Last year's Rare Birds Yearbook

The editor of the Rare Birds Yearbook is looking for photos of the rarest birds in the world, those categorized as Critically Endangered, to be featured in the next edition of the publication which is due in October 2008. 

A new category, with a top prize of a travel-friendly Minox telescope, has been introduced for the best photo - or painting - of those species that did not feature with photos in the 2008 edition. The competition closes on 31 May 2008.

A completely new contest for this year is a writer´s competition on the subject “My Encounter with a Critically Endangered Bird” read more here.

Last year´s competition was a huge success with more than 1000 images being submitted and the best were presented in Rare Birds Yearbook 2008, with each published photographer receiving a free copy of the book of course. The great response makes this a truly unique book covering and illustrating the 189 rarest birds in the world.

Check out the revised species list for 2009 here to see if you have photos of any of these rare birds. Enter the competition and you not only have the chance to win one of the great prizes from Minox, Ly nx Edicions or BirdLife International, but may also see your picture(s) published in Rare Birds Yearbook 2009.

An important objective of Rare Birds Yearbook is to create funds to save these rare birds. That is why £4.00 for every book sold is donated to the partner in this project, BirdLife International, to be used for the protection and conservation of these exclusive species.

Full details of both competitions can be found at www.rarebirdsyearbook.com.