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Can you help me identify this UK bird of prey?

Jun 22, 2010 by Anirog | Posted in Birds

Today I saw a bird it was trying to catch a crow in mid air but it was'nt having much luck so gave up after about a minute, the most striking thing about the bird was it's tail it had what I can only describe as things hanging from the back like bits

The things you saw hanging from the tail were probably jesse's which makes me think it could have been a black kite

http://www.hawar-islands.com/blog/media/ world/BK_8060.jpg

It is very rare that a red kite would have jesse's

| Jun 22, 2010

How to be green in your garden

21.05.12

Which leaves an awful lot of furniture still potentially coming from illegal logging sources. Next March, EU regulations banning the sale of illegally logged timber come into force, but until then, there is little way of knowing the origin of much tropical wood unless it displays the FSC label. “Unfortunately, once illegally logged wood enters the European market, it is hard to tell where it is from,” says Jens Hein of the international think tank Chatham House, which campaigns on the issue.

If you’re not satisfied, then think about going vintage. Jane Davies of In the Woodshed makes garden tables from old cast iron mangle stands and saw benches topped with ex-school laboratory worktops or reclaimed York and Bath stone. She sources all her furniture from inside the UK.

“My parents were brought up in Austerity Britain, and really passed on the 'make do and mend’ ethos,” says Jane, who originally trained as a set designer. “I’ve just managed to get hold of a wonderful batch of Twenties and Thirties bandstand chairs from Weymouth. They have been beautifully made and very well cared for over the decades. If they could talk they could tell a story or two.”

Source: Telegraph.co.uk

Crow... Is it a Hooded crow or Carrion Crow ? British Birds UK ~ wildlife videos

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Birdsong is back on PURE radios - Radio Today

by Stuart Clarkson

The RSPB’s Bryan Bland says: “People in the UK love their garden birds and having a library of 50 different birds to listen to through the radio is a great way of bringing the outdoor inside. It contains 50 different types of UK birdsong – ranging from robins and blackbirds to the lesser spotted woodpecker and pied wagtail....

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Identifying birds by behaviour
256 pages 		Identifying birds by behaviour

Creator: Dominic Couzens, Philip Snow | Nature - 2005-01-01
Introduction This book will help you identify the birds of Britain and Europe. There are many such books on the market: so why another one? Birds by Behaviour differs from other 'field guides' (identification books that are supposed to ...
Identifying Birds by Colour
256 pages 		Identifying Birds by Colour

Creator: Moss Taylor, Norman Arlott | 2008-04-01
Beautifully illustrated and easy to use, this is a unique and extremely handy spotter’s guide.
Publisher: Harper Uk
The birds of the western Palearctic, Passerines
732 pages 		The birds of the western Palearctic, Passerines

Creator: David William Snow, Christopher M Perrins, Robert Gillmor | Nature - 1998
[45] Reyes, Juan Carlos Rando (2007). "New fossil records of choughs genus Pyrhocorax in the Canary Islands: hypotheses to explain its extinction and current narrow distribution". : Ardeola 54 (2): 185–195. [46] (French) Delestrade ...
The Complete Garden Bird Book, How to Identify and Attract Birds to Your Garden
176 pages 		The Complete Garden Bird Book, How to Identify and Attract Birds to Your Garden

Creator: Mark Golley, Stephen Moss | Nature - 2001-08-02
In a unique and innovative presentation, this book combines the maintenance of a bird-rich garden with detailed identification and behavioural features of 70 of our most common garden species.
Publisher: New Holland Publishers
RSPB Pocket Birds
224 pages 		RSPB Pocket Birds

Nature - 2009-01-02
New edition of this pocket-sized guide to birds from the experts at the RSPB Europe's largest conservation organisationFrom the Sandwich Tern to the Short-toed Eagle discover over 320 species of bird found in the UK and Europe.Close-up ...
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd

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Birdsong is back on PURE radios
Radio Today - Jun 06, 2011
The service is launching to coincide with the RSPB's 'Make Your Nature Count' summer survey and we're told will help those taking part to identify birds in the garden or local park. It contains 50 different types of UK birdsong – ranging from robins

UK news: Scientists hunt source of 'super-toxic' E.coli
Scotsman - Jun 03, 2011
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Shoot-man fined for killing swan
BBC News - May 21, 9982
Shoot-man fined for killing swan If he wasn't sure, he shouldn't have taken the shot". It has been against the law to use lead shot on wildfowl shoots in England since 1999. Lead is banned because it can easily find its way into the food chain of foraging birds on wetlands and is

Chance to join the big nature count
This is Scunthorpe - May 31, 2011
The RSPB wants people to help count everything from the birds to the bees. The count takes place at the reserve from Friday 3rd June to Sunday 5th June. Daily counts will take place between 10am and 4pm with the help of volunteer guides to assist you