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	Bird Forum Fun Quizzes Test your knowledge - are you a super brain or a bird brain?	Less-than-stellar photos of... by birdmeister Wednesday 11th December 2019 15:58	863	54,603
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	BirdForum TV Discussion The Forum Dedicated to BirdForum TV	Not being able to upload... by aloktewari Friday 16th August 2019 11:09	8,684	10,049
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Rare Bird Sightings Rare bird information. Sightings, discussion and rarity photos.
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	Rare Bird Information (48 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	Paddyfield Pipit - Sennen,... by Paul Chapman Monday 25th November 2019 12:23	126	509
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Birding
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	Live Bird News from around the World (2 Viewing)	Recycling Bald and Golden... by andyadcock Today 21:10	2,866	16,631
	Live Bird Webcams Sub-Forums: CJ Wildlife Live Nest Box Cameras	Live interactive bird feeder... by RockstarBruski Monday 9th December 2019 23:34	176	624
	Bird Ringing and Banding Questions and Answers on this important topic	Milvus milvus (Red kite)... by ipo Today 13:58	1,254	8,155
	News From Birding & Nature Organisations (1 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	David Bellamy R.I.P by Farnboro John Yesterday 22:06	4,718	6,280
	Bird Identification Q&A (39 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.	Song or Mistle? by dantheman Today 21:22	108,945	705,512
	Birds & Birding (17 Viewing) General Forum for threads on birds and birding	Jimi Hendrix found not guilty by dantheman Today 20:27	23,855	340,748
	Bird Behaviour Discussion on Bird Behaviour	Sandhill cranes breeding by Nutcracker Monday 9th December 2019 21:33	1,684	8,228
	Your Birding Day (4 Viewing) Been out today? List what you saw and where here Sub-Forums: Your Rarities	Kingfisher by Peewit Tuesday 3rd December 2019 16:56	8,564	57,719
	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.	Ethiopia Feb 2020 independent... by halftwo Monday 9th December 2019 09:48	564	2,665
	Information Wanted (3 Viewing) Ask here for general information or use the 'Your Local Patch' section for information on specific locations	Doñana National Park - spots... by micheal adam Today 12:32	4,546	29,650
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	Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature (17 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	The genus Oenanthe by Peter Kovalik Today 21:28	4,670	46,921
	Garden Birds, Bird Feeding & Nestboxes (1 Viewing) So what's in your garden, back yard or on your bird table? Sub-Forums: Food and Feeders, Nestboxes, Gardening for Birds	Recommended distance from a... by steelyjoe Wednesday 11th December 2019 18:21	6,152	63,219
	Migration Ask your questions and post your articles here! Sub-Forums: Migration news & sightings 2016	Turtledove behavior by Alefdr Yesterday 12:13	845	7,336
	Sea Watch (1 Viewing) A forum for Birders with an interest in Sea and Shore birds Sub-Forums: Seawatching Location Reviews	3 photos from Our favorite... by kb57 Thursday 28th November 2019 13:49	766	7,621
	Gulls A forum specifically for Gull species	Herring? NW Mexico by Nutcracker Thursday 28th November 2019 09:37	128	713
	Birds Of Prey (2 Viewing) Discuss Birds Of Prey (Raptors) here.	Scottish Hen Harrier found... by ClarkWGriswold Today 18:01	3,717	48,896
	Conservation (3 Viewing) Discussion on wildlife & environmental conservation Sub-Forums: Threatened Birds Of The world	EU carbon emmision targets by andyadcock Today 13:02	2,558	33,368
	Vacational Trip Reports (4 Viewing) Please feel free to leave reports here after your trip. Please contribute to the community by not simply linking to another website.	AMS, Gastroenteritis and... by dwatsonbirder Today 17:54	3,037	39,943
	Lists & Members Yearly Lists (1 Viewing) General Lists & Members Yearly Lists Sub-Forums: Member's Lists 2018, Member's Lists 2019, Previous Years Lists, Lists	My Train Driving List by Richard Prior Yesterday 15:12	1,238	42,165
	Tips For New Birders Advice, tips and hints for birders of all levels, from birders of all levels!	How to memorize and recognise... by ChiGuy Saturday 7th December 2019 19:57	589	6,899
	Hummingbirds	Last Rubythroat of Season,... by TFM70 Monday 11th November 2019 18:58	1,199	8,877

Your Local Patch Ask Questions & Discuss Your Local Patch, And Geographically Specific Info Requests.
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	UK & Ireland County By County Patches (26 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	Cambridgeshire Birding by Matthebirder Today 21:07	5,493	319,434
	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	Plan a trip on august 2020 in... by marcsantacurz Wednesday 11th December 2019 18:32	2,061	12,394
	Europe & Rest of the World Patches (15 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	San Tin Fishponds (and... by Dong Bei Today 18:39	8,154	73,647

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.	HBW Alive - My birding by njlarsen Yesterday 23:56	3,501	30,130
	TV & Radio Alert For Birding, Nature and Other Wildlife Alert everyone to a forthcoming programme on birding or nature & discuss the show here.	Secret Scotland with Susan... by Farnboro John Yesterday 17:30	1,703	16,686
	Books, Magazines, Publications, Video & DVD Read any? Watched any? Can you recommend any? Dislike any? This is the place to let us know!	Self-Published Photo Book by delia todd Yesterday 08:11	2,966	26,960

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.	Report images in the Gallery... by jmorlan Sunday 1st December 2019 04:06	679	5,170
	Photos of New Species for OPUS Notify us of photos in gallery of new species for Opus, or upload them in this forum	Blue-throated Starfrontlet by Dave B Smith Monday 14th October 2019 17:50	1,151	3,602

Gallery Competitions & Pictures
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	Your Favourite Pictures From The Birdforum Gallery (1 Viewing) Post links to your favourite photos from the Birdforum Gallery.	If Every Picture Tells A... by wilberfloss Friday 18th October 2019 23:57	254	1,435

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 (3 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	Editing software by njlarsen Saturday 7th December 2019 01:32	5,695	49,025
	Cameras And Photography (6 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	Landscape/street lenses by canonman77 Today 20:35	10,926	123,978
	Spotting Scopes & tripod/heads (16 Viewing) Discuss Spotting Scopes here Sub-Forums: Zeiss, Swarovski, Leica, Kowa, Nikon, Pentax, Vortex, Meopta, Opticron, Tripod and Heads	Carwindow head by Nivado Today 17:48	6,903	62,975
	Binoculars (61 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	Tract making 10x50 toric by [email protected] Today 20:56	14,152	285,851
	Interviews with Optics Manufacturers	Interview with Head of Zeiss... by Troubador Friday 29th November 2019 07:42	15	495
	Interviews with Optics Retailers	Interviews with Retailers:... by DocSarvis Monday 17th June 2019 02:17	6	83
	Interviews with Optics Repairers	Interviews with Optics... by WJC Saturday 30th March 2019 17:39	3	12
	Watches in the Field sports watches or other for outdoor pursuits	Fine Swiss Watches in the... by Alexis Powell Monday 5th August 2019 23:10	5	132
	Miscellaneous Nature Study Equipment Subforums on Clothing and Equipment Insurance. Sub-Forums: Night Vision, Trail Cams - Camera Traps - CCTV Systems, Outdoor Clothing, Equipment Insurance	Night vision equipment for... by newzzler110 Yesterday 01:03	537	6,003
	Photo Critique Improve your Photo Technique with suggestions and creative criticism from other forum members	Lappet-faced Vulture by ChrisKten Saturday 26th October 2019 08:51	1,132	9,439
	Macro Photography Natural History Macro Photography	Going macro - options??? by Musoman Thursday 8th November 2018 01:38	225	1,824
	Wildlife Art The forum for discussing painting and sketching of all forms of wildife art	Juvenile kingfisher by Peewit Saturday 30th November 2019 12:18	1,114	48,155
	Bird Sounds Recording Eqpt & Discussion Discussion on equipment, technique & results.	Programmable Recorders? by Dave Boyle Today 07:38	493	3,150
	Classifieds - For Sale or Wanted (13 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 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 Nikon Super Sale! by In Focus Today 12:53	620	837

Nature In General
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	Reptiles and Amphibians (1 Viewing) Snakes Frogs etc............	A couple of frogs for i.d... by davetheman Tuesday 3rd December 2019 14:34	1,680	8,336
	Butterflies and Moths (1 Viewing) Many birders have an interest in insects, Discuss here. Sub-Forums: Butterflies and Moths ID	Indian butterfly ID questions by AndyS56 Tuesday 10th December 2019 09:03	12,672	77,714
	Insects, Dragonflies, Arachnids, Beetles & More Discussions on insects, dragonflies, arachnids, beetles & more.	Tarantula ID? by antee Today 16:14	6,054	30,548
	Trees, Flowers, Plants and Shrubs Orchids, Wild Flowers and more.	Wildflower ID ? by TalkingtoBears Thursday 21st November 2019 16:20	2,104	15,878
	Fungi & Lichens	Fungi for ID Please by Rudegar Monday 9th December 2019 19:36	972	4,776
	Mammals (2 Viewing) Land Based Mammals	Monkey ID - Assam, India by AndyS56 Today 18:28	2,054	16,513
	Cetaceans & Marine Life Whales, Dolphins, Porpoise, Seals & Other Marine Creatures	100kgs of garbage in dead... by andyadcock Monday 2nd December 2019 06:38	699	5,018
	Bats Discussion on bats	Spectacled Flying Fox... by jmorlan Tuesday 12th November 2019 10:58	380	2,085
	Other Wildlife A forum to discuss all the wildlife not covered in other forums.	Suggestions for retirement... by h14nha Saturday 30th November 2019 22:35	382	3,013

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