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Pink-footed geese grazing on farmlands © David Tipling / Lonely Planet Images / Getty

Do wintering pink-footed geese cause problems for farmers?

Kernbeisser (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) Hawfinch • Ostalbkreis; Baden-Württemberg; Deutschland, Germany
The hawfinch has a super-strong bill © Erec Thielscher / ullstein bild / Getty

Do hawfinches ever visit gardens?

Canada goose. © Dave Porter/ Getty

What is moult-migration?

Duck drinking among Common Pochard, Aythya ferina, ducks at Welney Wetland Centre, Norfolk, UK

Which of our wintering ducks come from Russia?

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Is climate change hitting our summer migrants?

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Do all migrants fly twice a year?

Close-up of a Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) with snail shell near St. Marys in the Isles of Scilly, a common bird in gardens, farms and woodland throughout Britain

Do birds other than song thrushes break snail shells on stones?

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What’s happened to all our whinchats?

White tern on Midway Atoll in Hawaii. © Danita Delimont/Getty

Why do white terns lay their eggs on branches?

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How does a bird get red-listed?

Woodcock at nest © Mirceax / Getty

If the woodcock is a wader, why does it live in woods?

Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, single bird singing on branch, Warwickshire, April 2012

Why do we have so many types of wren?

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Where do cuckoos go in winter?

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Why do little egrets have yellow feet?

Waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus, single bird on rowan berries, West Midlands, December 2010

How do waxwings use their crests?