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    What was your Spark Bird???

    During a period of unemployment I began to take walks around the local fields to relieve the boredom of not working, one morning a Curlew flew over calling, I can still hear it now, that Curlew calling re-ignited my love of birding.
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    Best Website To Log Sightings, UK

    BTOs Birdtrack. Check it out, it's free.
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    little owls

    I made the same point on here several years ago about the decline of the little owl population, at the time nobody else seemed to see any problem, the little owls here went from 4 breeding pairs all within walking distance to none 2 years ago. At first I thought it was due to the increase in...
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    Birds of Lima, Peru

    When I was in Lima it took me a long time to work out that these were actually Vermillion Flycatchers!
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    First time in Iceland - help with the basics please!

    Go on one of the whale watching trips, even if you're not interested in whales you'll see plenty of sea birds.
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    can you please identify these two birds?

    Dunnock! Predictive text#
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    can you please identify these two birds?

    Dunno and Song thrush
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    Crabs on Isla Canela, South Spain

    I'm not sure of the correct name for them but I think they're Fiddler Crabs they have one big front claw instead of 2 like normal crabs. I saw 100s when I was there a couple of years ago.
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    ID? Loch Nevis Scotland.

    Photographed on 7th September Loch Nevis, This bird was always distant and had its back to me, it was so distant I had to use between 50X and 70X zoom on my bridge camera! at fist I thought it was a Little Grebe but when I looked at the pics I thought it might possibly be a Black Necked Grebe...
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    natural england grant brood management license

    This whole scheme stinks! Natural England should be used for using the word "Natural" what's natural about removing wild birds from the nest and relocating them elsewhere?
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    Are Redwings in UK yet?

    Been in this area of Lancashire for nearly 2 weeks now, in fact I had my first Fieldfares today.
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    Android BirdGuides App not working

    I tried resetting my password and various other things with the same result, I got so frustrated with it that I gave up! I remember when a phone call was all it took to get the latest sightings and trying to scribble them down before the message ended lol
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    Android BirdGuides App not working

    I can't even log in! when I enter my e-mail address it tells me that this e-mail address is already in use! of course it's in use...... it's ME that's bleeping using it!!!!! Going on holliday tomorrow without the use of Birdguides it seems.
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    What Grouse...? Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve, Lunt, near Crosby UK

    There are no grouse at Lunt only Partridge and pheasant, probably the nearest place to Lunt for grouse would be the West Lancashire moors.
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    Merlins in Scotland.

    Saw a Merlin try to take a ring ouzel last year near the black grouse viewpoint half way up the Cairngorms where the old ski lift station is.
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