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i am still happily feeding bird seed variations to my garden visitors but would like any advice on trying some natural foods? i have been given lots of ideas like bacon and meat roast fat strips, obviously bread and others.....anyone got anything they`ve tried and had luck with? someone recently told...

i`m considering the Fujifilm finepix S2000HD camera......is it any good does anyone know? or recommend another?

We occasionally get queries about birds of prey venturing into gardens often resulting in rather stumped observers who did not expect to see such creatures at such close quarters. Here are just a few quick fire questions and answers that we often encounter about birds of prey in the garden. What was...

Hi everyone! This morning I woke up and while I was inspecting the weather outside my windows I saw a raptor landing over a feral pigeon while a big flock panicked around. I live in a 6th floor, so by the time I got my camera ready to shoot and some clothes over me; the raptor had disappeared from...

Hello, I was just standing in my garden (Withyham, E. Sussex) when I heard a mewling sound waaaaaay up high. I've been told there were buzzards around, I saw the bird, far off but large, so looked on bird identifier and listened to the calls. It sounded much more like a red kite than a buzzard...

There really isn't a great deal to say about our Peregrines this week, as we've hardly seen anything of them! However, I thought this would be a good opportunity to tell you a bit more about the other raptors we see up at the Symonds Yat rock. Buzzards are seen every day and they are now the...

Things are starting to get back to normal up at Argaty after the storms that hit the site last week. The red kite CCTV is now back up and running, and both chicks are doing well. One of the climbers managed to get 70ft up the tree and take the picture below. Glad to see both the chicks managed to weather...

Last week saw some pretty rough weather up at our Argaty red kite event. Three of the red kite nests (including the one that our camera is on) managed to survive the onslaught of 100mph winds, but unfortunately one of the other nests wasn't quite so lucky. It was propelled 60ft into the air and sadly...

It's a busy time north of the border at our Argaty red kite event . The baby boom is in full swing here too, with two red kite chicks visible from the CCTV cameras and three buzzard chicks that can seen via the cameras too! Feeding time kicks off at 2:30pm everyday, so why not pop by, see our new...

Yo Pete and welcome to the RSPB Community The Chilterns was the site of the first and most successful Red Kite reintroduction project to date and they're spreading out slowly but surely. I'd be surprised if Kites weren't almost everyday birds in Aylesbury now (as they are in Reading, Didcot...

Hi Gill and welcome Even at a fair distance it's pretty straightforward to separate Buzzard, Red Kite and the other obvious possibility - Raven, Don't be shy about posting even a distant photo image. So long as the general shape is discernible someone will sort it for you. JBNTS

Absolutely. Red Kites can be seen all over the Chilterns and are gently spreading outwards. They're now all over the Thames Valley too. You may have been looking at a Buzzard but I'd lay money on Red Kite. JBNTS