Welcome to the online home of Birdwatch magazine
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Welcome to the website of Birdwatch, Britain's leading magazine for the expert birder. Here you'll find all the latest features, travel guides, news and product reviews. Check out any unfamiliar words using our jargon buster.
You can also follow the birding adventures of the Birdwatch team in our blog, and see what we've been up to in the team gallery.
Dominic Mitchell, Managing Editor
Features
Every month Birdwatch magazine features a range of articles covering British and overseas destinations, rarities sightings, species spotlights and top tips and advice. Get a feel for the magazine by reading a selection of these articles online.
Serendibity: the birds of Sri Lanka
Ceylon, Serendib or Sri Lanka - whatever you call it this enchanting and endemic-rich island in the Indian Ocean is an amazing birding destination, as Marianne Taylor discovered.
Baird's Sandpiper
Keith Vinicombe unravels the ID intricacies of separating Baird's Sandpiper from potential confusion species, White-rumped and Semipalmated Sandpipers and Little Stint.
Being a better birder
Getting to the top of your chosen field takes a lot of work. Simon Papps enlists some expert help to determine what it takes to be a better birder.
Forum
Welcome to the new Birdwatch website!
We hope you'll enjoy the new site and its new interactive, community sections. Please let us know what you think ....
Photos & Videos
Show off your latest sightings in the Birdwatch.co.uk Gallery, simply register for a free account and you can start uploading your photos straight away. Here are a few of the latest gallery additions.
An Arctic Tern at the nest on the Farne Islands, taken June 2009, by Rebecca Armstrong
Posted by Birdwatch on 10 Mar 2010
Collared Doves (and one lone Starling) waiting for more food to be put out. Photo:…
Posted by Birdwatch on 10 Mar 2010
More from the Farne Islands - there is a breeding colony of Kittiwake there; this bird…
Posted by Birdwatch on 10 Mar 2010Latest News
England’s wildlife losses
Posted: 11 Mar 2010Read more…
Peat intiative inadequate
Posted: 10 Mar 2010Read more…
Vanuatu Petrel photographed
Posted: 09 Mar 2010Read more…
Competition
With Birdwatch.co.uk you can easily enter competitions featured in Birdwatch magazine. Just click here to check out the latest prizes and enter online.
Birdwatch 2010 calendar
Closing Date: 31 Mar 2010Win a 2010 Birdwatch calendar!
Rare Bird Alert News Map
In a collaboration between Rare Bird Alert and Birdwatch, visitors to Birdwatch.co.uk can see RBA's excellent NewsMap showing the locations of all scarce and rare birds reported each day in Britain and Ireland.
NewsMap Lite is a fantastic tool for birders, making it possible to see all of the day's records of rarities and scarce migrants, clearly marked on a Google map of Britain and Ireland. Where available, photos are displayed alongside information for each record.
You can access this information by clicking here on the map above.