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White-rumped Sandpiper (Clonea, Co Waterford, 14 November 2010). Photo by Polina Kasapova.

List of Calidris waders with references v2.0

A full list of Calidris wader species, complete with references.

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Little Tern can be identified by its small size and black-tipped yellow bill. Note also the white forehead. Photo by Steve Young (www.birdsonfilm.com).

May's Target Bird: Little Tern

The diminutive Little Tern is one of world’s smallest terns, and the sight of it hovering by the shore, giving its excited chittering, make a summer’s walk along the coast especially pleasurable.

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The Which? guide to choosing a binocular.

Video: Choosing and focusing your binoculars

In this short video, a binocular expert at Which? guides you throught the essential steps to choosing a new binocular.

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RE: hi i am new member

Hello Charlie Girl! Sadly you're not new anymore, but I am, have you got anypictures of those birds you were watching at your local site? I'm sure everyone would love to see them, I'll be posting

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RE: Parasite

Such a shame that birds get these parasites, but at least you caught it and can help prevent it from spreading, have you got anymore good pictures of birds for us to see?

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Taken with my Sony SLT-A77 at Harrold-Odel country park

Posted by Wayne on 23 May 2013

More House Sparrow photo's

Posted by Bill on 23 May 2013

Another House Sparrow picture.

Posted by Bill on 23 May 2013

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Natural England strikes again!

Posted: 24 May 2013
After yesterday's revelation that Natural England has been allowing the culling of a protected species by shooting estates, an even worse, long term case has been exposed.

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Buzzards secretly controlled on shooting estate

Posted: 23 May 2013
Despite a public outcry about the proposed culling of Common Buzzards, Natural England has secretly enabled a shooting estate to destroy their eggs this spring.

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'60 per cent of wildlife in decline'

Posted: 22 May 2013
A 'health check' of the nation's wildlife has revealed declines in more than 60 per cent of all species in Britain over the last half century.

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BirdGuides BirdMap

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Want to know what’s about? This map shows today's rare and scarce birds in Britain and Ireland; the larger the square, the rarer the species. First reports are shown in grey.

Click here or on the map to see a larger version showing today's sightings. For details of species and county, move your mouse over any square and check the pop-up 'tool-tip' (and/or, depending on the browser, the status bar at the bottom of your browser window). On the BirdGuides website, Bird News Extra subscribers can also see the site name, and can access further details by clicking on any square; they can also view BirdMaps from previous days.

For more information on BirdGuides bird news services, see www.birdguides.com/services.

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