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@ Hareem - there are Spoonbills at Lower Farm GP (Berks). Spoonbills are white Heron sized birds with a spoonshaped bill, as the name says. They are beautiful and more so when they feed.
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@ Hareem - there are Spoonbills at Lower Farm GP (Berks). Spoonbills are white Heron sized birds with a spoonshaped bill, as the name says. They are beautiful and more so when they feed.
i want to go. i'll see if i can make it for this weekend.
okay why do we have Starlings only in spring/summer, why don't i see them in winter?
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I have hanged bird feeders and humming bird feeders in my back and front yard and spotted many pretty looking birds. At first I was skeptical about humming bird feeder thinking they will not work .
But they do work. I never thought of taking pictures of those birds. May be I should. 
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^awww I love humming birds but we don't have them in UK. :(
they like hot countries i guess...
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Back home in Pakistan I never knew about existence of humming birds. First time in my life I saw them in California.
Today I am working from home sitting in my sunroom. I can hear bird songs all around me , my neighborhood has a small wooded area and lots of trees all around.
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^lucky you.
Humming birds are from South America but I didn't know that you have them in North as well.
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i want to go. i'll see if i can make it for this weekend.
okay why do we have Starlings only in spring/summer, why don't i see them in winter?
Maybe they move around the area. We get Starlings throughout the year here in our area. You should be seeing more Starlings in winter as they get thousands of them from Europe spending the winter here.
In some areas Starlings can make flocks numbering thousands. They can be like a dark cloud twisting and turning before suddenly settling for the night.
Have you ever watched Winged Migration?
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i still haven't gone to see the spoonbills.....i've been to bowdown woods to see the bluebells few years ago, but that was when i was in Reading area, I'm now in Surrey and it's even farther now.....hmmmm lets see if i can plan for this weekend.
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How do u know ki ye kaunsi bird hai wen u see it 
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This year is the year 13 year cicadas emerge from ground so I am watching them and hearing their noise :crying:more here:
http://www.magicicada.org/magicicada_xix.php
I have spotted a couple of humming birds in my back yard. I will try to take picutres.
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Size
Shape
Colour
Call
Markings
Bill/Beak
Leg colouring
Habitat
flight pattern
so many Key id features
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for tht u hv to be an expert in such stuff:bummer:
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Not really! You don't need to be an expert but just keep an eye out. For some birds it is very easy. Others it can be hard.
Which country are you in?
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KSA
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OK oh my god I just saw the cutest bird family in my garden but i dont have a camera so couldnt take a picture :(
There was a larder bird i think the Male bird and a smaller bird and 2 cutest little baby birds following!
I think they were grouse, however I am not sure. They were not eating bird seeds, they were digging in the ground. The male bird looked to be gaurding the female and baby birds.
We live in east anglie and have a rapeseed field directly behind our back garden.
Anyone know what bird family is in my garden?
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I did some research and i worked out what is was it was a Red Legged partridge family!
Im so excited!
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I thought they would have been Red-legged Partridge - the digging, the rapeseed and similarity to Grouse.
You are lucky but they are not a native bird. They are released for shooting but some breeding populations have been established.
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I went to Dorset last week and I added some new birds to my list - Shag, Arctic Tern, Cetti's Warbler and Nightjar. I also managed to get my first Seal and first Sika Deer. Dorset has a large variety of birds , reptiles and mammals with many nature reserves. We got the Nightjar with an RSPB led alk in the evening.
Other birds of interest I saw were Hobby, Dartford Warbler, Stone Curlew, Kittiwake, Fulmar, Guillemot, Razorbill, Gannet, Mediterranean Gull, Raven, Red Kite on the way down.
I also saw Red Fox, Roe Deer and Muntjac Deer. Dorset is a stunnig place for wildlife!
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Dorset is on my list of 100 places to see in UK.
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Dorset really should belong in the top 5. Not anywhere lower.