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part 2 of the Adder (Vipera berus) emerging from the bushes along Adder Alley between Winpenny and Little Hanger hides 17 April 2013

I recorded a bird? call about 1am one night. I often hear this, sometimes during the day but mainly at night and have no idea what type it is??? Any ideas anyone?? It's @ 7sec into audio.

***Posted on behalf of Alicia by her Dad!*** i've just been to middleton lakes with my family and i have seen a kestral, 2 great spotted woodpeckers,heron and a greenfinch chick. Chris and the team were out with their RSPB pod giving information. We helped make some fat balls which are now hanging...

Barn owl fledgling at the nestbox entrance. Arne, Dorset, UK. 14:35, 06/08/11. Taken with permission of the RSPB.

Pair of juvenile bearded tits (Panurus biarmicus) in a reedbed. RSPB Radipole, Weymouth, UK. 15/07/11. The male on the right in particular seemed to be experimenting with the curious effects of gravity and kept pole-vaulting from side to side as I attempted to focus.

Male juvenile bearded tit. RSPB Radipole, Weymouth, UK. 15/07/11.

Is this is a juvenile bearded tit (Panurus biarmicus)? Face looks right but no moustache! RSPB Radipole, Weymouth. UK. It had begun to rain and a pair of these birds were tumbling acrobatically through the reeds as I headed home.

Barn owl with freshly caught rat in its mouth. RSPB Arne, Dorset, UK. 27/06/11. The site of the nestbox is off-limits but the birds can be observed in flight from public areas of the reserve nearby.

Barn owl. RSPB Arne, Dorset, UK. The parents use this box to escape the attentions of the voracious chicks nearby.

Wareham channel from the Arne peninsula, around dusk. Dorset, UK. Taken on the weekly Nightjar Walk. 01/06/11.

Blue tit feeding in the reeds at RSPB Radipole. Weymouth, Dorset, UK. 14/04/11.