Use Birdforum to ....

[Andy Thatcher]

Meet up with people with more experience and learn as much as you can from them !

[Gill Osborne]

Enjoy the camaraderie and friendship and swop ideas and news. Ask for advice... there is always someone, somewhere who can help or offer advice. But best of all...the wonderful realisation that I am not the only wildlife enthusiast on the planet!!!
Oh, and my husband offers his thanks to you all out there....I can now rabbit on about birds, bugs and beasties to everyone on BF instead of him!!! He's interested a little bit but is not THAT bothered about putting a name to everything.........what a strange person!!!!!!

[birdman]

...go vicarious birding around the world!

[Charles Harper]

Polish your i.d. skills when it's sleeting.

[Tim Allwood]

keeps you away from your work
hones your anagram solving skills (cheers Birdman)
expands my vocab (cheers Charles)
gives you a fair chance to id my next Honey Buzz (cheers Wayne et al)
try and id some of the ropiest pix around......(too many of ya)

[Tim Allwood]

sorry re the bad grammar above - time to put the cork in the bottle.....

[Billy Boy]

And open the cans, Tim B (:

Billy Boy

[Tim Allwood]

that's a good idea
....the spirit of Belper is alive and well in you Billy Boy!

[Billy Boy]

Indeed it is, Tim.;)

Billy Boy

[Dave B Smith]

To figure out "what that bird was" with a little help from the folks on the Bird ID Q&A forum.

[CJW]

to play devil's advocate......o:D

[Charles Harper]

... or Hell's Angel, CJ?

[alan_rymer]

To read those last few posts before you go on a birding holiday to Cornwall.
To read the couple of thousand posts when you return!.

I thought you were going?.

Yesterday?.