Welcome to the Thames Valley Bird Forum.
Help, Rules and Information
A must see for all new members, our forum rules and guidelines, please read before posting
You can post you problems here without being a member, but the posts are moderated, so won't appear straight away. Please be patient.
General announcements and News for Berkshire and Thames Valley Bird Forum
If something isn't working, you have some general feedback, or ideas on new sections etc, then please post here.
Why not post a small introduction, it will break the ice and get you off the mark with posts.
News from the RSPB, Natural history Museum and BBC RSS feeds
This section is for any chat that doesn't have a place elsewhere in the forum and can be about anything.
Post your general views, opinions and experiences relating to birds and birding in this section
This section for links to information sites on Birds and Birding, Wildlife and Conservation Resources and in fact any other useful links members can provide. Not for commercial links.
If you need to identify, or confirm your thoughts on identity of a garden bird, wildfowl, waterfowl, bird of Prey or indeed any wildlife or plants, then ask here, including a photo (even a bad one) makes identification easier.
This section is for members to tell a little about the places they found interesting and worth a visit. Please include a couple of pictures if possible and a link to google maps.
This section is for any news or information concerning the Thames Valley or the Country as a whole. If quoting from other sites, please give credit to the originator.
Types of feed, favourite feeders, hygiene practices, disease prevention, best plants and trees etc.
Section for wildlife related poetry and prose.
Any member can add their own wildlife Jigsaw to this section if the have their own webspace and can make a very basic HTML page.
If you have interesting photos of any flora or fauna, then this is the place to post them, please upload the photos, not link to them elsewhere. Not sure how to upload a photograph? Click Here
If you have some interesting photos of birds, post them here. Please upload the photo rather than linking from an external source.
Photographs of birds in flight, got a good picture, post it here.
For Mammal, Amphibian and Reptile photographs.
For the little things in life.
For those animals not living in the wild.
Pretty much as the title suggests
For Plant Tree and Fungus photos
Been somewhere nice in the UK, spent a day by the river, or nature reserve, put your thread here. It doesn't matter if some photos are duplicated in dedicated sections.
If you enjoy using creative photo software and have used interesting effects, or perhaps gone the extra mile to improve a photo, then post it here. If it doesn't fit in another section, also post it here
The fun side of wildlife, got a funny wildlife picture? Post it here. :)
This section gives a taster post with thumbnail and a direct link to all new photo submissions in our TVB Photo Gallery.
Video and audio clips of birds, and general wildlife.
Most threads in this section will provide an embedded Youtube or Google video of Wildlife
Most threads in this section will provide an embedded audio clip (MP3), or a downloadable MP3 or WAV sound file.
Fancy yourself as a creative video director, or closet animator, link to your Youtube video here.
Discussion on Scopes, Cameras, Hides, video nest boxes etc.
Got something to offer, post your tips and tricks here. :) It can be in text format, video or HTML (PM rolf in this instance).
Discussion on techniques and equipment used in the pursuit of our hobby
Discussion on types of editing software such as Photoshop, Noise Ninja etc, printers and printer sundries. Also discussion of storage media.
Discussion on techniques, equipment and software for recording and conversion to different formats.
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