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Hi everyone am new on here and i just needed to tell someone about the happenings in the tree in our drive. This morning I noticed a lot of activity and after watching a while from the bedroom window with and without bins and obviously plenty of research (looking at different bird books), found there...

...or maybe a bit of grey will be more your colour this weekend? This week, our Wildlife Enquiries team have been inundated with queries about these beautiful birds - redwings and fieldfares . So if these birds are now as familiar to you as your usual robin and blackbird, you're not alone....

A noticeable feature of the last two weeks has been the large flocks of Rooks and Jackdaws (up to 80), assembling on Campfield saltmarsh, around the high tide - obviously intent on the debris, both vegetable and animal, left by the recent high tides. Our local Crows, mixing amongst them, strutting...

Out along the boardwalk onto the Moss We had been vaguely aware for the previous week or so that there was serious digger activity out on the Moss and Dave had given us some basic information regarding this work. So, having picked our day: no wind, sunshine and some free time (you get the drift!)...

My nickname DAI CYMRU in English means simply David Wales. I live in the middle of Cheshire. I am trying to get to grips with this forum. As you can see I have started a post regarding the choice of lens to buy re: shooting wildlife. I have joined the RSPB today, wanting to photograph wildlife, something...

I've seen about eight or nine Redwing on the upper branches of my apple tree today. The cold weather and snow must have brought them into the garden.

Hi All, A Great Spotted Woodpecker has just come to feed on the fatballs in my back garden :-) It is a regular visitor now, but it only started to come to feed a few weeks ago. These woodpeckers come to feed in our garden for at least 3 times a day now. I love watching the way that they feed and the...

If your class or group enjoyed counting birds for the Big Schools Birdwatch try extending their learning and interest even further by finding out about bird behaviour and bird song. This months RSPB WildSquare survey is all about listening out for common (and easily recognisable) bird song and bird calls...

Not sure how often these are seen in Bedford but thought i'd place it for interest sake.

Well, it would seem the birds know the weather is about to change. Yesterday & this morning has just been a huge feeding frenzy in my garden with seed & mealworms going down a treat! The blackbirds & sparrows are enjoying a nice long drink along with a lovely, if not cold shower in the...

Whoopers taking off from the hide wetlands. Since Christmas here on the Solway, and by implication, our very own Campfield Marsh, the weather has been very wet and windy. But, surprisingly, in the last few days it has been calm and windless - really rather pleasant. There has been a high tide...

We also live facing open farmed countryside . We thought that when moving here 5 years ago the area would provide us with views of many wild birds, but this has proved to be the opposite. In the city of Nottingham the gardens have wild birds, foxes and even squirrels. Here we don't see any sparrows...

Hello everyone What a fantastic afternoon I have had today compared to yesterday. Our garden has been buzzing with activity. The birds came at regular intervals to gorge on the seeds and fat balls that we had placed outside for them. Perhaps it was the cold weather that made them more hungry than...

I have just finished my big garden bird watch for this winter and have noticed a big drop in numbers compared to last year. This time last year it was so cold I had redwings and sonthrush in my garden and had to refill the 4 fat ball holder at least once a day. Now i just have a frequent robin and a...

Taken near the picnic area on 28th January 2012.

Blackbird - Blackbirds only started appearing in urban gardens in the 1830’s. Up until this time they lived in woods or heathland. Bluetit - Baby blue tits are very hungry little birds, their parents have to collect around 1000 small insects a day to feed them. Chaffinch - Chaffinches...

We're half way through the Birdwatch now, and it's been our most exciting one so far! As well as lots of people getting involved, and registering for our resource packs, we've had an amazing amount of media coverage. We've been on the Alan Titchmarsh show, and were also featured on Newsround...

So you may have done your Birdwatch and submitted your results already, or perhaps you are still getting ready for it by learning about the birds that are likely to visit your school grounds. Either way, here is a great quiz provided by Education Quizzes to test your student's knowledge of what...

Yes, Folks - the Great White Egret of Campfield has returned! The nation can now relax! We began to think that it had suffered the fate of most rare vagrants but it was spotted and photographed last Saturday (14 th Jan 2012) at the Saltmarsh Pool by local enthusiasts. This immediately brought on...

Taken from the double-decker hide on 21st August 2011 whilst we humans were sheltering from a heavy shower.

Watching these amazing little goldfinches made me feel glad we cherish our little feathered friends and help them flourish by feeding nyger seed

To sit and enjoy watching the birds is a great moment

The recent snowy weather shows the birds off beautifully and it is a pleasure to watch them feed and photograph them in the different visual surroundings. Perhaps readers would like to share our pleasure.

having agreed to meet my new partner a few months ago at conwy rspb we found that we have so much in common, but it was finding out that we could spend all day together just watching the local wildlife that took us by surprise, havnt looked back

i'm not sure why, but every time i see a bird, from a pigeon to a wigeon, it lifts my heart and puts a smile on my face...i cannot begin to describe how important they are to me, and how they give me moments just by existing.

We visited Hilbre Island, watched the sea birds, turned away from them,they all started to make an awful noise and fly in the air,we turned back just in time to see a perigrine nose dive down, grab one of them and fly up the beach to eat his meal

I find that just looking out of the window and seeing the various birds around the feeder enlightens any day. Even if my football team has lost, the birds help ease the pain!!