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	Bird Forum Fun Quizzes Test your knowledge - are you a super brain or a bird brain?	What am I? by ClarkWGriswold Saturday 15th September 2018 17:26	850	54,080
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Rare Bird Sightings Rare bird information. Sightings, discussion and rarity photos.
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	Rare Bird Information (32 Viewing) Rare bird information. News and Discussion Sub-Forums: car share lifts etc for twitches	Join to View	0	0
	UK Rarity Gallery (2 Viewing) Photos of UK Rarities	Fea's Petrel - Cape Verde... by Muppit17 Yesterday 09:29	119	466
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Birding
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	Live Bird News from around the World	National Museum of Brazil... by GMK Monday 3rd September 2018 12:20	2,794	16,274
	Live Bird Webcams Sub-Forums: CJ Wildlife Live Nest Box Cameras	Cliff Swallow Live Stream by Wildnis360 Sunday 9th September 2018 16:19	157	556
	Bird Ringing and Banding (1 Viewing) Questions and Answers on this important topic	How many markings per bird? by khosango Wednesday 19th September 2018 10:20	1,223	7,943
	News From Birding & Nature Organisations 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	BTO at New Scientist Live... by BF Newsroom Friday 14th September 2018 11:35	4,679	6,183
	Bird Identification Q&A (42 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.	Warblers on Vancouver Island by vpr Today 21:05	101,328	663,519
	Birds & Birding (9 Viewing) General Forum for threads on birds and birding	Anyone else like Birds AND... by string boozel Today 21:22	23,488	334,932
	Bird Behaviour (1 Viewing) Discussion on Bird Behaviour	Falcon sheltering from typhoon by Nutcracker Friday 21st September 2018 22:32	1,587	7,737
	Your Birding Day (2 Viewing) Been out today? List what you saw and where here Sub-Forums: Your Rarities	Great Day Birding At The... by Lisa W Thursday 20th September 2018 23:07	8,457	57,142
	Companions for Birding Trips (3 Viewing) Team up with others - a place to advertise an upcoming trip or see if there are any you fancy joining.	Morocco by cbutler Today 21:21	500	2,127
	Information Wanted (3 Viewing) Ask here for general information or use the 'Your Local Patch' section for information on specific locations	A trip to Costa Rica by Jim M. Today 21:36	4,320	27,830
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	Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature (7 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	Dodos, a long lost manuscript... by honeym Today 18:10	4,292	42,939
	Garden Birds, Bird Feeding & Nestboxes (14 Viewing) So what's in your garden, back yard or on your bird table? Sub-Forums: Food and Feeders, Nestboxes, Gardening for Birds	Dried Mealworms by jackied Thursday 20th September 2018 20:52	6,027	62,629
	Conservation (3 Viewing) Discussion on wildlife & environmental conservation Sub-Forums: Threatened Birds Of The world	Does EMR harm living... by Bird_Bill Today 16:50	2,467	33,521
	Migration Ask your questions and post your articles here! Sub-Forums: Migration news & sightings 2016	Fieldfares by coaltit Thursday 20th September 2018 13:20	830	7,231
	Sea Watch A forum for Birders with an interest in Sea and Shore birds Sub-Forums: Seawatching Location Reviews	Places to see nesting seabirds by andyadcock Thursday 26th July 2018 18:46	761	7,607
	Gulls A forum specifically for Gull species	New gull by lou salomon Friday 7th September 2018 10:30	99	606
	Birds Of Prey (2 Viewing) Discuss Birds Of Prey (Raptors) here.	Squee! Falconry Experience by fugl Today 21:35	3,663	48,321
	Vacational Trip Reports (3 Viewing) Please feel free to leave reports here after your trip. Please contribute to the community by not simply linking to another website.	Kintyre in the Storms by Original PaulE Today 19:48	2,915	37,534
	Lists & Members Yearly Lists (2 Viewing) General Lists & Members Yearly Lists Sub-Forums: Member's Lists 2018, Previous Years Lists, Lists	How is your 2018 List Going? by jacana Today 21:32	1,206	40,823
	Tips For New Birders Advice, tips and hints for birders of all levels, from birders of all levels!	A great link for learning... by Fraulein ash Tuesday 7th August 2018 12:15	579	6,763
	Hummingbirds (1 Viewing)	Heading South Early? by Beach Bum Today 20:23	1,176	8,764

Your Local Patch Ask Questions & Discuss Your Local Patch, And Geographically Specific Info Requests.
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	UK & Ireland County By County Patches (25 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 wheatearlp Today 21:19	5,288	298,457
	USA State By State Patches (2 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	From my Manhattan Window by KC Foggin Thursday 20th September 2018 21:46	2,001	12,034
	Europe & Rest of the World Patches (17 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	Mallorca 2018 by Mike Montier Today 20:46	7,816	69,650

Multimedia
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	Computers, Birding Software And The Internet This is the place to ask questions and discuss computers, internet, rarity alert devices & Birding software.	Suffolk Birding with Bins by d.steeley Wednesday 19th September 2018 10:28	3,438	29,735
	TV & Radio Alert For Birding, Nature and Other Wildlife (1 Viewing) Alert everyone to a forthcoming programme on birding or nature & discuss the show here.	Autumnwatch 2018 by aeshna5 Friday 21st September 2018 03:45	1,665	16,398
	Books, Magazines, Publications, Video & DVD (5 Viewing) Read any? Watched any? Can you recommend any? Dislike any? This is the place to let us know!	Bulletin of the British... by Mike Earp Today 19:14	2,879	26,041

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.	Western Capercaillie by ceasar Wednesday 29th August 2018 22:06	666	5,079
	Photos of New Species for OPUS Notify us of photos in gallery of new species for Opus, or upload them in this forum	New birds from Sulawesi,... by julienl Friday 21st September 2018 12:03	1,143	3,582

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 image.... by Lisa W Sunday 1st July 2018 02:16	250	1,418

Binoculars, 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 (1 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	Please help me!!! Nikon... by looksharp65 Today 11:58	5,632	48,783
	Cameras And Photography (13 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	update to question about... by Lord Muck Today 20:24	10,682	120,928
	Spotting Scopes & tripod/heads (24 Viewing) Discuss Spotting Scopes here Sub-Forums: Zeiss, Swarovski, Leica, Kowa, Nikon, Pentax, Vortex, Meopta, Opticron, Tripod and Heads	Anyone try high magnification... by Binastro Today 14:35	6,544	59,364
	Binoculars (72 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	7x recommendations by maico Today 21:30	13,324	270,099
	Watches in the Field sports watches or other for outdoor pursuits	altimeter watches by Steve Babbs Friday 31st August 2018 12:23	4	104
	Miscellaneous Nature Study Equipment (1 Viewing) Subforums on Clothing and Equipment Insurance. Sub-Forums: Trail Cams - Camera Traps - CCTV Systems, Outdoor Clothing, Equipment Insurance	Cheap Camera traps by Tom4 Today 19:30	512	5,831
	Photo Critique Improve your Photo Technique with suggestions and creative criticism from other forum members	Struggling with... by esmondb Friday 17th August 2018 19:54	1,131	9,434
	Macro Photography Natural History Macro Photography	Going macro - options??? by walwyn Sunday 9th September 2018 19:13	225	1,823
	Wildlife Art The forum for discussing painting and sketching of all forms of wildife art	My digital bird drawings! by Shemii Tuesday 18th September 2018 11:41	1,089	48,017
	Bird Sounds Recording Eqpt & Discussion Discussion on equipment, technique & results.	Is the Tascam DR-05 any good? by victoriagunner Friday 7th September 2018 18:54	466	2,924
	Classifieds - For Sale or Wanted (4 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.	Call for Special Price Today,... by gr8fuldoug Yesterday 14:56	496	692

Nature In General
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	Reptiles and Amphibians (1 Viewing) Snakes Frogs etc............	Young austrian toad ID by ori76 Monday 10th September 2018 17:56	1,603	8,014
	Butterflies and Moths (6 Viewing) Many birders have an interest in insects, Discuss here. Sub-Forums: Butterflies and Moths ID	Two moths from Suffolk by Sharp Shin Today 20:00	12,365	76,246
	Insects, Dragonflies, Arachnids, Beetles & More (3 Viewing) Discussions on insects, dragonflies, arachnids, beetles & more.	?Hemiplegia sp by honeym Today 16:28	5,847	29,581
	Trees, Flowers, Plants and Shrubs (3 Viewing) Orchids, Wild Flowers and more.	What's this tree and what's... by Corvus cornix Monday 10th September 2018 19:04	2,051	15,504
	Fungi & Lichens (2 Viewing)	Inocybe For Id Please. by Davebutterflyman Today 21:30	889	4,490
	Mammals (2 Viewing) Land Based Mammals	Saw my first ever Stoat by Euan Buchan Today 15:37	1,964	15,966
	Cetaceans & Marine Life Whales, Dolphins, Porpoise, Seals & Other Marine Creatures	Welcome but...... by andyadcock Friday 14th September 2018 10:55	663	4,748
	Bats Discussion on bats	Bits about Bats by andyadcock Wednesday 22nd August 2018 10:14	362	2,018
	Other Wildlife A forum to discuss all the wildlife not covered in other forums.	ID please by Troubador Today 15:59	375	2,966

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