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Rare Bird Sightings Rare bird information. Sightings, discussion and rarity photos.
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	Rare Bird Information (27 Viewing) Rare bird information. News and Discussion Sub-Forums: car share lifts etc for twitches	Join to View	0	0
	UK Rarity Gallery Photos of UK Rarities	Ross's Gull - Radipole,... by Simon Wates Thursday 12th April 2018 20:12	113	430
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Birding
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	Live Bird News from around the World (1 Viewing)	Birds and planes by kamino17 Thursday 19th April 2018 14:03	2,770	16,208
	Live Bird Webcams Sub-Forums: CJ Wildlife Live Nest Box Cameras	White storks from Poland by smallstork Friday 13th April 2018 20:48	149	523
	Bird Ringing and Banding Questions and Answers on this important topic	Piping plover by Mark B Bartosik Wednesday 25th April 2018 00:56	1,219	7,901
	News From Birding & Nature Organisations (8 Viewing) News From Birding & Nature Organisations Sub-Forums: Latest news from the RSPB, Latest news from the BTO, Latest news from the WWT, Latest news from the Audubon Society	A northern powerhouse (BTO) by Farnboro John Yesterday 20:11	4,653	6,134
	Bird Identification Q&A (169 Viewing) Ask away for advice on WILD bird i.d. questions. PLEASE state country in title of your thread. No photos of eggs nor captive birds.	Goshawks & Buzzards, UK by John Cantelo Today 05:59	98,128	647,063
	Birds & Birding (28 Viewing) General Forum for threads on birds and birding	Recommendations for Lewis /... by Euan Buchan Today 05:59	23,306	333,085
	Bird Behaviour (3 Viewing) Discussion on Bird Behaviour	A funny thing happened in... by Torchepot Wednesday 25th April 2018 19:49	1,508	7,380
	Your Birding Day (5 Viewing) Been out today? List what you saw and where here Sub-Forums: Your Rarities	Migration in Greece - March... by Ornitomania Yesterday 08:28	8,438	56,970
	Companions for Birding Trips (2 Viewing) Team up with others - a place to advertise an upcoming trip or see if there are any you fancy joining.	Ecuador in July - one or two... by MacHector Yesterday 19:49	477	1,976
	Information Wanted (6 Viewing) Ask here for general information or use the 'Your Local Patch' section for information on specific locations	Help from UK: scammed by... by pilgrim71 Today 04:54	4,235	27,169
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	Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature (40 Viewing) Splits, lumps, and shuffles? The place to learn about & discuss the latest scientific findings, as well as the various species concepts behind them Sub-Forums: Bird Name Etymology, Bird Paleontology	von Boetticher's birds by Taphrospilus Today 06:32	4,107	41,254
	Garden Birds, Bird Feeding & Nestboxes (18 Viewing) So what's in your garden, back yard or on your bird table? Sub-Forums: Food and Feeders, Nestboxes, Gardening for Birds	The Great Tits have returned by Euan Buchan Today 06:00	5,954	62,269
	Conservation (1 Viewing) Discussion on wildlife & environmental conservation Sub-Forums: Threatened Birds Of The world	Will we hear the nightingales... by andyadcock Sunday 22nd April 2018 15:16	2,431	32,673
	Migration Ask your questions and post your articles here! Sub-Forums: Migration news & sightings 2016	Migrating Swans - Book... by kamino17 Monday 23rd April 2018 14:07	826	7,184
	Sea Watch A forum for Birders with an interest in Sea and Shore birds Sub-Forums: Seawatching Location Reviews	High end hide luxury by Julian Bell Thursday 15th March 2018 17:24	758	7,602
	Gulls A forum specifically for Gull species	Two Gulls, Western Washington... by RWP Today 03:35	88	569
	Birds Of Prey (5 Viewing) Discuss Birds Of Prey (Raptors) here.	Nikon D3300 2 doublers MTO... by Tsunamispeakershawks Thursday 19th April 2018 14:11	3,640	48,147
	Vacational Trip Reports (6 Viewing) Please feel free to leave reports here after your trip. Please contribute to the community by not simply linking to another website.	In search of Florida spring... by birdmeister Today 00:32	2,865	36,745
	Lists & Members Yearly Lists (1 Viewing) General Lists & Members Yearly Lists Sub-Forums: Member's Lists 2018, Previous Years Lists, Lists	How is your 2018 List Going? by Nightjar61 Yesterday 22:43	1,203	40,406
	Tips For New Birders (4 Viewing) Advice, tips and hints for birders of all levels, from birders of all levels!	What level of vision do birds... by jurek Yesterday 19:20	573	6,702
	Hummingbirds	Best plants to grow to attact... by mikal Tuesday 10th April 2018 00:43	1,160	8,646

Your Local Patch Ask Questions & Discuss Your Local Patch, And Geographically Specific Info Requests.
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	UK & Ireland County By County Patches (55 Viewing) Local patch reports & information requests Sub-Forums: East Anglia, Midlands, South East England, South West England, North East England, North West England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Channel Islands, Isle Of Man	Upton Warren by Phil Andrews Today 05:19	5,227	295,727
	USA State By State Patches (12 Viewing) Local area/patch reports & information requests. Sub-Forums: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington State, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming	Texas: trip planning, many... by Tailorbird2 Yesterday 14:28	1,969	11,882
	Europe & Rest of the World Patches (21 Viewing) Local area/patch reports & information requests Sub-Forums: Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Caribbean Islands, Central America, Middle East, North America (excluding U.S.A), South America	Panjin Birding by the Old Fat... by Owen Krout Today 03:44	7,703	68,165

Multimedia
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	Computers, Birding Software And The Internet (2 Viewing) This is the place to ask questions and discuss computers, internet, rarity alert devices & Birding software.	address book lost by Mono Wednesday 25th April 2018 19:33	3,414	29,531
	TV & Radio Alert For Birding, Nature and Other Wildlife (2 Viewing) Alert everyone to a forthcoming programme on birding or nature & discuss the show here.	Springwatch 2018 by Euan Buchan Tuesday 17th April 2018 13:08	1,658	16,292
	Books, Magazines, Publications, Video & DVD (4 Viewing) Read any? Watched any? Can you recommend any? Dislike any? This is the place to let us know!	New book: Birding hotspots in... by jogresh Yesterday 22:35	2,831	25,615

Opus Discussion Discussion for the BirdForum Opus
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	Opus Discussion Area Discussions will be automatically created here when you click the 'discussion' tab on an opus entry.	excellent pages by delia todd Yesterday 21:32	662	5,055
	Photos of New Species for OPUS (1 Viewing) Notify us of photos in gallery of new species for Opus, or upload them in this forum	A first for the Gallery and... by delia todd Tuesday 27th March 2018 23:16	1,142	3,572

Gallery Competitions & Pictures
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	Your Favourite Pictures From The Birdforum Gallery Post links to your favourite photos from the Birdforum Gallery.	Check out this behavior shot! by Lisa W Friday 16th March 2018 23:14	249	1,416

Photography, Digiscoping, Art & Equipment
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	Equipment Reviews The best place on the site for equipment reviews. If you upload a new product, just include specifications, then add a review with personal observations.	-	-	-
	The Birdforum Digiscoping Forum (18 Viewing) Get the answers to your digiscoping questions Sub-Forums: Digiscoping cameras, Digiscoping Accessories, Digiscoping Adapters, Camera Settings, VideoScoping, Mobile/iPhone Digiscoping, Photography using 'Astro' telescopes	Fujifilm X100F and Fujifilm... by ljclark Yesterday 03:16	5,619	48,720
	Cameras And Photography (22 Viewing) The forum to discuss all things to do with photography, with sub forums for cameras Sub-Forums: Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Minolta, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Sigma & Other Third Party Lenses, Sony, Video, Micro Four Thirds 4/3 Photography, Technique, Photoshop, Paintshop and Printing, Photographic Tripods / Heads	Best place to buy a Canon Lens by Dave Williams Yesterday 21:25	10,605	120,007
	Spotting Scopes & tripod/heads (17 Viewing) Discuss Spotting Scopes here Sub-Forums: Zeiss, Swarovski, Leica, Kowa, Nikon, Pentax, Vortex, Opticron, Tripod and Heads	The tricky job of searching... by johnf3f Yesterday 21:59	6,456	58,364
	Binoculars (84 Viewing) Binoculars Discussion forum Sub-Forums: Leica, Nikon, Swarovski, Zeiss, Bushnell - Bausch & Lomb, Pentax, Canon, GPO, Hawke Optics, Kowa, Meopta, Minox, Leupold, Opticron, Swift, Zen Ray, RSPB - Viking Optics, Vortex, Others	Opticron Discovery 7x42 by adhoc Today 06:13	13,041	263,909
	Watches in the Field sports watches or other for outdoor pursuits	Love watches! by Elmer Fudd Tuesday 16th January 2018 11:58	3	99
	Miscellaneous Nature Study Equipment (2 Viewing) Subforums on Clothing and Equipment Insurance. Sub-Forums: Trail Cams - Camera Traps - CCTV Systems, Outdoor Clothing, Equipment Insurance	Budget Boots by Paul Longland Yesterday 21:48	506	5,811
	Photo Critique Improve your Photo Technique with suggestions and creative criticism from other forum members	Juvenile Bald Eagle by snowyowl Thursday 12th April 2018 13:41	1,129	9,401
	Macro Photography Natural History Macro Photography	Smartphone macro. by Binoscoper Wednesday 25th April 2018 11:25	224	1,816
	Wildlife Art (3 Viewing) The forum for discussing painting and sketching of all forms of wildife art	Latest piece by Ritika Shaikh Wednesday 18th April 2018 05:28	1,080	47,967
	Bird Sounds Recording Eqpt & Discussion Discussion on equipment, technique & results.	ipod speakers for playback by rdcny Yesterday 18:57	455	2,852
	Classifieds - For Sale or Wanted (9 Viewing) Use this forum for sale, exchange or request of birding equipment, books, and other related items. Sub-Forums: For Sale - Birding & Nature related Items, For Sale - Photography Related Items, Wanted, Exchange / Swap	Join to View	0	0
	Retailers and Dealers Offers (1 Viewing) This forum is for retailers and dealers offers to BF members. Only retailers and dealers with written permission from admin may advertise here.	Updated Leica Deals by gr8fuldoug Yesterday 15:35	466	656

Nature In General
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	Reptiles and Amphibians (1 Viewing) Snakes Frogs etc............	'Water Snake', Ranthambhore,... by TWM Wednesday 25th April 2018 18:59	1,567	7,918
	Butterflies and Moths (4 Viewing) Many birders have an interest in insects, Discuss here. Sub-Forums: Butterflies and Moths ID	Large Tort in Dorset by amears Yesterday 20:43	12,049	74,792
	Insects, Dragonflies, Arachnids, Beetles & More (2 Viewing) Discussions on insects, dragonflies, arachnids, beetles & more.	Common Wasp - Queen? by andyadcock Wednesday 25th April 2018 15:41	5,706	28,974
	Trees, Flowers, Plants and Shrubs (3 Viewing) Orchids, Wild Flowers and more.	Id for greek flower lesvos by geo ver Monday 16th April 2018 11:47	2,007	15,234
	Fungi & Lichens (7 Viewing)	Earthstar by Rotherbirder Tuesday 13th March 2018 14:49	873	4,438
	Mammals (2 Viewing) Land Based Mammals	Confused by langurs: Kaeng... by Nutcracker Yesterday 21:33	1,930	15,777
	Cetaceans & Marine Life Whales, Dolphins, Porpoise, Seals & Other Marine Creatures	Orcas in the Clyde by Farnboro John Sunday 22nd April 2018 14:45	636	4,547
	Bats Discussion on bats	Help with Bat house by andyadcock Saturday 7th April 2018 11:40	356	2,000
	Other Wildlife (1 Viewing) A forum to discuss all the wildlife not covered in other forums.	Snail, South Wales by delia todd Tuesday 27th February 2018 19:41	374	2,960

The World Today / Off Topic Subjects
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	Bird Forum Fun Quizzes (2 Viewing) Test your knowledge - are you a super brain or a bird brain?	When Dinosaurs Ruled the... by Nutcracker Tuesday 24th April 2018 20:05	848	53,921
	Ruffled Feathers (1 Viewing) Relax with a joke, a story, or anything else of interest - treat this as an off-topic bar after a long day's birding! \| How to Subscribe Sub-Forums: Cats	Join to View	0	0

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