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    Rare hoverfly

    I have just seen Volucella Zonaria in Birminghamm where it is very rare. How do i report it?
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    Dragonfly: Most likely species?

    Hi again not been on here for a while Today in Birmingham in the West Midlands I saw two dragonflies overhead. What is the most likely species for this region? Thnks
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    Recent birdings

    Hi I have been off line for a while. I was starting to lose my interest in birding, but would like to get back into it Recent notable birdings are fulmars at Eyemouth, a great skua on Skye as well as ravens, buzzards and POSSIBLE but unlikely goldie Oh and a few weeks ago my first tree...
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    Farne Islands

    Hi I am going to the Farne Islands on Sunday and cant decide whether to go to Staple or Inner Farne. Went to Staple last year but at the end of July, so there wasn't a lot there. On Inner Farne how close do you get to the Puffins? On Staple Island you get really close. The terns on Inner, do...
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    Unusually large amount of roadkill.

    Hi Yesterday, on the way to Edinburgh I noticed a large amount of roadkills. A deer, a hedgehog, pheasants and lots of crows. On the way back a dead buzzard was on top of where the hedgehog used to be. We stopped at a parking area and I investigated one of the dead crows. I found it was...
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    Ravens: rare enough for reintroduction?

    Hi I thought id find out if any of you think that the raven, with 13,000 pairs in the UK, is rare enough for a small reintroduction program in areas where they are rare. I know a lot of you live in areas in the north and west where ravens are common, but here, in the SE of Scotland, they are...
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    Buzzard catches swift

    Hi Earlier this week while i was looking out of the window, a buzzard flew past being mobbed by two crows. I noticed something in its talons, and it was a swift! I never knew they could be that agile! Has anyone else seen a buzzard catch a hirundine or swift?
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    Birding in Glen Coe

    Hi I am going to Glen Coe this summer and am wandering if anyone knows of any bird species to look out for. I've been before and I must say that the mainland highlands seem pretty bleak birding wise, the islands such as Skye are quite the opposite, they,re teeming with birds. Anyway, I'm not...
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    North Berwick great seabird day

    Hi Today we went to North Berwick to do some sea watching. The journey there had a few buzzards, oystercatchers and lapwings. Once there, the harbor was filled with eider ducks, herring gulls and a fulmar passed by. We used the telescopes at the seabird centre to zoom in on Craigleith Island...
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    Seeing owls

    Hi The last time I saw a wild owl was Christmas eve 2009. It was a tawny. It was the same year that I saw two barn owls. All were in the town of Melrose. In my three years of birding I've only seen three wild owls. The barn owls are probably dead now after the snow. Last year and this year I've...
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    Mystery owl heard

    Hi Today in a patch of conifer trees i was looking for long-eared owls and i think ii may have heard one. I hear tawny owls a lot, and this call was a lot lower pitched and quiter. It was like 'o-o-o-o-ooooooooooooo'. I spent ages looking for it but it proved too elusive. LEO? Thanks
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    Raptor record for a day?

    Hi Out of curiosity, whats you biggest number of raptors seen in one day? Mine is four-Buzzard, peregrine, kestrel and barn owl or Buzzard, kestrel, sparrowhawk and kestrel Im guessing everyone else is going to have hundreds!
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    Swallows are late this year?

    Hi Has anyone else noticed that the swallows and martins have been later this year. Last year they were here at the beginning of March and this year it is April and they are only just starting to arrive. Anyone else noticed this?
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    Bowland eagle owls

    Hi Does anyone know where the pair of eagle owls in Bowland are? I think it is Dunsop bridge. When is the best time to see them breeding? I have held a captive eagle owl before but never seen them in the wild would love to add them to my list. Thanks
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    Road kill buzzard in a town?

    Hi Today while driving in Galashiels in the Borders we drove past a dead buzzard on the road (definitely was a buzzard before anyone posts saying it might not have been a buzzard, yellow talons, right plumage and size and everything). What didn't seem right was that it was in a town, not a...
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    When is the best time to see breeding seabirds

    Hi The seabirds are back and i am keen to see them Ive heard April is a bit early as birds are still settling in and wont be showing as well. When is the best time to see them. Species wanting to see most are puffins and other auks, but any species will do as i am greatly into seabirds. Thanks
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    Maylfy ID

    Hi Last month, while walking in the Tweed valley near Selkirk in the Borders, i found this rather large maylfy larava under a stone. I took these photos with my dad's iPhone. Any ideas what species it is? Thanks
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    What's happened to the kestrels?

    Hi When I started birding three years ago in 2008, kestrels were very common. I used to see them every day. They were just as common as buzzards. Since then, kestrels declined, and now in 2011, they are uncommon, and on average I only usually see one every two weeks. I see sparrowhawk and even...
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    Predators of Eurasian sparrowhawks

    Hi Does anyone know natural predators to eurasian sparrowhawks? I only know four, common buzzard, peregrine falcon, tawny owl and northern goshawk. Any others? Thanks
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    Sparrowhawk attack!

    Hi About 45 minutes ago, a flock of starlings dashed through the garden pursued by a sparrowhawk. It disappeared for while before reappearing flying towards me, but then vanished again behind a shed. I rushed upstairs for a better view and got out the camera, but it wasn't there. I waited for a...
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    Pipistrelle bat missing

    Hi It was just the beginning of last year I found out that a common pipistrelle bat lived in our street and regularly hunted just outside our house. Most dark evenings or nights, I would look out the window and see it flying arond in circles catching midges and flies. Sometimes I could even see...
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    Great diving beetles

    Hi Since non one replied to my other thread, i will make this one simpler. How do you find great diving beetles? They seem to prefer smaller ponds to larger ones as i have only found two in a large pond and loads in smaller ponds. Is a net essential? I have only caught one in a net the rest...
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    Have you been seeing groups of buzzards recently?

    Hi During the past moth, i have seen buzzards going around in groups of three or four, but only two of them are actually displaying. I can imagine that this would be a pair displaying, but why is there always an extra buzzard or two? Thanks
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    Great diving beetles

    Hi As i have mentioned before, one of my main interests before birds was aquatic insects. During the year or so i was into these, i found many species, including pond skater, water measurer, water cricket, backswimmer, lesser water boatman, whirligig beetle, several small dytiscidae species, a...
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    Did I see a wildcat?

    Hi Today outside the town of clovenfords, near peebles in the Scottish borders, I saw a large cat sitting at the edge of a patch of conifer trees. It had all the right colors, brownish yellow with black stripes. It's tail was concealed in the grass. It did look quite big, but the size was hard...
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