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Hi All wow first off, couldn't make a forum harder to use huh? LOL never seen anything like it! Anyway, onto my question :) Today I heard what for us is an uncommon bird call, it's almost identical to a Great Tit, but faster and only in sets of 4 calls rather than 6 (using the...

This bird was sighted near Aviemore, it was quite nervous and only visited the one day and there was only one of them - have not seen this bird in the garden before. Your help with identification would be appreciated - could it be a redpoll or a rosefinch or something else? It is easily the size of...

I saw this duck (the one on the left) amongst a group of Tufted Ducks in a flooded quarry works in Surrey. I'm not sure what it is. is it a male Scaup by chance? But it's head seemed to be brownish.

This 'robin-sized' bird has been a frequent visitor to our garden over the past few days and just wondered if anyone knew what species he/she maybe .... possibly a warbler of some description?

Sorry that the photos below are quite small and poor quality, the light conditions were dim. They are much clearer and higher quality on my Google+ page (https://plus.google.com/photos/117770732612106820204/albums/5845607383121010321) I took these photos today, in my garden in the North East of England...

I was wondering around Knowsley safari park (outside of the drive through safari) and spotted this rather odd goose sized/shaped bird. It was near some Canadian geese. It was with two others that looked identical. I can't seem to find it in my latest RSPB book, and the closest i could find would...

And so to my final question for today (I promise). Walking back to the car from seeing our mystery bird of prey (and tons of other things including our first pintail) we looked across the canal to the other bank. First we used binoculars, then a scope. I said 'mistle thrushes' and there...

My second question for the day... Out recently at a local nature reserve, we were very excited to see - what for us was - a new bird of prey. We're used to seeing many birds of prey close up, but the only thing we're any good at identifying are kites, particularly since red kites hang around...

Thanks guys, finding wading birds difficult to identify (obviously new), can I assume these are Bar-tailed Godwit 's also?

Sorry, this is a terrible photo but wondered if this is a female Bullfinch or something else ?

We were ready to give this up as a Meadow Pipit, but looking again, not sure it's not a Tree Pipit. Spotted last night on the heath of the New Forest right on the edge of a dense woodland. What do people think?

Just driving down from Wymondham in Norfolk, a glimps court my eye and to my destinkshown i thought it was a Buzzerd, or Kestrel. hovering over a particular shrub.

Saw this bird today, at first I thought maybe a sparrow but on closer look on computer saw thew pointed beak. Could it be a male Dunnock? Apologies for the poor quality of the pic its about a 200% crop! -wrong lens as usual!!

Hi. Our cousin is working in India at the moment. She sends back lots of bird pics for us to ID, but this one has got us stumped. Anyone good on birds of India??

Saw what I identified as a Hen Harrier this afternoon, at Stocks Golf Club outside Albury, Herts. From a distance it looked like a pigeon, but it was unmistakeably a bird of prey, with a hooked beak. Thoughts?

Hello... I'm new to this game and know practically nothing about birds. I've spotted a couple of birds in my garden that I initially thought were sparrows (as we have loads of sparrows around, both House and the other one) but I'm not so sure after taking a photo or two. The first one...

I ran across these birds and I was wondering if anyone could help me identify them. The first one looks very much like a small hawfinch, but its wings are all brown (the white and black parts are below, in the belly near the legs and the tail) and its beak is off-white. For the second one, I have no...

Not sure if it is a reed warbler, Spotted it at Otmoor by the first hide, has really pronouced yellow claws, any help IDing this would be great.

Hello Looking for help on an ID please. BTW please don't think I come here first, I do try... promise! Been through the TWO books I have (I will get more soon...). Shot this bird up at Gigrin, actually it was a quick one off, and a very bad photo, totally wrong exposure and everything else...

can anyone identify these prints which we found on our night-tracker? With hindsight I should have put a tape measure down as well to give an indication of size! a) b) c) They were all found on the same morning so it must have been a busy night for wildlife! Any help would be appreciated...

Hello all, Is this a dunnock? I have one or sometimes two of these which visit the garden, normally in the late afternoon. They always feed on the ground, and stay close to cover. Sorry about the picture quality but my camera seems to be on the blink.

Sorry if this topic has been covered before (probably many times) but the more I read the more confused I get. Have several of these visiting the garden and settling down on the roof for the night, I'm just not sure what to call them. Dove, white pigeon? Any help would be most appreciated. Cheers

Just got back from a week in the Golden Valley in Herefordshire, it was sheer bliss. Being relatively new to Birding I saw a number of species that I had not seen before, didn't manage to get pics of them all though. One I did manage to photograph, albeit at a great distance hence it's not...

This bird has been around the garden for the past 2 days, always with other Sparrows. It doesn't act or look like a juvenile. What causes this strange colour?

Tit sized, very long beak. white stripe down back of black head, blue legs. Happy eating sunflower seeds on a feeder and sitting on branches in the garden. I have other photos too, but I seem to only be able to load one!