To tick, or not to tick

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For the time-strapped birder, the ‘mini-twitch’ is key to boosting your year list, explains Marc Abbott

30-minute birder Amanda Tuke investigates the impact of feeding wild birds, and whether it’s a factor behind the decline of a woodland specialist

Mike has been pondering the identification of individual birds, before drifting into insect-watching for the summer

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Check your answers against our explanations. Remember, there are no ‘trick’ birds or extreme rarities among these...