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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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Gavin was able to rattle off a few record shots of the Killybegs Killdeer. Photo: Gavin Thomas.

Killdeer: Killybegs, Co Donegal, 29 March and Alston Reservoirs, Lancs, 7 April 2013

Gavin Thomas couldn’t believe his luck when he found a rare American plover on holiday in Ireland – and again when he returned home to his local patch.

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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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Forum

RE: Bird imprint on window

Hi there, if you're having problems uploading pics to the forum, you can always use the gallery: http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/gallery/ or use Flickr and then provide a link. Without having seen a

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RE: White Stork sighting, Tyne & Wear

There have been a few White Storks reported in the country in the last month, although most are further south than Tyne and Wear - it's a good record for the north! The huge orange bill is a dead

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Show off your latest sightings in the Birdwatch.co.uk photo gallery, simply register for a free account and you can start uploading your photos straight away. Here are a few of the latest gallery additions.

Loch Garten 15th May Sony A200 and Sigma 500mm lens

Posted by ron on 19 May 2013

Loch Garten 15th May Sony A200 and Sigma 500mm lens

Posted by ron on 19 May 2013

Loch Garten 15th May Sony A200 and Sigma 500mm lens

Posted by ron on 19 May 2013

Latest News

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Morecambe Bay to be 'bioblitzed'

Posted: 20 May 2013
Conservationists at Morecambe are attempting to record as much of the wildlife present in one day as possible, in an event termed a 'bioblitz'.

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Gillnets prove fatal to seabirds

Posted: 19 May 2013
Long-line fishing has been eclipsed by a newly realised threat to seabirds from commercial fisheries – that of gillnets.

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Hotline for Turtle Doves

Posted: 18 May 2013
A radical decline in the population of Turtle Dove breeding in Britain has led to the creation of a telephone hotline to help monitor their numbers.

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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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