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    Painting Improvements

    Hello, I've always quite enjoyed drawing and sketching birds (usuallt in biro) but I've never been too great with the painting side of things. Recently, I've wanted to spend a bit of time trying to rectify this, and teaching myself to paint a bit better. I've been looking in on this subforum...
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    Barn Owls are Back

    Hey everyone, The past couple of years our Barn Owl box has been used as a nesting platform for stock doves. Whilst it was nice to see them using it, they were hardly the bird for which the box was intended. Around the winter of 97 (which I remember being particularly cold) we repeatedly saw...
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    Caption Comp. 30.12.07

    What do you reckon? Submissions by Wednesday night? :t: Cheers.
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    Finch news

    Sorry I've not been about much- been too busy moving out. I apologise if I've missed anyone's birthday etc, sorry guys! Just quickly popping by to show you this story I've stumbled across; unfortunately its not good news...
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    Birding in Leeds

    Hi all, Just wondering if any of the ex-beebers from Leeds or surrounding areas could offer me some advice. Next month I'll be moving to Leeds for university and I wanted to know if anyone could recommend any birding sites in the area? I'm not taking my car so ideally I would be looking to...
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    ID Help

    This afternoon I took a break from the revision (the revision i've barely started!) and biked down to North Cave Wetlands. Its the first time I've done it in a while and it seemed quite a trek, but it was a lot of fun. Anyway, I saw the usual bunch of birds, lots of shelduck chicks fluffing...
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    ID PUZZLE-All Welcome!

    So, here's another 5 photos, same principles as always! For those new to the puzzle, all you have to do is PM me the names of each of the following mystery birds. I'll reveal answers Friday some time, and also reveal the names of the winners. I won't do the breakdown of the other scores- you'll...
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    ID puzzle

    Everyone is welcome to join in the game. For those who didn't take part in the last couple, this is how it works. Basically I'll post the pictures, and you guys Private Message as to what you think the birds are. Simple as that! The person with the most correct answers gets this job next, and...
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    Xbeeb Id

    Does anyone fancy an ex-beeb photo puzzle? Just i've been searching through my photo files and i've noticed a great number of ambiguous pictures! I know there's a special thread for this sort of thing, but it's often quite dominated by the experts with some really tricky ID work going on. I was...
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    Caption March 7th

    Thanks RKell1. Sorry to all those I cheated out of a proper win by grafitting on the original swan picture! Here's my offering.
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    Lincolnshire Slavonian Grebe

    Does anyone have any information on the Slavonian Grebe at Barton-Upon-Humber Pits?Any help would be greatly appreciated. All I know is the very basics the free version of Birdguides gives me, just the time really (today at quarter to two or something like). I was thinking of visiting Far Ings...
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    Caption Competition Feb 16th

    Thankyou Lydia! Tough competition. So here's what you get in return. I think i'll judge on Sunday morning? What d'ya reckon? Bye!
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    Into Baz's Territory...

    I'm not usually one to post trip reports but today's been that little bit extra; more worthy of note, so to speak. I decided I would head west and try my luck at Potteric Carr- it is about a year since I scoped my first bittern on that very reserve, and I could only hope for a repeat occurrence...
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    Have you heard about the Yangtze River Dolphin?

    Extinct, supposedly. Sad news. The species was declared 'functionally extinct' on Wednesday. Its not the end of it though, there's still a small chance they could find some, and there were plans to breed the species in semi-confinement, that is to say in oxbow lakes around the area. Finger's...
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    Greatest Living British Icon

    David Attenborough right? Well if you agree.... Just posted this on the main forum. I'm not really accusing you guys of xenophobia (surely not) but if you're owt like what I am, you probably don't make it much further the Ex-beeb. Just a bit of a heads up...
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    Help David Attenborough...

    ...become our greatest living icon. BBC Culture show is running the voting which can be found here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/livingicons/vote/ ....and also, Morrissey over Bowie? As if! P.S. Sorry if this is already posted somewhere else.
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    Buntings are back Apparently

    http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2006/10/03/98529/Cirl+bunting+re-introduction+is+European+first.html anyone heard about this? Pretty good news I reckon lets hope it runs smoothly.
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    Minibeasts

    "If people were not so impressed by size alone, they would consider an ant more wonderful than a rhinoceros." Edward O'Wilson, Prof. of Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University & Honorary Fellow, Zoological Society of London. An afternoon down the dale makes me agree entirely! I reckon, right...
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    ID help needed

    Hi everybody, I hope you are all well. I also hope you are enjoying the weather, sure its tried to rain a little, but the earth needs it, and there has been plenty of sunny bits in which to get some birding. In fact, this week i seem to have done very little else, which puts a big smile on my...
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    Bempton Cliffs

    I have a feeling today might be a good day, i've heard a booming bittern, seen a kingfisher and watched a marsh harrier being mobbed by terns all before 8am. What an exciting half hour! Anyway, yesterday was good too, cos we decided to go to Bempton Cliffs. Despite some threats of rain we...
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    Skylarks

    Sorry to start yet another thread, seems like there's tonnes on the go at the moment, but I thought some might want to know what I found. I think its interesting at least.Today I've been rotivating, ready to put some wildbird crop on the set aside. Saw a lot of the wagtails and a lot of thrushes...
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    Aaawwwwwww!

    Surely the cutest baby ever! For a change, the first chick i found this year was a robin not a blackbird or thrush. I was walking up wood with the camera, searching for blackcaps, when its little 'peeps' gave this robin away. Adorable. Anyone else got any nice baby photos?
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    Multicultural Britain

    Here's a thread inspired by two things, Sue's Yellowbilled Duck, and Bill Moss' thread from a while back, the untickables. I just thought it would be nice to have a thread to celebrate all those birds that don't belong here. Sure some people complain, but it would make a change to look at them...
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    Ivory-billed woodpecker Doubts!

    As usual I was busy avoiding work in my AS photography class today, so decided to do the rounds of the BBC news pages. It really is something you need to set aside entire day to do- there are tonnes of fascinating stories on that page. Anyway, one particular one I thought would show you guys is...
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    At long last!

    Bit of a double meaning in the title of this thread, firstly at long last we get a day out! I haven't had a decent days birding in ages due to one thing and another so it was great to get out in the field and actually see some birds. Secondly, at long last, i finally catch up my nemesis; a bird...
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