Birds
There are absolutely thousands
of sites all about birds throughout the Web. The international nature of birdwatching,
and, some say, the twitchers' fascination with lists, mean that you will never
be short of a new birding site to visit. Below are a very few of them.
Naturenet guide to UK birding related mailing lists
The uk.rec.birdwatching FAQ:
this superb and well-written document presents a huge variety of info relevant
to British birders, including what to do with a ringed bird, which binoculars
to buy, birding jargon, what not to do, how to spot birds in London, birding
links ad infinitum and much much more.
CJ Wildbird Foods: feed the birds,
slightly more than tuppence per bag. Useful guide to feeding.
Fat Birder: a great site, fun and full
of facts.
The British List: bird species
recorded in Great Britain.
The BTO Breeding Birds in the Wider
Countryside report: exhaustive and definitive statistics about the status
of almost every breeding bird in Britain.
Buy
bird stuff online: including bird boxes and bat boxes from the RSPB
Lincs Wildlife
Trust: really helpful page on building and maintaining bird boxes.
Birdline South East: "The
most reliable, comprehensive and up-to-the-minute bird news service in south-east
England".
Bird boxes with cameras in: buy them
here.
Seabird Pictures
Birds
of Foula
York Ornithology Club
West Midland Bird Club
Gay Birders Club
Sheffield Bird Study Group : a very good
set of pages for anyone - whether from Sheffield or not.
The Barn Owl Centre
Manx Bird Atlas: a five year
project to survey the breeding and wintering birds of the Isle of Man
Ornithological Links:
including Naturenet.
Birdwatching
in Northern Ireland
Bird Quiz
BBC UK Wild: bird info and pictures of birds.
How
to build a bird table: and what to put on it.
Jamie Wood Products Ltd : Bird boxes,
bird tables and so on.
How to build a bird
nest box: with diagrams etc
Northumberland County Council's Eider
Duck pages.
Canada Goose Conservation Society:
its aims include: "To make people realise how cruel and ineffective
culling is as a means of reducing numbers".
Crow City: a celebration of British
corvids.
Bird-sounds: CDs/ CD-ROMs.
Thanks to Habitat
and Andy Mabbett for some of this list.
