The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

Regarding arrival of Spring, aside from everything coming into bloom which is lovely (around here get a lot of fields of rapeseed and the vivid bright yellow is gorgeous) I love the birdsong.

I'm not a birdwatcher/twitcher but I do love to sit in garden or stroll around a wood listening to birdsong. Aside from a few easy ones like blackbird and robin etc I can't identify them.
However, technology to the rescue. Inevitiably there is an app and the one I have on my phone is Merlin. It's free and you record the sounds and it identifies the birds. Brilliantly effective for anyone interested. I'll be in garden and think there are maybe only 3-4 different birds but it picks up 7-8 etc.
Really worth a try if you are interested.

I've got Merlin and it is quite amazing what it picks up.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I use Google.
All the apps just use the Google algorithm anyway.

" Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Merlin Bird ID app does not rely on Google’s proprietary algorithms (such as Google Lens or TensorFlow-based image recognition) for bird identification. Instead, it uses custom-trained machine learning models developed by Cornell and its partners. "

 

[welsh dragon]

Oh to be a pheasant plucker.... 👍

We have loads of them running all over the place.

 

[Mo1959]

Enjoyable marathon again with convincing winners in all categories.

Great performances from Eilish and Alex on their first marathons. 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

 

[PeteXXX]

We have loads of them running all over the place.

🍲 🍗🍽️

 

[Mo1959]

Gosh some of these cancer stories are so heartbreaking, but inspiring too.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

We have loads of them running all over the place.

You have pheasant pluckers running all over the place???

Or is that just what you call Mr WD and his friends??

 

[welsh dragon]

You have pheasant pluckers running all over the place???

Or is that just what you call Mr WD and his friends??

Both

 

[welsh dragon]

Lamb today with roasties

Mr WD is on the carnivore diet. Its a bit boring

 

[Mo1959]

Lamb today with roasties

Mr WD is on the carnivore diet. Its a bit boring

It seems to be effective for weight loss and various health conditions, but I agree, it is a bit boring. Only so much meat, bacon, eggs, etc that you can face long term.

 

[Paulus]

It seems to be effective for weight loss and various health conditions, but I agree, it is a bit boring. Only so much meat, bacon, eggs, etc that you can face long term.

Having read that, I've had sausages, fried eggs and bubble and squeak for dinner., apart from a bit of fruit later on, that's it for the day food wise.

 

[Dave7]

Gosh some of these cancer stories are so heartbreaking, but inspiring too.

I have cried buckets watching that marathon.

 

[gavroche]

Bike ride for today postponed till tomorrow due to a last minute invite to a barbecue at our son's.

 

[Exlaser2]

Spending a lovely day at the sailing club . We have a coach from the RYA here all day . I am on rescue duty but still learning a lot .

 

[PaulSB]

Regarding arrival of Spring, aside from everything coming into bloom which is lovely (around here get a lot of fields of rapeseed and the vivid bright yellow is gorgeous) I love the birdsong.

I'm not a birdwatcher/twitcher but I do love to sit in garden or stroll around a wood listening to birdsong. Aside from a few easy ones like blackbird and robin etc I can't identify them.
However, technology to the rescue. Inevitiably there is an app and the one I have on my phone is Merlin. It's free and you record the sounds and it identifies the birds. Brilliantly effective for anyone interested. I'll be in garden and think there are maybe only 3-4 different birds but it picks up 7-8 etc.
Really worth a try if you are interested.

I got the Merlin app recently. It's brilliant. The conversation went like this:

#1SP: "Granddad what's that bird?
Me: "I don't know"
#1SP: "You can ask your phone. Nana's phone would know what bird it is"

I spoke to Nana later who enlightened me.