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Welcome to Birdwatch's relaunched website. You'll still find all latest news, reviews, articles and site guides that you've come to expect from Birdwatch.co.uk, but there are also many other features on this new site. You can start a blog, upload photos and videos to your own galleries or join the conversation in the forum.

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Dominic Mitchell, Managing Editor



Frensham Common is a good site for European Nightjars in summer. Photo: Chris Harbard

Frensham Common

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a Special Protection Area (SPA), the common contains dry and wet heath, scrub and woodland with many special birds associated with these habitats.

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Magellanic Penguin. Steve Young.

Picking up penguins

Windswept and remote, the Falkland Islands are a haven for seabirds, holding two-thirds of the world population of Black-browed Albatross and millions of penguins. Steve Young was lucky enough to visit this bird-rich archipelago.

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Red-necked Phalaropes are often very tame at their breeding ground. Photo: Chris Harbard

Fetlar

In summer, this is the best place in Britain to get close views of Red-necked Phalarope. Other breeding waders put on a good show too, as do skuas and a range of other seabirds.

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Forum

RE: Join Raptor Camp Malta to fight against illegal bird hunting

Illegal hunters from Malta are now exporting their crimes to other countries! A report from April 2010 this year mentions Maltese hunters caught by Egyptian rangers with Lappet-faced Vultures and

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RE: Join Raptor Camp Malta to fight against illegal bird hunting

Anyone who wants to read more about what it's like on a raptor camp, there's a feature on it in the August issue, which went on sale yesterday (22 July 10) or you can buy from here:

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Show off your latest sightings in the Birdwatch.co.uk photo 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.

Taken on 18/6/2010 at Welney Wildlife & Wetlands Trust.

Posted by Alan on 31 Jul 2010

These birds with long legs and extra long toes walk on the lily leaves in lakes. They are…

Posted by Ragoo on 29 Jul 2010

Taken in Tayvallich

Posted by Alan on 31 Jul 2010

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New Caribbean IBA directories

Posted: 01 Aug 2010
New Important Bird Area directories for two parts of the Caribbean have recently been published, detailing areas which hold important populations of many globally threatened and vulnerable bird species.

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Infidelity is healthy in birds

Posted: 31 Jul 2010
Female birds which are unfaithful to their mates are simply ensuring that their young have the best chance of surviving, according to new research by the University of East Anglia.

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Changes to BOURC membership

Posted: 31 Jul 2010
The British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee has announced some changes to its membership, with a new Chairman and new member.

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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.

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Win the brand new EL 42 Swarovision, worth more than £1,745!


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Rare Bird Alert News Map

NewsMap Lite

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.