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    Birdwatching near Peniche

    I'm going to be staying near Peniche from 6th to 16th July and would welcome any suggestions for good birding spots within about 50 km of the town. I've got the use of a hire car and would mostly be going out in the early morning. Any suggestions are very welcome, especially places where photos...
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    Tree identification - help needed

    Can anyone help with the identification of this tree. Many Thanks
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    Problem with Windows Mail

    I'm running Vista Home Premium (Service Pack 2) and have a problem with Windows Mail (6.0.6000.16386). When I try and open Contacts it just opens a blank window and after a while I get a message saying the program isn't working do I want to stop, close or restart? Any advice on how to correct...
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    House Crow

    Can anyone update me on the current position of the House Crow in The Netherlands. I understood there were plans to take them into captivity - has anything happened?
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    Flower ID

    Can anyone help with the ID of those two flowers seen in S Wales last week. I know they're common ones, but I'm poor on flowers.
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    Happy Island in early October

    Two of us will be on Happy Island from 29th September to 12th October with Siberian migrants as the priority. We will often bird separately, but want to keep in touch so that if one of us finds something he can contact the other. With that in mind can anyone advise whether it is possible to get...
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    Lesvos Iris ID

    Hi Can anyone help with the ID of this iris(?) I saw in Lesvos in May this year. Many thanks Paul
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    Insect (Lacewing?) ID Lesvos May

    Can anyone identify this insect (lacewing?) I came across on Lesvos in May. Many thanks Paul
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    Magpies, birds of prey + songbirds

    I know this has cropped up before on BirdForum but I can't seem to find it. Can anyone provide links to research etc which demonstrates that there isn't a link between increases in Magpies and some birds of prey and the decline of some songbirds. I know a list of papers relating to Magpies...
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    Llobregat Delta, Barcelona

    Hi I plan to make a visit to the Llobregat Delta on the 5th May (and then on to the Pyrenees). Can anyone tell me what time the reserve opens? (I understand it shuts at 3pm on weekdays) Any recommendations for a cheap hotel nearby would also be appreciated. Thanks in advance for any info. Paul
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    The Meinertzhagen Mystery

    I have just finished reading this book and thoroughly recommend it. It's a biography of the legendary birdwatcher (and soldier) Richard Meinertzhagen. There was an earlier biography by Mark Cocker, but in this one Brian Garfield uses large amounts of new material to show that many of...
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    Petrels: night and day

    I've just finished reading this book and it is easily one of the best bird books I've ever read. When I first heard that the Sound Approach team were doing a book (with CDs) on petrel vocalisations I thought it would really only be of interest to a relative handful of people. Having read it I...
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    Identification of Strumpshaw Fen flowers

    Can anyone help with the identification of these flowers taken at Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk in June. I think the second orchid is a S Marsh Orchid, but admit to knowing very little about flowers!
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    Golden Eagle attacking Capercaillie

    This Norwegian TV companies website has some spectacular amateur footage of a Golden Eagle attacking a Capercaillie at a lek:- http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/116233 It seems someone was filming the lek when this young Golden Eagle swooped in. It's interesting to see one of the Capercaillies...
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    Times article, raptors and quotas

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/magnus_linklater/article2343761.ece?Submitted=true The above article was published in a very prominent position in the Times last week. Reading it convinced me that if we agreed to a quota system for Hen Harriers, then shooting interests...
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    The Sound Approach to birding

    It has to be something unexpectedly good to prompt me to rave to other birdwatchers about a new book, but I recently got a copy of The Sound Approach to birding. I knew that a group of birdwatchers (led by Mark Constantine) were hard at work on bird sounds, but I didn’t know how, when or even...
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