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	Say Hello (22 Viewing) Introduce yourself - say a few lines about yourself & where you live	Hello from Quebec by delia todd Today 12:32	25,802	211,648
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	BirdForum TV Discussion (9 Viewing) The Forum Dedicated to BirdForum TV	New Video: Common Buttonquail... by BirdForum TV Today 09:08	8,394	9,747
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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 Photos of UK Rarities	Spotted a red breast grosbeak by Alan grimshaw Saturday 7th July 2018 21:28	115	449
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Birding
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	Live Bird News from around the World (21 Viewing)	Somerset Seagull Murderer by Strontium Dog Yesterday 16:07	2,783	16,248
	Live Bird Webcams Sub-Forums: CJ Wildlife Live Nest Box Cameras	Nebraska Barn Swallow Live... by TRLcam Tuesday 17th July 2018 20:24	157	552
	Bird Ringing and Banding (3 Viewing) Questions and Answers on this important topic	Question about moult score by c.c.pang Monday 16th July 2018 06:17	1,223	7,941
	News From Birding & Nature Organisations (3 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	UK Biodiversity Indicators... by BF Newsroom Yesterday 11:38	4,666	6,167
	Bird Identification Q&A (146 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.	Galapagos Finch Help by njlarsen Today 12:51	99,914	656,083
	Birds & Birding (39 Viewing) General Forum for threads on birds and birding	Raising issues about bird... by pratincol Today 11:28	23,431	334,136
	Bird Behaviour (5 Viewing) Discussion on Bird Behaviour	Are hummingbirds aggressive... by volcomized Yesterday 17:12	1,564	7,611
	Your Birding Day (9 Viewing) Been out today? List what you saw and where here Sub-Forums: Your Rarities	Another great day in the... by rosbifs Yesterday 16:25	8,450	57,099
	Companions for Birding Trips (1 Viewing) Team up with others - a place to advertise an upcoming trip or see if there are any you fancy joining.	Brazil: budget... by Steve Babbs Yesterday 16:51	491	2,034
	Information Wanted (2 Viewing) Ask here for general information or use the 'Your Local Patch' section for information on specific locations	Black Turnstones near Venice,... by dandsblair Today 10:21	4,283	27,534
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	Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature (20 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	"diagnosis not seen" for... by Calalp Today 12:47	4,211	42,230
	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	Best feeder and feed for... by MeInDallas Today 11:58	6,008	62,513
	Conservation (8 Viewing) Discussion on wildlife & environmental conservation Sub-Forums: Threatened Birds Of The world	Cell tower radiation harms... by Purple Heron Today 09:14	2,452	33,055
	Migration (4 Viewing) Ask your questions and post your articles here! Sub-Forums: Migration news & sightings 2016	no skylarks this year by Mayo Corncrake Thursday 21st June 2018 10:24	827	7,213
	Sea Watch (1 Viewing) A forum for Birders with an interest in Sea and Shore birds Sub-Forums: Seawatching Location Reviews	Cornwall Seawatching in May by MK90 Wednesday 16th May 2018 08:21	760	7,604
	Gulls A forum specifically for Gull species	New gull by Deb Burhinus Yesterday 21:19	95	594
	Birds Of Prey (7 Viewing) Discuss Birds Of Prey (Raptors) here.	Little Owl Nest site... by Eazyglider Tuesday 10th July 2018 21:17	3,653	48,215
	Vacational Trip Reports (8 Viewing) Please feel free to leave reports here after your trip. Please contribute to the community by not simply linking to another website.	trip to Indonesia June/July... by MKinHK Tuesday 17th July 2018 01:04	2,900	37,367
	Lists & Members Yearly Lists (6 Viewing) General Lists & Members Yearly Lists Sub-Forums: Member's Lists 2018, Previous Years Lists, Lists	Griswold's Birding Year 2018 by ClarkWGriswold Yesterday 20:16	1,206	40,665
	Tips For New Birders Advice, tips and hints for birders of all levels, from birders of all levels!	How to memorize and recognise... by albatross02 Tuesday 17th July 2018 15:27	577	6,757
	Hummingbirds (1 Viewing)	Cleaning and sanitizing... by jimfmiller Wednesday 18th July 2018 18:13	1,169	8,698

Your Local Patch Ask Questions & Discuss Your Local Patch, And Geographically Specific Info Requests.
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	UK & Ireland County By County Patches (41 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 11:46	5,270	297,267
	USA State By State Patches (7 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	Bird clubs in San Bernardino... by PlanetMaker Monday 16th July 2018 03:20	1,988	11,966
	Europe & Rest of the World Patches (29 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 honeym Today 11:27	7,762	69,040

Multimedia
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	Computers, Birding Software And The Internet (7 Viewing) This is the place to ask questions and discuss computers, internet, rarity alert devices & Birding software.	Exif Reader by locustella Tuesday 17th July 2018 19:39	3,431	29,683
	TV & Radio Alert For Birding, Nature and Other Wildlife (3 Viewing) Alert everyone to a forthcoming programme on birding or nature & discuss the show here.	Simon King's Shetland Diaries by ClarkWGriswold Sunday 24th June 2018 07:37	1,663	16,378
	Books, Magazines, Publications, Video & DVD (6 Viewing) Read any? Watched any? Can you recommend any? Dislike any? This is the place to let us know!	Quest to Explore Columbia by Crusty Wednesday 18th July 2018 18:41	2,866	25,889

Opus Discussion Discussion for the BirdForum Opus
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	Opus Discussion Area (1 Viewing) Discussions will be automatically created here when you click the 'discussion' tab on an opus entry.	White-necked Myna by julienl Saturday 14th July 2018 21:07	667	5,078
	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 delia todd Saturday 14th July 2018 23:09	1,143	3,578

Gallery Competitions & Pictures
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	Your Favourite Pictures From The Birdforum Gallery (3 Viewing) 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

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 (10 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	DigiScope or Camera/Lens? by poledark Tuesday 17th July 2018 12:18	5,626	48,759
	Cameras And Photography (37 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	Nikon Coolpix P1000 camera... by Andrew Whitehouse Today 08:33	10,645	120,412
	Spotting Scopes & tripod/heads (26 Viewing) Discuss Spotting Scopes here Sub-Forums: Zeiss, Swarovski, Leica, Kowa, Nikon, Pentax, Vortex, Meopta, Opticron, Tripod and Heads	Tripod Suggestions for... by jring Yesterday 18:56	6,508	58,982
	Binoculars (103 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	Which sub-alpha bino by Chosun Juan Today 11:26	13,206	267,372
	Watches in the Field sports watches or other for outdoor pursuits	So I was wondering ? by Loud Green Man Tuesday 19th June 2018 17:14	3	100
	Miscellaneous Nature Study Equipment (22 Viewing) Subforums on Clothing and Equipment Insurance. Sub-Forums: Trail Cams - Camera Traps - CCTV Systems, Outdoor Clothing, Equipment Insurance	MacWet gloves by CalvinFold Monday 4th June 2018 20:48	508	5,817
	Photo Critique (3 Viewing) Improve your Photo Technique with suggestions and creative criticism from other forum members	Struggling with... by Hauksen Wednesday 4th July 2018 11:01	1,131	9,429
	Macro Photography (1 Viewing) Natural History Macro Photography	Going macro - options??? by TX Artist Wednesday 6th June 2018 15:37	224	1,818
	Wildlife Art The forum for discussing painting and sketching of all forms of wildife art	My Pictures by ARTHUR BISHOP Yesterday 15:50	1,081	47,979
	Bird Sounds Recording Eqpt & Discussion (1 Viewing) Discussion on equipment, technique & results.	Best settings to record bird... by Louis_P Monday 16th July 2018 15:57	464	2,904
	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 (2 Viewing) This forum is for retailers and dealers offers to BF members. Only retailers and dealers with written permission from admin may advertise here.	In Focus Used Equipment List... by In Focus Yesterday 12:43	484	679

Nature In General
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	Reptiles and Amphibians (2 Viewing) Snakes Frogs etc............	Greek lizards id by geo ver Wednesday 11th July 2018 09:42	1,592	7,981
	Butterflies and Moths (17 Viewing) Many birders have an interest in insects, Discuss here. Sub-Forums: Butterflies and Moths ID	Moth ID help, Cornwall, UK by honeym Today 12:00	12,241	75,660
	Insects, Dragonflies, Arachnids, Beetles & More (7 Viewing) Discussions on insects, dragonflies, arachnids, beetles & more.	Bucks Souther Emerald... by regor Yesterday 17:39	5,794	29,315
	Trees, Flowers, Plants and Shrubs (7 Viewing) Orchids, Wild Flowers and more.	2018 Orchid Thread by lewis20126 Tuesday 10th July 2018 16:01	2,040	15,419
	Fungi & Lichens (4 Viewing)	Panjin, Liaoning, China by Owen Krout Saturday 5th May 2018 15:48	874	4,439
	Mammals (4 Viewing) Land Based Mammals	Checklists and common English... by honeym Yesterday 20:36	1,953	15,918
	Cetaceans & Marine Life Whales, Dolphins, Porpoise, Seals & Other Marine Creatures	Brilliant Walrus webcam by MKinHK Tuesday 10th July 2018 14:26	651	4,705
	Bats (1 Viewing) Discussion on bats	Bat, suggestions by andyadcock Saturday 7th July 2018 22:08	361	2,017
	Other Wildlife (2 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?	going birding with the pet... by kasfig Friday 13th July 2018 23:08	849	54,026
	Ruffled Feathers (2 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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