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    Patagonia, this week.

    Can anyone help with identifying this bird pls. My sister took it this week. Thanks.
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    Wader - UK

    Hi, Jimmy Main took these photo's in Oct. They are at Hengistbury Head in Dorset, the south of the UK. They were taken as the remnants of a hurricane came over from Nth America. In the 1st pic the bird at the back is a Curlew Sand. The bird in the foreground is the one in question. The 2nd...
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    Pheasant in colleagues garden

    Thanks guys !
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    Pheasant in colleagues garden

    Hi all ... just been sent this picture by a colleague ... looks unusual ... any ideas? Is this just an unusual looking common pheasant? Picture taken yesterday in Hampshire
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    Raptor ID - UK

    Guys ... I didn't see the bird myself, a friend did. However he is good on raptors and esp sparrowhawks/goshawks. His initial thought as he saw and photo'ed the bird was that it was a sparrowhawk, so I guess the flight must have been sparrowhawk ish. It wasn't until he looked at the photo later...
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    Raptor ID - UK

    Thanks guys ... so far! You may not be able to make out from the 'resized' photo but the bird has a grey mantle/scapulars/back/rump and secondary coverts. It also has black tips to the primary's and a white terminal band on the tail. Although the picture is not great it looks as if there is a...
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    Raptor ID - UK

    Hi all, Attached is a picture my friend Jimmy took of a passing raptor. It has some features that are causing confussion on its ID ... amy thoughts? Cheers ... Greg
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    Flying Wader

    Thanks guys ... these are our best guess' too!
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    Flying Wader

    Hi, A friend of mine has given me two photo's of a wader flying in the UK, yesterday. We can't agree on ID .... can anyone help? Cheers Greg
  10. Just desserts

    Just desserts

    Sparrowhawk killing dunlin. Crow steals the spoils
    • Greg L
    • Media item
    • crow dunlin sparrowhawk
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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    Fairy Pitta-Hushan Dam Project, Taiwan

    Signed & thanks for bringing to my attention
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    West Papua Rainforests To Be Destroyed For Chinese Olympics

    Me too ... what else can be done???
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    Help Save Bird Habitat by Writing Two Short Letters

    Rory ... fyi I received this reply; "Thank you for your comments regarding the Bird Habitat in Nanaimo. Each member of Council has received a copy of your email and I have forwarded a copy to members of senior staff. Marilyn Smith Administrative Assistant to Mayor and Council" Good luck,
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    Help Save Bird Habitat by Writing Two Short Letters

    Rory ... done
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    RSPB et al. Windfarm Petition

    Draft iv is good David … I would be happy to sign it
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    Wild boar in Britain

    I seem to remember reading a while ago about mice/rats eating albatross chicks on one of their breeding islands in the south Atlantic. The mice / rats are introduced, accidentally or not I don’t know. The effect of this ‘unnatural’ predation is having a severely adverse effect on the population...
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    Allowing Logging in the forest

    Hello GDC, I have just looked at the photos on your web site ... this place looks magical! Could I suggest you maybe contact someone from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Audobon or another organisation of this type and ask them for their advice. I would be loath to take the advice of a...
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    UK proposes slashing [EU] funds for nature

    Check out this link where Mr Tony Blair (Prime Minister of the UK) shows his environmental credentials! http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2005/12/cap.html
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    Audubon denounces "Extinction Bill"

    Not sure if this has already been posted ... apologies if it has. I have spend many hours enjoying the fruits of the 1973 Endangered Species Act (ESA). It really is terrible that it's effectively being repealed! "On 29 September, the US House of Representatives demonstrated its determination...
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    Malta - New hunting trapping curbs planned

    People get away with many things stating 'culture' and 'tradition' as the reasons ... and when its got to that point it usually means that they have no other argument to put forward!
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    Please help us save our parklands

    Good luck
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    Via Baltica - expressway threatening wilderness, take action now !

    Good luck locustella !
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    Flamingobay near Mumbai threatened

    Signed
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    The Brazilian rainforest

    I have just received an email that reads: "Dear All, The Brazilian congress is now voting on a project that will reduce the Amazon forest to 50% of its size. It will take 1 MINUTE to read this, but PLEASE put your names on the list and forward this on as instructed below ..." Is any one aware...
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    Petition against the slaughter of migrating birds in Malta

    Signed
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