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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...

Driving from N Wales into England at around 4.10 this afternoon I saw the largest bird I have ever seen by some margin. I had just crossed the River Dee at Queensferry and the bird was flying roughly at right angles to me ie from the direction of the coast/Dee marshes towards Chester. It was flapping...

I should know these birds but your help would be much appreciated ; I took these whilst out on a 3 hour walk this morning around Neumann's Flash/Marbury Park area, Cheshire...... Is this a male Reed bunting ? couldn't see the back of this bird and the light was poor - sry the photos are terrible...

i have just taken this with my compact, not bad for a beginner hey lol

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.

i am still waiting for my new camera so in the mean time i take pics with my compact so the quality isn`t always top notch but i still think these are decent enough to recognise what they are xxx

We've been inundated with enquiries about unusual birds venturing into gardens since the snow hit. Here is a quick picture guide (illustrations by Mike Langman (rspb-images.com) ) to some of the birds that are likely to have been causing some of the confusion. Before diving into it I wanted to point...

As I mentioned on Monday , swallows are arriving. They might be a bit slow to return because of bad weather here and in Europe, but be patient - they're on their way. If you get a good look at a swallow and see its unmistakeable forked tail, it's easy to identify. But beware - there are other...