Bird Watching

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The long days of the middle of the year coincide with the peak of the breeding season for many birds raising young. Just about all of the 'summer migrants' are with us, though, and there are plenty of birds to enjoy.

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How these charismatic raptors colonised a corner of the post-industrial north.

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One perfect birding day supplied Ruth Miller with treasures from mountaintop to seashore.

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The 'seagull' has a bad reputation with some people, but it's really an avian superhero, writes David Lindo.

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Thirty-minute birder Amanda Tuke squeezes in some therapeutic spring birding on a visit to the city.

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May is arguably the peak birding period in the UK. It is a time when many patch birders are unwilling to venture far from their local area for fear of missing the 'big one'.

Here are five birds which would be a great find on any 'patch', this month.

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If you're a bird photographer, sooner or later you need to head to Botswana's Okavango Delta, writes David Tipling.

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A feast of wildfowl and waders on the rim of Bridgewater Bay.

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We'll always have Moorhens, won't we? 30-minute birder Amanda Tuke investigates the impact of river pollution on urban birdlife.

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We're offering our Members the chance to be guided around some of the superb sites that Mike Weedon writes about in his popular column.

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How teamwork and dedication for Ospreys has helped these beautiful raptors return to the south of England for the first time in 200 years.

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April is one of the most exciting months of the birding year. It is the time that waders, chats, terns and other summer visitors start to flood through the country. A wonderful time to be out birding, looking for these 5 special birds perhaps?

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Expecting post-industrial wastelands? Think again says, Jen Jones. This is one of the UK's most underrated birding hotspots.

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Watching wildlife from a boat gives you a new, and often closer, perspective on everything, writes Ruth Miller.

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30-minute birder Amanda Tuke visits a nature reserve under threat in south-east London, and investigates controversial plans.

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A new study has shown that Short-eared Owls travel much further than previously thought.

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They're one of the first birds most of us will learn to recognise, but there's much more to them than you might think, writes David Lindo...

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Bali remains an up-and-coming destination for all the family - and it's also a place where you can still see good numbers of special Indonesian birds, writes David Callahan.

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