tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13838362580497451012024-03-14T02:35:07.464+00:00Birdwatch MagazineBirdwatch is the home of birding. An independent magazine established in 1992 by birders for birders, it is the leading monthly news and features magazine at the enthusiast end of the market. Birdwatch.co.uk, shortly to be relaunched, is the online arm of the magazine, featuring selected archived content from printed issues alongside web-only material, multimedia content and online services. This blog is the current online home of the Birdwatch Newsdesk.Birdwatch Newsdeskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02817314634232137318noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-21283607769986416802008-10-06T15:27:00.003+00:002008-10-06T15:28:06.446+00:00We have moved to www.birdwatch.co.uk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SOoudjdu2qI/AAAAAAAAAHU/d7wWkh4ITtk/s1600-h/Birdwatch196coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SOoudjdu2qI/AAAAAAAAAHU/d7wWkh4ITtk/s320/Birdwatch196coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254063000552135330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Stories from the Birdwatch Newsdesk are now being posted direct to <a href="http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/">www.birdwatch.co.uk</a>, the relaunched website of the magazine - please bookmark it in your browser and be sure to visit it regularly for news and reviews, features and much, much more. This blog will remain online for the time being as an archive of news stories published since June 2007.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-4874067415780037872008-10-06T15:12:00.002+00:002008-10-06T15:26:03.978+00:00Birdwatch - issue 196 (October 2008): table of contents<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SOorG0mGovI/AAAAAAAAAHM/oDLporvf6K8/s1600-h/Birdwatch196coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SOorG0mGovI/AAAAAAAAAHM/oDLporvf6K8/s320/Birdwatch196coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254059311478776562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;">Features</span><br /><ul><li>Stoddart, A. Short-toed Lark and Skylark [How to distinguish between these two variably plumaged birds]</li><li>Stoddart, A. Arctic and Long-tailed Skuas [A detailed guide to telling these similar species apart]</li><li>Birkhead, T. Myth takes [Early interpretations of the migrations of birds]</li><li>Alfrey, P. The pioneers [Are vagrants freaks of nature or do their wanderings have a purpose?]</li><li>Hale, W G. Grounds for investigation [Is the Magellanic Snipe of the Falkland Islands a species in its own right?]</li><li>Young, S. Focus group [Getting good close-up head shots of birds]</li><li>Marvin, N. Mountain anticipation [What links a British explorer, two islands and a nuthatch?] </li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">Better Birding</span><br /><ul><li>Garden birds – Feed the Birds Day</li><li>Building skills – An ill windFind your own ... Richard’s Pipit</li><li>Tip from the top – Keith Betton</li><li>Must see – Grey Phalarope</li><li>First records – October outsiders</li><li>What's on - October events</li><li>Optical events - October guide</li><li>Birding courses and workshops</li><li>October high-tide tables for Britain and Ireland </li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Where to watch birds: mainland ‘islands’ </span><br /><ul><li>Kerr, I. Holy Island, Northumberland</li><li>Saunders, D. South-west Gower</li><li>Piotrowski, S. Orford Ness, Suffolk</li><li>Pullen, D. Tarbat Ness, Highland </li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">News and related items </span><br />News digest – Rare birds at risk from registration list cuts; Reserve restoration benefits birds Fraser, M. ListCheck – updating the world view of birds. [Splits: Common Bush-Tanager <span style="font-style: italic;">Chlorospingus opthalmicus</span>; subspecific status: Dunlin <span style="font-style: italic;">Calidris alpina</span>; relationships: woodpeckers <span style="font-style: italic;">Picus</span>, and starlings <span style="font-style: italic;">Sturnus</span>; nomenclature: Himalayan Buzzard <span style="font-style: italic;">Buteo burmanicus</span>] <br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Tools of the trade </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Products:</span> World of Birds 2009 [forthcoming reader holidays, including Japan in February, Syria in April, Texas/Mexico (combined) in April, Azores in October and Guatemala in December] <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brochure watch:</span> Birdseekers 2009 Internet: global resources; newsgroup nuggets; website of the month <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Book reviews:</span> 100 Birds to See Before You Die by David Chandler and Dominic Couzens (Carlton Books); Britain’s Best Wildlife: the Top 40 Sights to See by Mike Dilger (Collins); Gardenwatch: Making the Most of Wildlife on Your Doorstep by Sarah Whittley (New Holland); Humans, Nature and Birds: Science Art from Cave Walls to Computer Screens by Darryl Wheye and Donald Kennedy (Yale University Press). Book shelf – Sue Monahan’s look at the latest releases. <br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Accounts of recent rarities in Britain and Ireland </span><br />Atkin, K, and Haywood, P. Audouin’s makes waves in Lincolnshire [Audouin’s Gull <span style="font-style: italic;">Larus audouinii</span>, Lincolnshire, 15-23 August 2008] <br />Wing, S. Warbler gets the Cape party started ... [Yellow Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Dendroica petechia</span>, Cape Clear, Co Cork, 24-30 August 2008] <br />Haslam, B. ... but waterthrush is the headline act [Northern Waterthrush <span style="font-style: italic;">Seiurus noveboracensis</span> and Solitary Sandpiper <span style="font-style: italic;">Tringa solitaria</span>, Cape Clear, Co Cork, 26-30 August 2008] <br />Vinicombe, K E. Madness on the high seas [MV <span style="font-style: italic;">Scillonian </span>pelagic, 10 August 2008]<br /><br />Monthly highlights summary: August 2008<br /><br /> <span style="font-size:130%;">Recent reports </span><br />Monthly round-ups from eight regions in Britain, and from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, August 2008, including photos of Sabine’s Gull <span style="font-style: italic;">Xema sabini</span>, Balearic Shearwater <span style="font-style: italic;">Puffinus mauretanicus</span>, Great Shearwaters <span style="font-style: italic;">Puffinus gravis</span>, Semipalmated Sandpiper <span style="font-style: italic;">Calidris pusilla</span>, Baird’s Sandpiper <span style="font-style: italic;">Calidris bairdii</span>, Wryneck <span style="font-style: italic;">Jynx torquilla</span>, Black Stork <span style="font-style: italic;">Ciconia nigra</span>, Pacific Golden Plover <span style="font-style: italic;">Pluvialis fulva</span>, Wood Sandpiper <span style="font-style: italic;">Tringa glareola</span>, White-winged Black Tern <span style="font-style: italic;">Chlidonias leucopterus</span>, Buff-breasted Sandpiper <span style="font-style: italic;">Tryngites subruficollis</span>, Melodious Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Hippolais polyglotta</span>, Two-barred Crossbill <span style="font-style: italic;">Loxia leucoptera</span>, Northern Waterthrush <span style="font-style: italic;">Seiurus noveboracensis</span> and Solitary Sandpiper <span style="font-style: italic;">Tringa solitaria</span>. <br /><br />Highlights summary for the Western Palearctic in August 2008, including photos of Yellow-billed Storks <span style="font-style: italic;">Mycteria ibis</span> in Egypt, Allen’s Gallinule <span style="font-style: italic;">Porphyrio alleni</span> in Spain, Masked Booby <span style="font-style: italic;">Sula dactylatra</span> off the Azores, Black-winged Pratincole <span style="font-style: italic;">Glareola nordmanni</span> and Lanceolated Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Locustella lanceolata</span> in Sweden, and Red-necked Stint <span style="font-style: italic;">Calidris ruficollis</span> in France.<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-9574673274602553442008-08-27T02:34:00.002+00:002008-08-27T02:35:18.444+00:00We have moved to www.birdwatch.co.uk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SLS9Vl3KWsI/AAAAAAAAAHE/LVxLw5qIde4/s1600-h/Birdwatch195coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SLS9Vl3KWsI/AAAAAAAAAHE/LVxLw5qIde4/s320/Birdwatch195coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239020445177109186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Stories from the Birdwatch Newsdesk are now being posted direct to <a href="http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/">www.birdwatch.co.uk</a>, the relaunched website of the magazine - please bookmark it in your browser and be sure to visit it regularly for news and reviews, features and much, much more. This blog will remain online for the time being as an archive of news stories published since June 2007.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-51752820596423576532008-08-27T02:22:00.006+00:002008-10-06T15:11:48.941+00:00Birdwatch - issue 195 (September 2008): table of contents<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SLS6kYyr-jI/AAAAAAAAAG8/qBd17eFHAxw/s1600-h/Birdwatch195coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SLS6kYyr-jI/AAAAAAAAAG8/qBd17eFHAxw/s320/Birdwatch195coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239017400831834674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Features</span></p> <ul><li>Stoddart, A. Garden and Barred Warblers [How to distinguish between these two similar warblers] </li><li>Garner, M. Green-winged, Common and Baikal Teal [The key features that help to separate females of these three confusion species] </li><li>Alibone, M. All eyes on binoculars [The annual buyers’ guide to more than 250 models of binocular] </li><li>Madge, M. State of emergency [A look at the losses and gains among Britain’s birds] </li><li>Gardener, A. The original Scilly season [September can be very exciting as an autumn birding destination] </li><li>Marven, N. On location – Wotsit all about? [Texas birding in spring] </li><li>Young, S. Storm forecast [Photographing Leach’s Storm-petrels] </li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Better Birding</span><br /><ul><li> Find your own ... Wryneck </li><li> On the move – Heading for a fall </li><li>Tip from the top – Erik Hirschfeld </li><li>Must see – Spotted Crake </li><li>First records – September stars </li><li>What's on - September events </li><li>Optical events - September guide </li><li>Birding courses and workshops </li><li>September high-tide tables for Britain and Ireland </li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Where to watch birds </span><br /><ul><li>Parker, T. North Teesside </li><li>Bradshaw, C. Isle of Sheppey, Kent </li><li>Wormwell, C. Isle of Man </li><li>Doolan, J. Kilcummin Head, Co Mayo </li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">News and related items </span><br />News digest – birds of prey attacks hit record high; critical finch numbers on the up; puffin population plummets Fraser, M.<br />ListCheck – updating the world view of birds. [Splits: Shrike-babblers <span style="font-style: italic;">Pteruthius</span>; Brush-finches <span style="font-style: italic;">Buarremon</span>. New subspecies: Black-striped Sparrow <span style="font-style: italic;">Arremonops conirostris</span>. Relationships: Gulf of Guinea kingfishers <span style="font-style: italic;">Alcedo</span>; National lists: Great Britain, Iraq] <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Tools of the trade </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Product review: </span>Opticron HR 66 GA ED/45 telescope<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brochure watch</span>: Birdfinders 2009<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Internet:</span> online osprey journey; notes form the newsgroups; flights of fancy; website of the month<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Book reviews:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Birds in Colour</span> by Marc Duquet (Christopher Helm); <span style="font-style: italic;">Identifying Birds by Colour</span> by Moss Taylor and Norman Arlott (HarperCollins); <span style="font-style: italic;">The Birds of Gwen</span>t by the Gwent Ornithological Society (Christopher Helm); <span style="font-style: italic;">A Field Guide to the Mammals of South-East Asia</span> by Charles M Francis (New Holland). <br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Accounts of recent rarities in Britain and Ireland </span><br />Hill, B. The young ones [Cattle Egrets <span style="font-style: italic;">Bubulcus ibis</span>, Somerset Levels throughout July 2008]<br />Darlaston, M and Langman, M. Shear brilliance [Yelkouan Shearwater <span style="font-style: italic;">Puffinus yelkouan</span>, Berry Head, Devon, 29 July 2008]<br />Harbard, C. Two-barreds invade in record numbers [Two-barred Crossbills <span style="font-style: italic;">Loxia leucoptera</span>, record numbers from 20 July 2008] <br /><br />Monthly highlights summary: July 2008<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Recent reports</span><br />Monthly round-ups from eight regions in Britain, and from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, July 2008, including photos of Hooded Merganser <span style="font-style: italic;">Lophodytes cucullatu</span>s, Sabine’s Gull <span style="font-style: italic;">Xema sabini</span>, Black Stork <span style="font-style: italic;">Ciconia nigra</span>, Roseate Tern <span style="font-style: italic;">Sterna dougallii</span>, Lesser Yellowlegs <span style="font-style: italic;">Tringa flavipes</span>, Spoonbill <span style="font-style: italic;">Platalea leucorodia</span>, Terek Sandpiper <span style="font-style: italic;">Xenus cinereus</span>, White-rumped Sandpiper <span style="font-style: italic;">Calidris fuscicollis</span>, Rose-coloured Starling <span style="font-style: italic;">Sturnus rosea</span>, Two-barred Crossbill <span style="font-style: italic;">Loxia leucoptera</span>, Common Rosefinch <span style="font-style: italic;">Carpodacus erythrinus</span>, Semipalmated Sandpiper <span style="font-style: italic;">Calidris pusilla</span>, American Golden Plover <span style="font-style: italic;">Pluvialis dominica</span>, presumed Fea’s Petrel <span style="font-style: italic;">Pterodroma feae</span>. <br /><br />Highlights summary for the Western Palearctic in July 2008, including photos of American Great Egret <span style="font-style: italic;">Ardea alba egretta</span> in the Azores, Hudsonian Godwit <span style="font-style: italic;">Limosa haemastica</span> and Western Sandpiper <span style="font-style: italic;">Calidris mauri</span> in Norway, Griffon Vulture <span style="font-style: italic;">Gyps fulvus</span> in the Netherlands. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Free 36-page report: </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The state of the UK’s birds 2007</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">, distributed exclusively by </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Birdwatch</span><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-59131979159861261282008-07-25T16:11:00.001+00:002008-07-25T16:12:59.850+00:00We have moved back to www.birdwatch.co.uk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SIn7fn3pUWI/AAAAAAAAAG0/PyywHSwudL8/s1600-h/Birdwatch194coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SIn7fn3pUWI/AAAAAAAAAG0/PyywHSwudL8/s320/Birdwatch194coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226985363237065058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Stories from the Birdwatch Newsdesk are now being posted direct to <a href="http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/">www.birdwatch.co.uk</a>, the relaunched website of the magazine - please bookmark it in your browser and be sure to visit it regularly for news and reviews, features and much, much more. This blog will remain online for the time being as an archive of news stories published since June 2007.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-46240242966313301022008-07-25T15:52:00.003+00:002008-07-25T16:10:58.253+00:00Birdwatch - issue 194 (August 2008): table of contents<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SIn3D9KQ3hI/AAAAAAAAAGs/xtjQznBfZ1o/s1600-h/Birdwatch194coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SIn3D9KQ3hI/AAAAAAAAAGs/xtjQznBfZ1o/s320/Birdwatch194coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226980489869450770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Features</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li>Bowman, N. Stranger danger [Photo feature of hunting Spotted Hyena in a flamingo flock] Vinicombe, K. Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs [How to distinguish between these two similar waders] </li><li>Baxter, P. Fair trade [The excitements of three years living on Fair Isle] </li><li>Callaghan, D. The stone runner [The private life of the Dotterel revealed] </li><li>Marven, N. On location – Kentucky in Texas [Searching for American warblers at High Island] </li><li>Young, S. Parkland paparazzi [Maximising photographic opportunities in your local park] <br /></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">Competition</span> <br />Win a £1,300 holiday for two to The Faroe Islands <br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Better Birding</span><br /><ul><li> Find your own ... Melodious Warbler </li><li>All the fun of the Birdfair </li><li>Tip from the top – Tony Pym </li><li>Must see – Wood Sandpiper </li><li>First records – August archive </li><li>How to ... identify immature passerines </li><li>What's on - August events </li><li>Optical events - August guide </li><li>Birding courses and workshops </li><li>August high-tide tables for Britain and Ireland </li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Where to watch birds </span><br /><ul><li>Ahmad, M. North Penwith, Cornwall </li><li>Robson, N. Blue House Farm, Essex </li><li>Croft, K. Anglesey </li><li>Andrews, I. Lothian </li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />News and related items </span><br />News digest – penguin populations take a dive; bringing wetlands back to Britain; genetic study shakes evolutionary tree; effects of US border wall on habitats and wildlife<br />Fraser, M. ListCheck – updating the world view of birds. [Splits: White-eyed Foliage-gleaner <span style="font-style: italic;">Automolus leucophthalmus</span>; Winter Wren <span style="font-style: italic;">Troglodytes troglodytes</span>. Relationships: Hawk-eagles <span style="font-style: italic;">Spizaetus </span>spp; National lists: Mexico, Uruguay, Oman and United Arab Emirates] <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Tools of the trade </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Product previews and reviews:</span> all-new Swarovski EL binoculars preview; Opticron Aurora BGA 8x42 review<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Internet</span>: Searching matters; best of the blogs; ringing in colour; website of the month<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Book and reviews:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Where to Watch Birds in Wales</span> by David Saunders and Jon Green (Christopher Helm); <span style="font-style: italic;">European Bird Guide</span> by Peter H Barthel and Paschalis Dougalis (New Holland Books); <span style="font-style: italic;">A Sussex Guide: Sussex Wildlife</span> by David Mortimer (Snake River Press); Book shelf – Sue Monahan’s look at the latest releases. <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Accounts of recent rarities in Britain and Ireland </span><br />Turton, M. Pacific time on the east coast [Pacific Swift <span style="font-style: italic;">Apus pacificus</span>, Beacon Ponds, East Yorkshire, 22 June 2008]<br />McEvoy, T. Make mine a double [Pacific <span style="font-style: italic;">A pacificus</span> and Little <span style="font-style: italic;">A affinis</span> Swifts, Spurn East Yorkshire, 26 June 2008]<br />Rawson, S. Bunting decorates Yorkshire garden [Black-headed Bunting <span style="font-style: italic;">Emberiza melanocephala</span>, Whitby, North Yorkshire, 28 May 2008]<br />Davis, A, and Vinicombe, K. Why Chew’s gull is a Yank [American Herring Gull <span style="font-style: italic;">Larus smithsonianus</span>, Chew Valley Lake, Somerset, from 8 May 2008] <br /><br />Monthly highlights summary: June 2008<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />Recent reports </span> <br />Monthly round-ups from eight regions in Britain, and from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, June 2008, including photos of Eastern Subalpine Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Sylvia cantillans albistriata</span>, Balearic Woodchat Shrike <span style="font-style: italic;">Lanius senator badius</span>, Red-footed Falcons <span style="font-style: italic;">Falco vespertinus</span>, Whiskered Tern <span style="font-style: italic;">Chlidonias hybrida</span>, Spoonbills <span style="font-style: italic;">Platalea leucorodia</span>, Rose-coloured Starlings <span style="font-style: italic;">Sturnus rosea</span>, Thrush Nightingale <span style="font-style: italic;">Luscinia luscinia</span>, European Bee-eater <span style="font-style: italic;">Merops apiaster</span>, Icterine Warblers <span style="font-style: italic;">Hippolais icterina</span>, Lesser Grey Shrike <span style="font-style: italic;">Lanius minor</span>, Wilson’s Phalarope <span style="font-style: italic;">Phalaropus tricolor</span>, Black Stork <span style="font-style: italic;">Ciconia nigra</span>, River Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Locustella fluviatilis</span>, Citrine Wagtails <span style="font-style: italic;">Motacilla citreola</span> and Cory’s Shearwater <span style="font-style: italic;">Calonectris diomedea</span>. <br /><br />Highlights summary for the Western Palearctic in June 2008, including photos of Swinhoe’s Snipe <span style="font-style: italic;">Gallinago megala</span> in Finland, Pacific Golden Plover <span style="font-style: italic;">Pluvialis fulva</span> and House Crow <span style="font-style: italic;">Corvus splendens</span> in The Netherlands, Mongolian Finch <span style="font-style: italic;">Rhodopechys mongolicus</span> in Turkey and Namaqua Dove <span style="font-style: italic;">Oena capensis</span> in Greece. <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Free 60-page supplement:</span></span> the Official Programme for Birdfair 2008, distributed exclusively by <span style="font-style: italic;">Birdwatch</span><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-54544888625152143082008-06-26T19:40:00.002+00:002008-06-26T19:41:34.105+00:00We have moved back to www.birdwatch.co.uk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SGPw1-JIz9I/AAAAAAAAAGk/_hK0fWoFVd4/s1600-h/Birdwatch193coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SGPw1-JIz9I/AAAAAAAAAGk/_hK0fWoFVd4/s320/Birdwatch193coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216277603430223826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Stories from the Birdwatch Newsdesk are now being posted direct to <a href="http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/">www.birdwatch.co.uk</a>, the relaunched website of the magazine - please bookmark it in your browser and be sure to visit it regularly for news and reviews, features and much, much more. This blog will remain online for the time being as an archive of news stories published since June 2007.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-80816124835336462972008-06-26T19:30:00.003+00:002008-06-26T19:39:54.936+00:00Birdwatch - issue 193 (July 2008): table of contents<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SGPup-9_IuI/AAAAAAAAAGc/rhIcSIayxx4/s1600-h/Birdwatch193coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SGPup-9_IuI/AAAAAAAAAGc/rhIcSIayxx4/s320/Birdwatch193coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216275198470202082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Features</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><ul><li>Howell, P. Buzzard births [A close-up look at the hatching and development of Common Buzzard chicks] </li><li>Thomas, M. Black magic Monty’s [A rare British appearance of a dark-morph Montagu’s Harrier, in Bedfordshire] </li><li>Stoddart, A. Redshank and Spotted Redshank [How to separate these two similar <span style="font-style: italic;">Tringa </span>waders] </li><li>Vinicombe, K. Great and Cory’s Shearwaters [How to distinguish between these two large shearwaters, including Mediterranean and Cape Verde forms of Cory’s] </li><li>Mitchell, D. Atlantic High [A look at the Azores in winter] </li><li>Thomas, M, Knott, J, and Clare, J. Catching the killers [How bird of prey persecution in the uplands is being tackled] Marven, N. On location – The tallest of the tall [Whooping Cranes in Texas] </li><li>Young, S. Adapting to digiscoping [Digiscoping with an SLR camera] Reader holiday – Azores, 7-14 October 2008 </li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Better Birding</span><br /><ul><li>Find your own ... Balearic Shearwater </li><li>First records – July crackers </li><li>Tip from the top – Mark Brazil</li><li> Must see – Dipper </li><li>BTO/CJ Garden BirdWatch – The young ones</li><li> Feathers - Perfect plumage </li><li>What's on - July events</li><li> Optical events - July guide</li><li> Birding courses and workshops</li><li> July high-tide tables for Britain and Ireland </li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Where to watch birds</span><br /><ul><li>Hopper, N. Poole Harbour, Dorset </li><li>French, P. The Wash, Lincolnshire </li><li>Stowe, T. Newport Wetlands, Gwent </li><li>Jones, G. Bassenthwaite and St Bees Head, Cumbria </li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">News and related items</span><br />News digest – ‘Hoodies’ admitted to list at last [Hooded Merganser accepted by BOURC]; New revision of IUCN Red List; North-south divide between British breeding species; Saving birds<br /><br />Fraser, M. ListCheck – updating the world view of birds. [New species: Togian White-eye <span style="font-style: italic;">Zosterops somadikartai</span>. Species confirmation: Zino’s and Fea’s Petrel <span style="font-style: italic;">Pterodroma madeira</span> and<span style="font-style: italic;"> P feae</span>; Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula australis]<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Tools of the trade</span> <br />Internet: an eye for the ladies; best of los blogs; new on the net.<br />Book and reviews: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Birds of Essex</span> by Simon Wood (Christopher Helm); <span style="font-style: italic;">Kingfisher’s Fire: a Story of Hope for God’s Earth </span>by Peter Harris (Monarch Books) <br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Accounts of recent rarities in Britain and Ireland </span><br />Hyndman, T H, and Gee, M. Back on the list! [Citril Finch <span style="font-style: italic;">Serinus citrinella</span>, Fair Isle, Scotland, 6-11 June 2008]<br />Mayson, S. Warbler confusion [Spectacled Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Sylvia conspicillata</span>, Westleton Heath, Suffolk, 10 May 2008]<br />Laurie P. Eagle spotted over Norfolk [Lesser Spotted Eagle <span style="font-style: italic;">Aquila pomarina</span>, Holt, Norfolk, 9 May 2008]<br />Parnaby, D. The Whimbrel that wasn’t [Upland Sandpiper, <span style="font-style: italic;">Bartamia longicauda</span>, Loch of Strathbeg RSPB, 6 May 2008]<br />Draper, A. Lancashire nets a county first [White-throated Sparrow <span style="font-style: italic;">Zonotrichia albicollis</span>, Heysham NR, Lancashire, 6 May 2008]<br /><br />Monthly highlights summary: May 2008<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Recent reports</span> <br />Monthly round-ups from eight regions in Britain, and from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, May 2008, including photos of Whiskered Terns <span style="font-style: italic;">Chlidonias hybrida</span>, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Hippolais pallida</span>, Short-toed Larks <span style="font-style: italic;">Calandrella bracydactyla</span>, Red-footed Falcon <span style="font-style: italic;">Falco vespertinus</span>, Trumpeter Finch <span style="font-style: italic;">Bucanetes githagineus</span>, Grey-headed Wagtail <span style="font-style: italic;">Motacilla flava thunbergi</span>, Lesser Grey Shrike <span style="font-style: italic;">Lanius minor</span>, Red-rumped Swallow <span style="font-style: italic;">Cecropis daurica</span>, Thrush Nightingale <span style="font-style: italic;">Luscinia luscinia</span>, Bluethroat <span style="font-style: italic;">Luscinia svecica</span>, Black-browed Albatross <span style="font-style: italic;">Thalassarche melanophris</span> and Forster’s Tern <span style="font-style: italic;">Sterna forsteri</span>. <br /><br />Highlights summary for the Western Palearctic in May 2008, including photos of Red-footed Falcons <span style="font-style: italic;">Falco vespertinus</span> in The Netherlands, Pine Bunting <span style="font-style: italic;">Emberiza leucocephalos</span> in Guernsey, American Mourning Dove <span style="font-style: italic;">Zenaida macroura</span> in Denmark and a hybrid Pied x Collared Flycatcher in Malta.<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-73242286245467631312008-05-26T19:27:00.002+00:002008-05-26T19:27:59.404+00:00We have moved back to www.birdwatch.co.uk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SDsPMw1wpaI/AAAAAAAAAGU/IxaM9uciUjY/s1600-h/Birdwatch192coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SDsPMw1wpaI/AAAAAAAAAGU/IxaM9uciUjY/s320/Birdwatch192coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204770506299975074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Stories from the Birdwatch Newsdesk are now being posted direct to <a href="http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/">www.birdwatch.co.uk</a>, the relaunched website of the magazine - please bookmark it in your browser and be sure to visit it regularly for news and reviews, features and much, much more. This blog will remain online for the time being as an archive of news stories published since June 2007.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-53912364385897700902008-05-26T19:11:00.003+00:002008-05-26T19:26:01.963+00:00Birdwatch - issue 192 (June 2008): table of contents<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SDsOcg1wpZI/AAAAAAAAAGM/d0lpMCYIho8/s1600-h/Birdwatch192coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SDsOcg1wpZI/AAAAAAAAAGM/d0lpMCYIho8/s320/Birdwatch192coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204769677371286930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Features</span><br /></p><ul><li>Jones, G. Roof-tops for redstarts [Report on the creation of new roof-top habitats for Black Redstarts breeding in Manchester]</li><br /><li>Harbard, C. The twilight zone [Tips on finding birds which<br />are active during the hours between dusk and dawn]</li><br /><li>Jones, G. Protecting the Pennine finch [Documentary of the<br />alarming decline of the English Twite population and measures being taken to<br />conserve it]</li><br /><li>Elsom, S. Bravo Brazil [Highlights of a birding trip into Brazil’s<br />bird-rich Atlantic rainforest]</li><br /><li>Marven, N. On location – On the woodpecker trail<br />[Woodpeckers, scarce waders and leopards are tracked-down in South Africa’s<br />Kruger National Park]</li><br /><li>Young, S. In the frame – Lighten up and manipulate<br />[Salvaging underexposed photos] </li><br /></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">Better Birding</span><br /><ul><br /><li>Find your own … Golden Oriole</li><br /><li>Other wildlife – Moth magic</li><br /><li>Past rarities – June jewels</li><br /><li>Tip from the top – John McLoughlin</li><br /><li>Must see – Woodlark</li><br /><li>BTO/CJ Garden BirdWatch – Get spotting with Great Spots</li><br /><li>What’s on – June events</li><br /><li>Optical events – June guide</li><br /><li>Birding courses and workshops</li><br /><li>From dusk to dawn – special events to find European Nightjars, owls and moths</li><br /><li>June high-tide tables for Britain and Ireland </li><br /></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">Where to watch birds</span><br /><ul><br /><li>Parnell, E. The Brecks</li><br /><li>Mitchell, D. Durness, Sutherland</li><br /><li>Barthorpe, I. Suffolk coast</li><br /><li>Drewitt, E. Bristol </li><br /></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">Competition</span><br /><p>Win £1,000 worth of Hawke binoculars as prizes<br /></p><br /><p><b>Reader holiday</b> – Azores, 7-14 October 2008<br /></p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">News and related items</span><br /><p>News digest – proposed Wash barrier condemned; raptor persecution targeted; Malta hunting ban; seabird slaughter<br /></p>Fraser, M. ListCheck – updating the world view of birds. [Potential splits: Dupont’s Lark Chersophilus <i>duponti</i>, Subalpine Warbler <i>Sylvia cantillans</i>, Golden-winged Grosbeak <i>Rhynchostruthus socotranus</i>. National lists: Colombia, Papua New Guinea]<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Tools of the trade</span><b> </b><br /><p><br />Product review: Hawke Frontier 8x42 binocular.<br /></p>Brochure watch: Birdquest 2008-09.<br /><br />Internet: Image processing software.<br /><br />Book and CD reviews: <i>The Birds of Lancashire and North Merseyside</i> by Steve White, Barry McCarthy and Maurice Jones; <i>Where to Watch Birds in North West England and the Isle of Man</i> (third edition) by Allan Conlin, Dr JP Cullen, Pete Marsh, Tristan Reid, Chris Sharpe, Judith Smith and Stephen Williams; <i>Birds of Trinidad and Tobago </i>by Martin Kenefick, Robin Restall and Floyd Hayes; and Book shelf – Sue Monahan’s look at the latest releases.<br /><br /><p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Accounts of recent rarities in Britain and Ireland</span><br /></p><p><br />Offord, S. Central Asian invasion! [Black Lark <i>Melanocorypha yeltoniensis</i>, Winterton Dunes, Norfolk 20-21 April 2008]<br /></p><p>Reid, J [Caspian Plover <i>Charadrius asiaticus</i>, Fair Isle, 1-2 May 2008]<br /></p>Bellamy, A. Crake expectations [Little Crake <i>Porzana parva</i>, Exminster Marshes RSPB, Devon, from 9 April 2008]<br /><br /><p>Monthly highlights summary: April 2008<br /></p><p><br /></p><span style="font-size:130%;">Recent reports</span><br /><p>Monthly round-ups from eight regions in Britain, and from<br />Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, April 2008, including photos of Pallid Swift <i>Apus pallidus</i>, European Bee-eater <i>Merops apiaster</i>, Dark-eyed Junco <i>Junco hyemalis</i>, White-spotted Bluethroat <i>Luscinia svecica cyanecula</i>, Firecrest <i>Regulus ignicapilla</i>, Subalpine Warbler <i>Sylvia cantillans</i>, Pallas’s Warbler, <i>Phylloscopus proregulus</i>, Firecrest <i>Regulus ignicapillus</i>, Black-winged Stilt <i>Himantopus himantopus</i>, White-tailed Eagle <i>Haliaeetus albicilla</i>, Ross’s Gull <i>Rhodosterhia rosea</i>, Calandra Lark <i>Melanocorypha calandra</i>, Caspian Plover <i>Charadrius asiaticus</i>, Night Heron <i>Nycticorax nycticorax</i>, White-billed Diver <i>Gavia adamsii</i>, Great Egret <i>Ardea alba</i>, Citrine Wagtail <i>Motacilla citreola</i> and Spotted Sandpiper <i>Actitis macularius</i>.<br /></p>Highlights summary for the Western Palearctic in April 2008, including photos of Two-barred Greenish Warbler <i>Phylloscopus trochiloides plumbeitarsus</i> on Madeira, Pallid Harrier <i>Circus macrourus</i> in Greece, Basra Reed Warbler <i>Acrocephalus griseldis</i> and Lesser Frigatebird <i>Fregata ariel</i> in Kuwait and White Pelican <i>Pelecanus onocrotalus</i> and Trumpeter Finch <i>Bucanetes githagineus</i> in Sardinia.<br /><p><br /><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-37227953822267211212008-04-24T18:39:00.003+00:002008-04-24T18:47:42.710+00:00Birdwatch - issue 191 (May 2008): table of contents<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SBDVFLjM7rI/AAAAAAAAAGE/b-ye0AceDM4/s1600-h/Birdwatch191coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SBDVFLjM7rI/AAAAAAAAAGE/b-ye0AceDM4/s320/Birdwatch191coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192884655334682290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Features</span><br /></p><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> <ul><li>Shorrock, G. Moorland crimestop [Report of a recent success in the ongoing war against bird of prey persecution]<o:p></o:p></li><li>Vinicombe, K. Black Kite [Which features to look out for when identifying this rare raptor]<o:p></o:p></li><li>Grantham, M. Mistaken destinations [More migration mysteries answered in the concluding part of this feature]<o:p></o:p></li><li>Harbard, C. Amazon adventure [A trip to a remote corner of Peru]<o:p></o:p></li><li>Marven, N. On location – Canopy capers [Birding in the Kruger National Park, South Africa]<o:p></o:p></li><li>Young, S. In the frame – Getting white right [Exposure and how to work it out]</li></ul><br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Reader holiday – Azores, 7-14 October 2008<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> Better Birding</span><br /></p><ul><li> Find your own ... Dartford Warbler</li><li>Bird names – Splits, lumps and sex changes<o:p></o:p></li><li>Past rarities – May days<o:p></o:p></li><li>Tip from the top – Jim Lawrence</li><li>Must see – Kentish Plover<o:p></o:p></li><li>BTO/CJ Garden BirdWatch – Gold among thistles</li><li>What's on - May events</li><li>Optical events - May guide</li><li>Birding courses and workshops</li><li>May high-tide tables for Britain and Ireland<o:p></o:p></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Where to watch birds</span><br /></p><ul><li> Williams, J. Orkney</li><li>McLoughlin, J. Filey, North Yorkshire<o:p></o:p></li><li>Hobson, P. Hathersage, Peak District, Derbyshire</li></ul><br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">News and related items</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">News digest – volunteers needed for new Priolo Atlas; egg thief jailed; finches flock to gardens; help Seawatch SW in Cornwall; petrel comeback; more help for albatrosses<br />Fraser, M. ListCheck – updating the world view of birds. [Taxonomic revision: Tristan Bunting <span style="font-style: italic;">Nesospiza acunhae</span>. National list: Britain]</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Tools of the trade</span> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Product review:</span> RSPB 8.5x42 WPG binocular; BirdVoice.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Internet:</span> swift connections; one man and his blog; research resources.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Book reviews and previews:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Birds of Surrey</span> by Jeffrey Wheatley (Surrey Bird Club); <span style="font-style: italic;">Birds of Napa County</span> by Herman Heinzel (Heyday Books); <span style="font-style: italic;">A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan and North-East Asia</span> by Tadao Shimba (Christopher Helm); <span style="font-style: italic;">Cutting Away: the Linocuts of Robert Gillmor</span> (Langford Press); and Book shelf – Sue Monahan’s look at the latest releases.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> Accounts of recent rarities in Britain and Ireland</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Jones M. Blackpool’s star attraction is a gull [Ross’s Gull <span style="font-style: italic;">Rhodostethia rosea</span> Marton Mere, Lancashire, 31 March 2008]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Walker, D. Dunge does Junco double [Dark-eyed Junco <span style="font-style: italic;">Junco hyemalis</span>, Dungeness, Kent 7-9 April 2008]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Astins, D. Wales welcomes American quacker [American Black Duck <span style="font-style: italic;">Anas rubripes</span>, Pembrokeshire, from 16 March 2008<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br />Monthly highlights summary: March 2008</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Recent reports</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Monthly round-ups from eight regions in Britain, and from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, March 2008, including photos of Bonaparte’s and Ross’s Gulls <span style="font-style: italic;">Larus philadelphia</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Rhodostethia rosea</span>, Lesser Scaup and Ring-necked Duck <span style="font-style: italic;">Aythya affinis</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">A collaris</span>, Ross’s Goose <span style="font-style: italic;">Anser rossii</span>, Firecrest <span style="font-style: italic;">Regulus ignicapillus</span>, White-spotted Bluethroats <span style="font-style: italic;">Luscinia svecica cyanecul</span>a, Hume’s Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Phylloscopus humei</span>, King Eider <span style="font-style: italic;">Somateria spectabilis</span> and Forster’s Tern <span style="font-style: italic;">Sterna forsteri</span>. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><br />Highlights summary for the Western Palearctic in March 2008, including photos of Black Scrub Robin <span style="font-style: italic;">Cercotrichas podobe</span>, Caspian Plover <span style="font-style: italic;">Charadrius asiaticus</span> and Oriental Honey Buzzard <span style="font-style: italic;">Pernis ptylorhynchus</span> in Israel, Boat-tailed Grackle <span style="font-style: italic;">Quiscalus major</span> in Belgium and Citrine Wagtail <span style="font-style: italic;">Motacilla citreola</span> in the Canary Islands.<o:p></o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-84158127767952073302008-04-24T18:36:00.003+00:002008-04-24T18:37:34.217+00:00We have moved back to www.birdwatch.co.uk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SBDTVbjM7qI/AAAAAAAAAF8/f9LCf-wPJ7Y/s1600-h/Birdwatch191coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/SBDTVbjM7qI/AAAAAAAAAF8/f9LCf-wPJ7Y/s320/Birdwatch191coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192882735484300962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Stories from the Birdwatch Newsdesk are now being posted direct to <a href="http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/">www.birdwatch.co.uk</a>, the relaunched website of the magazine - please bookmark it in your browser and be sure to visit it regularly for news and reviews, features and much, much more. This blog will remain online for the time being as an archive of news stories published since June 2007.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-31915863379580360302008-03-21T10:38:00.002+00:002008-03-21T10:47:13.325+00:00Birdwatch - issue 189 (March 2008): table of contents<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R-OQYa9a6vI/AAAAAAAAAFU/Xy3l5LxhmEc/s1600-h/Birdwatch190coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R-OQYa9a6vI/AAAAAAAAAFU/Xy3l5LxhmEc/s320/Birdwatch190coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180142745634401010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><span style="font-size:130%;">Features</span> <ul><li>Malpass, M and J. An appetite and a half [Extraordinary photo essay featuring a Goosander battling to eat a Pike]<o:p></o:p></li><li>Harbard, C. Beck from the dead. [The definitive rediscovery of Beck’s Petrel <span style="font-style: italic;">Pseudobulweria becki</span>]<o:p></o:p></li><li>Grantham, M. Regular returns [Everything you wanted to know about spring migration - part one]<o:p></o:p></li><li>Vinicombe, K E. Purple Heron [How to ensure you recognise one when you see it]<o:p></o:p></li><li>Mitchell, D. Protecting the Priolo [A look at the plight of the Azores Bullfinch <span style="font-style: italic;">Pyrrhula murina</span> and how you can help to save it]<o:p></o:p></li><li>Howlett, D. A volunteer abroad [How one man worked as a field volunteer on the Azores Bullfinch project]<o:p></o:p></li><li>Marven, N. On location: watching wood owls [A tale of South African owls and other birds]<o:p></o:p></li><li>Young, S. East is best, not west [How much better England’s east coast is than its west in winter]<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></li><li><o:p> </o:p>Birdwatch Big Day 2008 – how to take part</li></ul><ul><li>Reader holiday – Azores 7-14 October 2008</li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Better Birding</span><br /></p><ul><li>Find your own ... White Wagtail</li><li>On the move – raptors return</li><li>Past rarities – remember these?</li><li>Tip from the top – Bill Thompson III</li><li>Must see – Pied Flycatcher</li><li>BTO/CJ Garden Birdwatch – How to sex a Dunnock</li><li>What's on - April events</li><li>Optical events - April guide</li><li>Birding courses and workshops</li><li>April high-tide tables for Britain and Ireland</li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Where to watch birds</span><br /></p><ul><li>Taylor, D. Christchurch Harbour, Dorset</li><li>Archer, P. Waterford, Ireland</li><li>Dee Estuary, Cheshire and Flintshire</li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">News and related items</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">News digest – nine species added to the new British list; Corn Buntings recover; road threat to Socotran wildlife.<br /><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Fraser, M. ListCheck - updating the world view of birds. [Relationships: Widowbirds and bishops Euplectes spp. National lists: Senegal, Congo-Brazzaville and São Tomé and Principe; Subspecific status: Dunlin Calidris alpina]<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Tools of the trade</span> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Product review:</span> Viewranger mapping tool for smartphones.<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Internet:</span> top of the blogs; what’s new on the net; good migrations.<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Book and DVD reviews and previews:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Birds of Wiltshire </span>by James Ferguson-Lees et al (Wiltshire Ornithological Society); <span style="font-style: italic;">Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds</span> Volume 7, edited by P J Higgins, J M Peter and S J Cowling (Oxford University Press); <span style="font-style: italic;">Birdwatching in England</span> (DVD) by Paul Doherty (Bird Images); <span style="font-style: italic;">A Life in Detail</span> by Terance James Bond (Langford Press); <span style="font-style: italic;">Images from Birding</span> by Michael Warren (Langford Press); and Book shelf – Sue Monahan’s look at the latest releases.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Accounts of recent rarities in Britain and Ireland</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bastin, N. King Eider is Devon’s first [King Eider <span style="font-style: italic;">Somateria spectabilis</span> Appledore, Devon, from 19 February 2008]<o:p></o:p><br />Harbard, C. Winter warblers: a new trend? [Rare <span style="font-style: italic;">Phylloscopus </span>warblers: February 2008]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br />Monthly highlights summary: February 2008<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Recent reports</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Monthly round-ups from eight regions in Britain, and from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, January 2008, including photos of Franklin’s and Mediterranean Gulls <span style="font-style: italic;">Larus pipixcan</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">L melanocephalus</span>, Bitterns <span style="font-style: italic;">Botaurus stellaris</span>, Firecrests <span style="font-style: italic;">Regulus ignicapillus</span>, dark-breasted Barn Owl <span style="font-style: italic;">Tyto alba guttata</span>, Glossy Ibis <span style="font-style: italic;">Plegadis falcinellu</span>s, Black-bellied Dipper <span style="font-style: italic;">Cinclus cinclus cinclus</span>, Ross’s Goose <span style="font-style: italic;">Anser rossi</span>i, Ring-billed and American Herring Gulls <span style="font-style: italic;">Larus delawarensis</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">smithsonianus</span>, Spotted Sandpiper <span style="font-style: italic;">Actitis macularius</span>, Black Brant <span style="font-style: italic;">Branta (bernicla) nigricans</span>. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Highlights summary for the Western Palearctic in January 2008, including photos of Tricolored Heron <span style="font-style: italic;">Egretta tricolor</span> in the Canary Islands, Blue-winged Teal <span style="font-style: italic;">Anas discors</span> and Least Sandpiper <span style="font-style: italic;">Calidris minutilla</span> in the Azores, Hume’s Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Phylloscopus humei</span> in Italy, and Pygmy Owl <span style="font-style: italic;">Glaucidium passerinum</span> in The Netherlands.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >Free checklist</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;">Birds of Britain: the Complete Checklist</span> by Dominic Mitchell and Keith Vinicombe. 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SRP: £3 when sold separately.<o:p></o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-38140156461800213072008-03-21T10:36:00.001+00:002008-03-21T10:38:02.154+00:00We have moved back to www.birdwatch.co.uk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R-OP769a6uI/AAAAAAAAAFM/FMRNADlAcpE/s1600-h/Birdwatch190coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R-OP769a6uI/AAAAAAAAAFM/FMRNADlAcpE/s320/Birdwatch190coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180142256008129250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Stories from the Birdwatch Newsdesk are now being posted direct to <a href="http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/">www.birdwatch.co.uk</a>, the relaunched website of the magazine - please bookmark it in your browser and be sure to visit it regularly for news and reviews, features and much, much more. This blog will remain online for the time being as an archive of news stories published since June 2007.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-61006482980205384812008-03-04T14:55:00.002+00:002008-03-04T14:55:51.946+00:00We have moved back to www.birdwatch.co.uk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R81i7SM0zfI/AAAAAAAAAFE/UZXqAQW-Los/s1600-h/Birdwatch189coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R81i7SM0zfI/AAAAAAAAAFE/UZXqAQW-Los/s320/Birdwatch189coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173900317556002290" border="0" /></a><br />Stories from the Birdwatch Newsdesk are now being posted direct to <a href="http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/">www.birdwatch.co.uk</a>, the relaunched website of the magazine - please bookmark it in your browser and be sure to visit it regularly for news and reviews, features and much, much more. This blog will remain online for the time being as an archive of news stories published since June 2007.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-78968418964907597082008-03-04T14:43:00.004+00:002008-03-04T14:54:00.039+00:00Birdwatch - issue 189 (March 2008): table of contents<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R81iQSM0zeI/AAAAAAAAAE8/YsIbJrZjkGU/s1600-h/Birdwatch189coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R81iQSM0zeI/AAAAAAAAAE8/YsIbJrZjkGU/s320/Birdwatch189coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173899578821627362" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Features </span><br /></p><ul><li> Vinicombe, K E. Cirl Bunting [How to distinguish this scarce British breeder from Yellowhammer <span style="font-style: italic;">Emberiza citrinella]</span></li><li> Vinicombe, K E. Redhead [A close look at the identification pitfalls of this vagrant <span style="font-style: italic;">Aythya </span>duck]</li><li>Alibone, M. The third way [Winter in Israel can be every bit as exciting as in spring or autumn]<o:p></o:p></li><li>Marven, N. On location: Ticking tapaculos [One man’s quest to track down this Neotropical family]</li><li> Young, S. Teasing out a Goldfinch [A perfect technique for getting this finch to pose for your camera]</li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:130%;">Better Birding</span><br /></p><ul><li> Find your own ... Goshawk</li><li> How to ... Pish and squeak</li><li> On the move – Blasts from the past</li><li>Building skills – Shape up your flocks</li><li>Tip from the top – Paul French</li><li> Must see – Cetti’s Warbler</li><li>BTO/CJ Garden Birdwatch – Take two thrushes</li><li> Equipment – Getting it in the neck</li><li> What's on - March events</li><li> Optical events - March guide</li><li> Birding courses and workshops</li><li> March high-tide tables for Britain and Ireland</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Where to watch birds</span><br /></p><ul><li>Charles, D. Killibegs, Co Donegal</li><li>Glenn, N. Trent Valley, Nottinghamshire</li><li>Taylor, M. Rye Harbour, East Sussex</li><li>Winter, S. Bedfordshire</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">News and related items</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">News digest – Farmland birds threatened; Malta taken to court; breeding helped by feeding; more Black Grouse in Scotland.<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Fraser, M. ListCheck - updating the world view of birds. [Split: Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus. Regional and national lists: North America, Bolivia and Uganda]<br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Tools of the trade</span> <o:p></o:p></p> <ul><li>Product review: Leica Ultravid 8x32 HD binocular.</li> <li>Brochure watch: Sunbird 2008<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></li><li>Birdwatch reader holiday report: Autumn bonanza [Sweden in September 2007 at Oland and Falsterbo with thousands of migrants]<o:p></o:p></li><li><o:p></o:p>An audience with Andy Rouse at the NEC Birmingham in March<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p>Internet: Are you a ‘badger’?; ‘Book’ keeping; Know where you’re going<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></li><li>Book reviews and previews: <span style="font-style: italic;">Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 12</span>, edited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott and David Christie (Lynx Edicions); <span style="font-style: italic;">Antarctica: Exploring a Fragile Eden</span> by Jonathan and Angela Scott (Collins); <span style="font-style: italic;">A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife</span> by Hadoram Shirihai (A&C Black); <span style="font-style: italic;">Where to Watch Mammals in Britain and Ireland</span> by Richard Moores (Christopher Helm); <span style="font-style: italic;">The Garden Bird Year </span>by Roy Beddard (New Holland); and Book shelf – a brief look at some latest releases.</li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:130%;">Accounts of recent rarities in Britain and Ireland</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Harbard, C. Pembrokeshire’s Pacific returns [Pacific Diver <span style="font-style: italic;">Gavia pacifica</span>, Llys-y-fran Reservoir, Pembrokeshire, from 16 January 2008]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Harbard, C. To tick a tichodrome [Wallcreeper <span style="font-style: italic;">Tichodroma muraria</span>, Boulogne, France, from 20 January 2008]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Harbard, C. Sparrow’s golden egg for Cley [White-crowned Sparrow <span style="font-style: italic;">Zonotrichia leucophrys</span>, Cley, Norfolk from 3 January 2008]<br /><br />Monthly highlights summary: January 2008<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Recent reports</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Monthly round-ups from eight regions in Britain, and from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, January 2008, including photos of Iceland Gulls <span style="font-style: italic;">Larus glaucoides</span>, Hume’s Warblers <span style="font-style: italic;">Phylloscopus humei</span>, Lapland Bunting <span style="font-style: italic;">Calcarius lapponicus</span>, Grey Phalarope <span style="font-style: italic;">Phalaropus fulicarius</span>, Ross’s Goose <span style="font-style: italic;">Anser rossii</span>, Black Brant <span style="font-style: italic;">Branta (bernicla) nigricans</span>, Common Crane <span style="font-style: italic;">Grus grus</span>, Lesser Yellowlegs <span style="font-style: italic;">Tringa flavipes</span>, Smew <span style="font-style: italic;">Mergellus albellus</span>, Glaucous Gulls <span style="font-style: italic;">Larus hyperboreus</span>, Slavonian and Black-necked Grebes <span style="font-style: italic;">Podiceps auritus</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">P nigricollis</span>, Pacific Diver <span style="font-style: italic;">Gavia pacifica</span> and American Herring Gull <span style="font-style: italic;">Larus smithsonianus</span>. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Highlights summary for the Western Palearctic in January 2008, including photos of Isabelline Shrike <span style="font-style: italic;">Lanius isabellinus</span> in Spain, Pine and Rustic Buntings <span style="font-style: italic;">Emberiza leucocephalos</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">E rustica</span> in Turkey, Least Bittern <span style="font-style: italic;">Ixobrychus exilis</span> and Wilson’s Snipe <span style="font-style: italic;">Gallinago delicata</span> in the Azores, and Brown Booby <span style="font-style: italic;">Sula leucogaster</span> and Sooty and White-eyed Gulls <span style="font-style: italic;">Larus hemprichii</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">L leucophthalmus</span> in Egypt.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Exclusive reader offer</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;">Petrels Night & Day: A Sound Approach Guide</span> by Magnus Robb, Killian Mullarney & The Sound Approach. Order a copy at the special price of £27.95 by the end of this month<o:p></o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-20352172924846648992008-01-30T14:11:00.000+00:002008-01-30T14:23:27.742+00:00Birdwatch – issue 188 (February 2008): table of contents<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R6CG8FloiHI/AAAAAAAAAE0/YdLQOEZ_WSA/s1600-h/birdwatch188coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R6CG8FloiHI/AAAAAAAAAE0/YdLQOEZ_WSA/s320/birdwatch188coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161273539816884338" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT</span></span><br /><br />Get Involved at <span style="font-style: italic;">Birdwatch </span>– new opportunities for freelance writers and a vacancy for a full-time member of the editorial staff. More details at : <a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" href="http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/">www.birdwatch.co.uk</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Features</span><br /><ul><li>Balmer, D. Boom time for breeders [An inside look at the first Bird Atlas results] </li><li>Vinicombe, K E. Snow and Ross’s Geese [The status in North America and Britain and distinguishing features of these two species]</li><li>Soar, W. Best of 2007 [A look back at a year that produced five new species for Britain and many other twitchable megas]</li><li>Martin, L. On a plain in Spain [Focus on early spring in Extramadura with its wide range of visiting and resident birds]</li><li>Marven, N. On location: Jaguars, jacamars and Jabiru [Brazil’s Pantanal wetland and its wealth of birds and other wildlife]</li><li>Young, S. Steering towards success [Using cars as mobile hides for bird photography]</li></ul><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Better Birding</span><br /><ul><li>Find your own … Glaucous Gull</li><li>How to … Keep a county list</li><li>On the move – Down memory lane</li><li>Tip from the top – Dick Newell</li><li>Must see – White-fronted Goose</li><li>BTO/CJ Garden Birdwatch – Blackcaps in winter</li><li>Bird coloration – Playing pool</li><li>What’s on – February events</li><li>Optical events – February guide</li><li>Birding courses and workshops</li><li>February high-tide tables for Britain and Ireland</li></ul><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Where to watch birds</span><br /><ul><li>Daw, P. Argyll coast</li><li>Bowerman, P. Severnside, Gloucestershire</li><li>Ahmed, R. Hetton, Co Durham</li><li>McKenzie, D. Crossness, Thamesmead</li></ul><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">News and related items</span><br /><br />News digest – The law bites back; Polish forest reprieve; scoter not common; and endemics lose rainforest.<br /><br />Fraser, M. ListCheck – updating the world view of birds. [New species: Antiquoia Brish-Finch Atlapes blancae. Relationships: Kites, hawks, eagles and Old World vultures - Accipitridae. National list: Seychelles]<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Tools of the trade</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Product review: </span>Zeiss DC4 camera eyepiece.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brochure watch:</span> Bird Holidays 2008<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birdwatch reader break:</span> spring in Syria [pioneering guided tour in search of Northern Bald Ibis, Iraq Babbler, White-eared Bulbul and many other Western Palearctic specialities]<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The last albatross adventure</span> – Sula Sgeir, May 2008 [Rare Bird Alert’s final charter to see Scotland’s regular Black-browed Albatross]<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Internet</span>: Test your knowledge online; migrant tracks; and out for the count<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birdwatch Book of the Year 2007</span><br />The shortlist, highly commended runners-up and winner of this prestigious annual award<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Book reviews and previews: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Birds and People: Bonds in a Timeless Journe</span>y by Nigel collar, Adrian Long, Patricio Robles Gil and Jaime Rojo (Cemex/BirdLife); <span style="font-style: italic;">Finding Birds in Ireland: the Complete Guide</span> by Eric Dempsey and Michael O’Clery (Gill and Macmillan); <span style="font-style: italic;">Birds of the Palearctic: Passerines</span> by Norman Arlott (Collins Field Guide); and Book shelf – a brief look at some latest releases.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Accounts of recent rarities in Britain and Ireland</span><br /><br />Fisher, A. Great Blue hope comes alive [Great Blue Heron <span style="font-style: italic;">Ardea herodias</span>, St Mary’s, Scilly, 7 December 2007]<br />Bending, R & S. Crowning glory for Cley [White-crowned Sparrow <span style="font-style: italic;">Zonotrichia leucophrys</span>, Cley, Norfolk, from 3 January 2008]<br />Hallam, N. Thayer’s ‘scare’ [Unidentified gull <span style="font-style: italic;">Larus spp</span>, Dix Pit, Oxfordshire 4-28 December 2007]<br />Wilson, M. Lone observer scoops a Sociable [Sociable Plover <span style="font-style: italic;">Vanellus gregarius</span> 21 December 2007]<br /><br />Monthly highlights summary: December 2007<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Recent reports</span><br /><br />Monthly round-ups from eight regions in Britain, and from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, December 2007, including photos of Cattle Egrets <span style="font-style: italic;">Bubulcus ibis</span>, Siberian Chiffcaff <span style="font-style: italic;">Phylloscopus collybita tristis</span>, Red-breasted Goose <span style="font-style: italic;">Branta ruficollis</span>, Black Brant <span style="font-style: italic;">Branta (bernicla) nigricans</span>, Long-tailed duck <span style="font-style: italic;">Clangula hyemalis</span>, Desert Wheatear <span style="font-style: italic;">Oenanthe deserti</span>, Brambling <span style="font-style: italic;">Fringilla montifringilla</span>, Red-throated Diver <span style="font-style: italic;">Gavia stellata</span>, Spotted Sandpiper <span style="font-style: italic;">Actitis macularia</span>, Ring-billed and Sabine’s Gulls <span style="font-style: italic;">Larus delawarensis</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">L sabini</span>, Green-winged Teal <span style="font-style: italic;">Anas carolinensis</span>, Ferruginous Duck <span style="font-style: italic;">Aythya nyroca</span> and Richard’s Pipit <span style="font-style: italic;">Anthus richardi</span>.<br /><br />Highlights summary for the Western Palearctic in December 2007, including photos of Lesser Flamingo <span style="font-style: italic;">Phoenicopterus minor</span> and Little Whimbrel <span style="font-style: italic;">Numenius minutus</span> in Kuwait, Ross’s Gull <span style="font-style: italic;">Rhodostethia rosea</span> in France, White-throated Sparrow <span style="font-style: italic;">Zonotrichia albicollis</span> in Iceland, Sociable Lapwing <span style="font-style: italic;">Vanellus gregarius</span> in Spain and Parrot Crossbill <span style="font-style: italic;">Loxia pytyopsittacus</span> in The Netherlands.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-31826600723649265792008-01-30T14:07:00.000+00:002008-01-30T14:10:21.152+00:00We have moved back to www.birdwatch.co.uk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R6CE81loiGI/AAAAAAAAAEs/jt519io9sxI/s1600-h/birdwatch188coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R6CE81loiGI/AAAAAAAAAEs/jt519io9sxI/s320/birdwatch188coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161271353678530658" border="0" /></a>Stories from the Birdwatch Newsdesk are now being posted direct to <a href="http://www.birdwatch.co.uk">www.birdwatch.co.uk</a>, the relaunched website of the magazine - please bookmark it in your browser and be sure to visit it regularly for news and reviews, features and much, much more. This blog will remain online for the time being as an archive of news stories published since June 2007.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-80438796198231002772007-12-21T22:45:00.001+00:002007-12-21T22:46:41.764+00:00We have moved back to www.birdwatch.co.uk!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R2xCMNp-PsI/AAAAAAAAAEk/30WiucjoOag/s1600-h/Birdwatch-187-vsmall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R2xCMNp-PsI/AAAAAAAAAEk/30WiucjoOag/s320/Birdwatch-187-vsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146561251769204418" border="0" /></a><br />Stories from the Birdwatch Newsdesk are now being posted direct to <a href="http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/">http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/</a>, the relaunched website of the magazine - please bookmark it in your browser and be sure to visit it regularly for news and reviews, features and much, much more. This blog will remain online for the time being as an archive of news stories published since June 2007.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-67875798211185255372007-12-21T22:27:00.000+00:002007-12-21T22:44:42.075+00:00Birdwatch – issue 187 (January 2008): table of contents<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R2xBH9p-PqI/AAAAAAAAAEU/ystL14VgFuQ/s1600-h/Birdwatch-187-vsmall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R2xBH9p-PqI/AAAAAAAAAEU/ystL14VgFuQ/s320/Birdwatch-187-vsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146560079243132578" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Features</span><br /><ul><li>Scriver, J. Living death [A shockingly graphic illustrated account of a Peregrine’s attack on a Common Gull]<br /></li><li>Vinicombe, K E. American Herring Gull [The status and identification of this vagrant Nearctic gull in Britain and Ireland]<br /></li><li>Wilson, J. Reedlings [Personal recollections of Bearded Tits at Leighton Moss by the reserve’s former warden]<br /></li><li>Young, S. Hide-away [How to use a portable hide for photography]<br /></li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Better Birding</span><br /><ul><li> Building skills – Resolute birding </li><li>Find your own … Brambling </li><li>How to … Point it out </li><li>On the move – past experience </li><li>Tip from the top – Adrian Pitches </li><li>Must see – Purple Sandpiper </li><li>Garden Birdwatch – Noteworthy </li><li>Event of the month – Big Garden Birdwatch 2008 </li><li>What’s on – January events</li><li> Optical events – January guide</li><li> Birding courses and workshops</li><li> January high-tide tables for Britain and Ireland</li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Where to watch birds</span><br /><ul><li> Mulder, R. Lauwersmeer, The Netherlands </li><li>Rose, C. Red Kites in the Chilterns </li><li>Jones, G. Wigan Flashes, Lancashire </li><li>Morrell, Caerlaverock WWT, Dumfries and Galloway </li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">News and related items</span><br /><br />News digest – Cruise ship sinks in Antarctica, latest Rarities Committee report, proposed CAP reforms and White-tailed Eagles in Scotland.<br />Fraser, M. ListCheck – updating the world view of birds. [Relationships: Owls – <span style="font-style: italic;">Megascops </span>and <span style="font-style: italic;">Otus </span>species. Potential splits: Congolese birds. National list: Britain – addition of Olive-tree Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Hippolais olivetorum</span>]<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Tools of the trade </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Product review:</span> Bushnell Elite e2 8x42 binocular; Tamrac Adventure 7 bag<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brochure watch:</span> Birdwatching Breaks 2008<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Internet:</span> updates and new websites, photography online, plus website of the month.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Book reviews and previews:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">A History of Ornithology</span> by Peter Bircham (HarperCollins); <span style="font-style: italic;">True to Form</span> by David Bennett (Langford Press); <span style="font-style: italic;">Bird: the Definitive Visual Guide</span> by David Burnie (Dorling Kindersley); <span style="font-style: italic;">Eagle Island: a Year on the Isle of Mull</span> by Gordon Buchanan (Beckman Visual Publishing/BBC)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Accounts of recent rarities in Britain and Ireland</span><br /><br />Rogers, A. Goodwick supplies the goods [Pechora Pipit <span style="font-style: italic;">Anthus gustavi</span>, Goodwick Moor, Pembrokeshire,19-23 November 2007]<br />Rabbitts, B. Mourning has broken - twice [Mourning Dove <span style="font-style: italic;">Zenaida macroura</span>, Carnach, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, 1-7 November 2007]<br />McGeehan, A. Yank dove touches down at Inishbofin International [Mourning Dove <span style="font-style: italic;">Zenaida macroura</span>, Inishbofin, Co Galway, Ireland, 2-15 November 2007]<br />McKenzie, D. Record-breakers [Little Auk movement, North Sea, November 2007]<br /><br />Monthly highlights summary: November 2007<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Recent reports</span><br /><br />Monthly round-ups from eight regions in Britain, and from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, November 2007, including photos of Great Blue Heron <span style="font-style: italic;">Ardea herodias (</span>December), probable Pied Wheatear <span style="font-style: italic;">Oenanthe pleschanka</span>, probable Desert Lesser Whitethroat <span style="font-style: italic;">Sylvia (curruca) minula</span>, Rough-legged Buzzard <span style="font-style: italic;">Buteo lagopus</span>, Lesser Scaup <span style="font-style: italic;">Aythya affinis</span>, Penduline Tit <span style="font-style: italic;">Remiz pendulinus</span>, Desert Wheatear <span style="font-style: italic;">Oenanthe deserti</span>, White’s Thrush <span style="font-style: italic;">Zoothera dauma</span>, Short-toed Lark <span style="font-style: italic;">Calandrella brachydactyla</span>, Little Auk <span style="font-style: italic;">Alle alle</span>, probable Gyr Falcon <span style="font-style: italic;">Falco rusticolus</span>, Bonaparte’s Gull <span style="font-style: italic;">Larus philadelphia</span>, Pechora and Buff-bellied Pipit <span style="font-style: italic;">Anthus gustavi</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">A rubescens</span>, Barrow’s Goldeneye <span style="font-style: italic;">Bucephala islandica</span> and Forster’s Tern <span style="font-style: italic;">Sterna forsteri</span>.<br /><br />Highlights summary for the Western Palearctic in November 2007, including photos of Canvasback <span style="font-style: italic;">Aythya valisineria</span> and Hooded Merganser <span style="font-style: italic;">Lophodytes cucullatus</span> in The Netherlands, Killdeer <span style="font-style: italic;">Charadrius vociferus</span> in Spain, Red-flanked Bluetail <span style="font-style: italic;">Tarsiger cyanurus</span> in France, Tricoloured Heron <span style="font-style: italic;">Egretta tricolor</span> in Spain and Eyebrowed Thrush <span style="font-style: italic;">Turdus obscurus</span> in Israel.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Exclusive reader offer </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Petrels Night & Day: A Sound Approach Guide</span> by Magnus Robb, Killian Mullarney & The Sound Approach. Order a copy at the special price of £27.95<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Special Supplement </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">World of Birds 2008 </span>– 24-page supplement on birding holidays and destinations, with illustrated articles on goose-watching in Britain, Ireland and continental Europe, Kenya’s Rift Valley, the Canadian Arctic and Australia’s Northern Territory. <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-40095217832046133982007-12-05T16:43:00.000+00:002007-12-05T17:02:07.767+00:00Birdwatch – issue 186 (December 2007): table of contents<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R1bZKBhHNnI/AAAAAAAAAEE/9ltqzCpXZk8/s1600-h/Birdwatch186coverlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R1bZKBhHNnI/AAAAAAAAAEE/9ltqzCpXZk8/s320/Birdwatch186coverlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140534790919239282" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Features</span><br /><ul><li>Vinicombe, K E. Hybrid ducks [How to untangle <span style="font-style: italic;">Aythya </span>hybrids] </li><li>Young, S. Class of 2007 [Account of October 2007 on the Isles of Scilly, including images of Wilson’s Snipe <span style="font-style: italic;">Gallinago delicata</span>, Blyth’s Pipit <span style="font-style: italic;">Anthus godlewski,</span> Blyth’s Reed Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Acrocephalus dumetorum</span>, Woodchat Shrike <span style="font-style: italic;">Lanius senator</span> and Blackpoll Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Dendroica striata</span>] </li><li>Robb, M. Petrels night and day [Sound-recording exploits at colonies of White-faced Storm-petrel <span style="font-style: italic;">Pelagodroma marina</span>, with images including photos and sonograms of this species and Madeiran Storm-petrel <span style="font-style: italic;">Oceanodroma castro</span>] </li><li>Young, S. Don’t forget how to focus [Using manual focus in bird photography] </li><li>Cocker, M. Working for Africa’s birds [Profile of the African Bird Club] </li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Better Birding</span><br /><ul><li> Find your own … Water Rail</li><li>In the field – Going solo, or two’s company?</li><li>Garden Birdwatch – Practise on winter diners</li><li>Must see – Shore Lark</li><li>How to … Choose a place to bird</li><li>Birding equipment – Keeping it clean</li><li>Tip from the top – Dave Gosney</li><li>What’s on – December events </li><li>Optical events – December guide </li><li>Birding courses and workshops </li><li>December high-tide tables for Britain and Ireland </li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Where to watch birds</span><br /><ul><li> Pullen, D. The Black Isle, Highland</li><li>Wormwell, C. Isle of Man</li><li>Donaghy, N. Kenfig, Glamorgan</li><li>Scott, B. Little Paxton, Cambridgeshire </li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Competition </span><br /><br />Win Kowa prizes worth over £2,400<br /><br />Birdwatch Artist of the Year 2007 – a selection of the best entries, in association with the Society of Wildlife Artists and Swarovski Optik <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">News and related items</span><br /><br />News digest – 2007 breeding season; storm is bad new for Bitterns; green light for oil platforms; reprieve for African flamingos Fraser, M.<br /><br />ListCheck – updating the world view of birds. [New species: Sincora Antwren <span style="font-style: italic;">Formicivora grantsaui</span>. National list: Britain, including recommendations from the BOURC’s Taxonomic Sub-Committee such as species-level recognition of Caspian Gull <span style="font-style: italic;">Larus cachinnans</span> and American Herring Gull <span style="font-style: italic;">L smithsonianus</span>. Relationships: Barbtails and treerunners <span style="font-style: italic;">Margarornis </span>complex; Starling and mockingbird families Sturnidae and Mimidae] <br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Tools of the trade </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Product review:</span> Nikkor 300mm AF-S VR f2.8 G IF-ED telephoto lens<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brochure watch:</span> Limosa Holidays<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Internet:</span> updates and new websites, plus website of the month.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Book reviews and previews:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Flight Identification of European Seabirds</span> by Anders Blomdahl, Bertil Breife and Niklas Holmstrom (Christopher Helm); <span style="font-style: italic;">John Kirk Townsend </span>by Barbara and Richard Mearns (Barbara and Richard Mearns); <span style="font-style: italic;">The Lapwing </span>by Michael Shrubb (T & AD Poyser); <span style="font-style: italic;">Watching British Dragonflies </span>by Steve Dudley, Caroline Dudley and Andrew Mackay (Subbuteo); <span style="font-style: italic;">The Bird Songs of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East</span> by Andreas Schulze and Karl-Heinz Dingler (Musikverlag Edition Ample) <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Accounts of recent rarities in Britain and Ireland</span><br /><br />Spurrell, B. Grosbeak’s late show on St Agnes [Rose-breasted Grosbeak <span style="font-style: italic;">Pheucticus ludovicianus</span>, Grinlington Farm, St Agnes, Scilly, 23-29 October 2007]<br />Moore, I. ‘Squeaker’ calls in Yank warbler [Blackpoll Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Dendroica striata</span>, The Garrison, St Mary’s, Scilly, 9 October 2007]<br />Shaw, K. Foula - twinned with Siberia [Siberian Rubythroat <span style="font-style: italic;">Luscinia calliope</span>, Foula, Shetland, 5 October 2007]<br />Lidster, J. Snipe strikes again on Scilly [Wilson’s Snipe <span style="font-style: italic;">Gallinago delicata</span>, Lower Moors, St Mary’s, Scilly, from 11 October 2007]<br />Baines, R. Easterlies blow in surprise from Asia [Brown Flycatcher <span style="font-style: italic;">Muscicapa dauurica</span>, Flamborough, Yorkshire, 3-4 October 2007]<br />Mullarney, K. Shy Blyth’s joins the Irish list [Blyth’s Reed Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Acrocephalus dumetorum</span>, Mizen Head, Co Cork, Ireland, 10-11 October 2007]<br /><br />Monthly highlights summary: October 2007<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Recent reports</span><br /><br />Monthly round-ups from eight regions in Britain, and from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, October 2007, including photos of Little Bunting <span style="font-style: italic;">Emberiza pusilla</span>, Blackpoll Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Dendroica striata</span>, Pectoral Sandpiper <span style="font-style: italic;">Calidris melanotos</span>, Radde’s Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Phylloscopus schwarzi</span>, Buff-bellied Pipit <span style="font-style: italic;">Anthus rubescens</span>, Red-flanked Bluetail <span style="font-style: italic;">Tarsiger cyanurus</span>, Least Sandpiper <span style="font-style: italic;">Calidris minutilla</span>, Pine Bunting <span style="font-style: italic;">Emberiza leucocephalos</span>, American Mourning Dove <span style="font-style: italic;">Zenaida macroura</span> and Blyth’s Reed Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Acrocephalus dumetorum</span>.<br /><br />Highlights summary for the Western Palearctic in October 2007, including photos of Tree Swallow <span style="font-style: italic;">Tachycineta bicolor</span>, Scarlet Tanager <span style="font-style: italic;">Piranga olivacea</span>, Yellow-billed Cuckoo <span style="font-style: italic;">Coccyzus americanus</span>, Common Nighthawk <span style="font-style: italic;">Chordeiles minor</span> and Red-eyed Vireo <span style="font-style: italic;">Vireo olivaceus </span>on the Azores, Goliath Heron <span style="font-style: italic;">Ardea goliath</span> in Egypt, Long-tailed Shrike <span style="font-style: italic;">Lanius schach </span>in Denmark, and Eastern Crowned Warbler <span style="font-style: italic;">Phylloscopus coronatus</span> in The Netherlands.<br /><br />ISSN 0967-1870<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-55546370626276681752007-12-05T16:39:00.000+00:002007-12-05T16:43:23.580+00:00We have moved back to www.birdwatch.co.uk!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R1bVFBhHNmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/ektC-5ELKbY/s1600-h/Birdwatch186cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/R1bVFBhHNmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/ektC-5ELKbY/s320/Birdwatch186cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140530306973382242" border="0" /></a>Stories from the Birdwatch Newsdesk are now being posted direct to <a href="http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/">http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/</a>, the relaunched website of the magazine - please bookmark it in your browser and be sure to visit it regularly for news and reviews, features and much, much more. This blog will remain online for the time being as an archive of news stories published since June 2007.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-39206009179056120312007-10-20T10:46:00.000+00:002007-10-20T10:51:28.167+00:00We have moved back to www.birdwatch.co.uk!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/RxndqsicYsI/AAAAAAAAADk/mKYc0ZQCQW0/s1600-h/Birdwatch185cover.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123369776690520770" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/RxndqsicYsI/AAAAAAAAADk/mKYc0ZQCQW0/s320/Birdwatch185cover.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Stories from the Birdwatch Newsdesk are now being posted direct to <a href="http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/">http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/</a>, the relaunched website of the magazine - please bookmark it in your browser and be sure to visit it regularly for news and reviews, features and much, much more. This blog will remain online for the time being as an archive of news stories published since June 2007.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-11763528232570727482007-10-20T10:40:00.000+00:002007-10-20T10:55:32.805+00:00Birdwatch – issue 185 (November 2007): table of contents<table><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/RxneUMicYuI/AAAAAAAAAD0/tZo1S8yPk1o/s1600-h/Birdwatch185coverlarge.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123370489655091938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/RxneUMicYuI/AAAAAAAAAD0/tZo1S8yPk1o/s320/Birdwatch185coverlarge.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Features<br /></span><br />Balmer, D. Birding by squares [How to get involved in the new Bird Atlas project]<br />Vinicombe, K E. Yellow-browed and Pallas’s Warblers and Firecrest [How to separate these three ‘sprites’]<br /><br />Wightman, S. London’s local patch [A look at what the Lee Valley Regional Park offers birders]<br /><br />Vinicombe, K E. Life on the ocean wave [Account of a pelagic trip from Cornwall through the Bay of Biscay]<br /><br />Young, S. A hood worth hugging [Bird photography: good coats for cold weather]<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Better Birding</span><br /><br />Find your own… Little Auk<br />On the move – with this ring<br />Bird names – shorthand words for waders<br />Atlasing – every little helps<br />Must see – Jack Snipe<br />How to … feed Wrens<br />Bird behaviour – gathering moss<br />Tip from the top – Steve Rooke<br />What’s on – November eventsOptical events – November guideBirding courses and workshopsNovember tide tables for Britain and Ireland<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Where to watch birds</span><br /><br />Parnell, E. North-east Norfolk<br />Lauder, A. and Shaw, K. Loch Leven, Perth and Kinross<br />Kelly A G. Rogerstown Estuary, Co Dublin<br />Ward, M. Lymington, Hampshire<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Competition</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>Win three Minox High Grade binoculars worth over £1,800<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">News and related items</span><br /></span><br />News digest – Wallasea Island project; Severn barrage proposal; New Caledonian Crow cameras; threat to farm funding.<br /><br />Fraser, M. ListCheck – updating the world view of birds. [New family: Stitchbird (Hihi) Notiomystidae. Subspecific relegation: Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria. Species confirmation: Orchard and Fuertes’ Orioles Icterus spurius and I fuertesi. Subspecific confirmation: Galapagos Dove Zenaida galapagoensis. Regional list: changes to the AOU’s North America list.]<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Fundraising</span><br /><br />Birdwatch UK Bird race 2007 results<br /><br /><br /><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:130%;">Tools of the trade </span></a><br /><br /><strong>Product reviews:</strong><br /><br />Sigma 300mm f2.8 APO DG HSM telephoto lens<br /><br />Country Innovation Venture trousers<br /><br />Paramo Teide and Tacana shirts<br /><br />Bino-Arm Binocular Stabilising Unit<br /><br /><br /><strong>Brochure watch<br /></strong><br />Avian Adventures<br /><br /><br /><strong>Book reviews</strong><br /><br /><em>Rare Birds Yearbook 2008</em> edited by Eric Hirschfeld<br /><em>The Shorebird Guide</em> by Michael O’Brien, Richard Crossley and Kevin Karlson (Christopher Helm)<br /><em>Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe</em> by Hakan Delin and Lars Svensson (Philips)<br /><em>Arctic Flight; Adventures Amongst Northern Birds</em> by James McCallum (Langford Press)<br /><em>Gulls of the Americas</em> by Steve N G Howell and Jon Dunn (Houghton Mifflin)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Accounts of recent rarities in Britain and Ireland</span><br /><br />Buxton, P. Buff-bellied boost for rarity islands [Buff-bellied Pipit (<em>Anthus rubescens</em>), Porth Hellick, Scilly, 25 September 2007]<br />McLevy A. High jinks as ‘first’ makes swift exit [White-rumped Swift (<em>Apus caffer</em>), Cresswell Pond, Northumberland, 16 September 2007]<br />Brown Fly in the eye for BOURC [Brown Flycatcher (<em>Muscicapa dauurica</em>), Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, 3-4 October 2007]<br />Lauder, A. Foula’s one-day Siberian wonder [Siberian Thrush (<em>Zoothera sibirica</em>), Foula, Shetland, 28 September 2007]<br />McCanch, N. Wader count nets unexpected booty [Booted Eagle (<em>Aquila pennata</em>), Grove Ferry, Kent, 16 September 2007]<br /><br /><br />Monthly highlights summary: September 2007<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Recent reports</span><br /><br />Monthly round-ups from eight regions in Britain, and from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, September 2007, including photos of Buff-bellied Pipit (<em>Anthus rubescens</em>), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (<em>Tryngites subruficollis</em>), Citrine Wagtails (<em>Motacilla citreola</em>), Aquatic, Blyth’s Reed and Paddyfield Warblers (<em>Acrocephalaus paludicola</em>, <em>A dumetorum</em> and <em>A agricola</em>), Red-flanked Bluetail (<em>Tarsiger cyanurus</em>), Moltoni’s Subalpine Warbler (<em>Sylvia cantillans moltonii</em>), Long-tailed Skua (<em>Stercorarius longicaudus</em>), Isabelline (Turkestan) Shrike (<em>Lanius isabellinus phoenicuroides</em>), Lanceolated Warbler (<em>Locustella lanceolata</em>), Swainson’s Thrush (<em>Catharus ustulatus</em>) and Wilson’s Phalarope (<em>Phalaropus tricolor</em>).<br /><br />Highlights summary for the Western Palearctic in September 2007, including photos of Buff-bellied Pipit (<em>Anthus rubescens</em>) in France, Long-tailed Skua (<em>Stercorarius longicaudus</em>) in Sweden, Booted Warbler (<em>Hippolais caligata</em>) in The Netherlands, White-throated Robin (<em>Irania gutturalis)</em> in Belgium and Baird’s Sandpiper (<em>Calidris bairdii</em>) in Denmark.<br /><br />ISSN 0967-1870Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383836258049745101.post-82898537229509305342007-09-28T11:58:00.000+00:002007-09-28T12:00:43.790+00:00We have moved back to www.birdwatch.co.uk!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/Rvzs1UfrDcI/AAAAAAAAADU/EdqZ-nzlhps/s1600-h/Birdwatch184small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115223677564816834" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2S4CQYr4u4/Rvzs1UfrDcI/AAAAAAAAADU/EdqZ-nzlhps/s320/Birdwatch184small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Stories from the Birdwatch Newsdesk are now being posted direct to <a href="http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/">http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/</a>, the relaunched website of the magazine - please bookmark it in your browser and be sure to visit it regularly for news and reviews, features and much, much more. This blog will remain online for the time being as an archive of news stories published since June 2007.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com