misc: Location: Attadale Gardens Description: Back to the album index
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PhotoSuite 8.0 album Fauna Album - attdldfly2m.jpg
Fauna Album Image: attdldfly2m.jpg Back to the album index Title: Dragonfly Photographer/Artist: AWWakelin Date: July 2001 Format: County: Wester Ross Activity: City: Misc: Location: Attadale Gardens Description: Back to the album index
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PhotoSuite 8.0 album Fauna Album - attdlfrog1m.jpg
Fauna Album Image: attdlfrog1m.jpg Back to the album index Title: Froglet Photographer/Artist: AWWakelin Date: July 2001 Format: County: Wester Ross Activity: City: Misc: Location: Attadale Gardens Description: Back to the album index
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PhotoSuite 8.0 album Fauna Album - belsaybee1m.jpg
Fauna Album Image: belsaybee1m.jpg Back to the album index Title: Bee Photographer/Artist: AWWakelin Date: Aug 2001 Format: County: Northumberland Activity: City: Misc: Location: Belsay Hall Gardens Description: Back to the album index
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PhotoSuite 8.0 album Fauna Album - belsaybee2m.jpg
Fauna Album Image: belsaybee2m.jpg Back to the album index Title: Bee Photographer/Artist: AWWakelin Date: Aug 2001 Format: County: Northumberland Activity: City: Misc: Location: Belsay Hall Gardens Description: Back to the album index
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PhotoSuite 8.0 album Fauna Album - belsaybee3m.jpg
Fauna Album Image: belsaybee3m.jpg Back to the album index Title: Bee Photographer/Artist: AWWakelin Date: Aug 2001 Format: County: Northumberland Activity: City: Misc: Location: Belsay Hall Gardens Description: Back to the album index
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PhotoSuite 8.0 album Fauna Album - belsaybee4shm.jpg
Fauna Album Image: belsaybee4shm.jpg Back to the album index Title: Bee Photographer/Artist: AWWakelin Date: Aug 2001 Format: County: Northumberland Activity: City: Misc: Location: Belsay Hall Gardens Description: Back to the album index
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PhotoSuite 8.0 album Fauna Album - eglstnbee1m.jpg
Fauna Album Image: eglstnbee1m.jpg Back to the album index Title: Bee Photographer/Artist: AWWakelin Date: Aug 2001 Format: County: Co. Durham Activity: City: Misc: Location: Eggleston Hall Gardens Description: Back to the album index
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PhotoSuite 8.0 album Fauna Album - eglstnflys.jpg
Fauna Album Image: eglstnflys.jpg Back to the album index Title: Fly Photographer/Artist: AWWakelin Date: Aug2001 Format: County: Co. Durham Activity: City: Misc: Location: Eggleston Hall Gardens Description: Back to the album index
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PhotoSuite 8.0 album Fauna Album - eglstnhoverfly3m.jpg
Fauna Album Image: eglstnhoverfly3m.jpg Back to the album index Title: Hoverfly Photographer/Artist: AWWakelin Date: Aug 2001 Format: County: Co Durham Activity: City: Misc: Location: Eggleston Hall Gardens Description: Back to the album index
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PhotoSuite 8.0 album Fauna Album - luichartbat1m.jpg
Fauna Album Image: luichartbat1m.jpg Back to the album index Title: Bat Photographer/Artist: AWWakelin Date: July 2001 Format: County: Easter Ross Activity: City: Misc: Location: Loch Luichart Description: Probably a Daubentons Bat Taken at 10am! Back to the album index
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Balgavies Loch
Balgavies Loch ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page HabitatLoch with by marsh, willow and alder carr. Surrounded by farmland. Owned/Managed byScottish Wildlife Trust Opening TimesOpen at weekends. By key at other times. Location5 miles east of Forfar on A932 (NO535508) BusPossibly...
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Fowlsheugh
Fowlsheugh ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page HabitatSheer cliffs providing nesting for seabirds in summer. Owned/Managed byRSPB Opening TimesAll year Location3 miles south of Stonehaven, nr Crawton. (NO879798) Public TransportRequest bus stop at end of lane (Stonehaven...
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Loch of Kinnordy
Loch of Kinnordy ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page HabitatLochs, mires and fen. Surrounded by woodland and farmland Owned/Managed byRoyal Society for the Protection of Birds Opening TimesDaily 9am to dusk. Closed Sats in Sept & Oct LocationNO3605401 mile west of Kirriemuir...
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Loch of Lintrathen
Loch of Lintrathen Facilities ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page HabitatReservoir surrounded by conifer woodland and farmland Owned/Managed byScottish Wildlife Trust Opening TimesAll year. No access other than to the hide. Location8 miles west of Kirriemuir on minor road...
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Montrose Basin
Montrose Basin ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page HabitatA tidal basin with extensive mud, sand and shingle flats. Surrounded by farmland with reedbeds, marshland and scrub mostly at the west end by the river South Esk. A SSSI, Ramsar and SPA. Owned/Managed byLNR/Scottish...
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Montrose Basin Wildlife Centre
Montrose Basin Wildlife Centre ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page LocationOff the main road (A92) on the south side of the Basin 1 mile from town centre. (NO700564) Public TransportMontrose is on main rail route from Edinburgh to Aberdeen. The Wildlife Centre is on main...
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Bank of Scotland hide ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Opening TimesAll year - no key required LocationOff the main road (A92) on the south side of the Basin 1 mile from town centre (NO700564). East end of Wildlife Centre car park. Public TransportMontrose is on main rail...
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Wigeon hide ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Opening TimesAll year - no key required LocationAt west end of Basin accessed from Old Mill car park (NO669591). Public TransportMontrose is on main rail route from Edinburgh to Aberdeen. The Old Mill car park is 200m from main...
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Shelduck hide ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Opening TimesAll year - no key required LocationAt west end of Basin accessed from Old Mill car park (NO669591). Public TransportMontrose is on main rail route from Edinburgh to Aberdeen. The Old Mill car park is 200m from...
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A Brief History of Montrose
A Brief History of Montrose Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page On this page... Ancient Times Iron Age Romans Up to Middle Ages 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century Ancient Times At about 8000 - 6000BC people were living in this area in small nomadic groups, harvesting fruit and berries, hunting...
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Humour Pages
The Smile Pages ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Here are some funny stories: Water is a dangerous substance Cricket's a Funny Game Exam Answers Technical Support Required Is there a Santa Claus?
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Bird Story - Moorhen
Bird Story - Moorhen Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Moorhen up a tree! Outside the Viewing Gallery of the Montrose Basin Wildlife Centre, we erected a custom built peanut feeder made from the top 5 foot of an old pine tree. The peanuts were put in slots made in the top with a wire mesh cage...
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Andy's Music
My Favourite Music ===== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Classical I have been a fan of classical music since I was 10 and I am still discovering new pieces. My "Desert Island" selection is Janacek - Sinfionetta (Vienna Phil & Mackerras on Decca) Britten - Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes"...
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Eclectic Photos
Eclectic Photos ===================== Last Updated 7th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Click on image for larger version in new window This is a album of pictures of insects and other creatures This is a photo of a statue in Denman's gardens between Chichester and Arundel in West Sussex This is a photo of...
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Bird Story - Redshank
Bird Story - Redshank Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Redshank Feeding Frenzy 28/1/00 Between 3 and 4pm at Montrose Basin redshank were seen feeding in an unusual manner. They were on the rising tide in an oval shaped group of 25-30 birds. The members of the group were very close together...
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Ecelectic Site Map
Site Map ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Overall picture of site with direct jump to main pages. Birdwatching Page Where to watch birds in Angus Bird Stories My favourite music Some photos Angus Towns Brief History of Montrose Humour
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Bird Story - Sparrows
Bird Story - Sparrows ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page July 2000 A lot of interest is shown at the moment in the decline of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus). The seed feeders in my garden are regularly attended by 30-40 sparrows at a time with the coming of the juveniles...
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Technical Support Required
Technical Support Required ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Male Friend Needs Technical Support Can you please advise me. I'm having some problems. I'm currently running the latest version of Girlfriend and I've been having some problems lately. I've been running the same...
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Water Hazard!
W.A.T.E.R. ===================== Back to Eclectic Home Page Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 This is an extract from European Chemical News published in the 1970's. If the publishers are at all miffed by me putting this on the WWW they can e-mail Eclectic Webmaster and I will remove it. ICI has announced the discovery...
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Is There a Santa Claus?
Is There a Santa Claus? ===================== Last Updated 4th Dec 2002 Back to Eclectic Home Page Is There a Santa Claus? - Lets examine the evidence... No known species of reindeer can fly. BUT there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects and germs,...
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