Bird Watching

Bird Watching is Britain’s best-selling birdwatching magazine. Each issue is packed with expert advice on when, where and how to see more birds, from common garden visitors to the most elusive rarities. There are features from some of British birdwatching’s best-known names, superbly illustrated by the work of the world’s best bird photographers, plus comprehensive coverage of all the latest sightings, guides to the best birdwatching sites, ID masterclasses, news and reviews of all the latest gear.

Welcome

Bird Watching • What's been birding's biggest success story of the past 40 years?

YOUR BIRDING MONTH • MARCH

FIVE TO BIRDS FIND IN MARCH • The days are getting longer, the amount of bird song is rising, the first spring migrants are arriving. March is a time of building excitement in the birding year. Time to add these five cracking birds to your year list…

Beyond Birdwatching • March is a month of change for Nature, says James Lowen…

Weedon's World • Mike's local area has become a difficult place to watch gulls, but it makes up for their lack in other ways

Forty not out • Throughout Bird Watching’s 40 years, the BTO's vital work has grown and developed, writes Jon Carter…

Reading matters

Grumpy Old Birder • New Year's Day started with high hopes, but was all about dipping, writes Bo Beolens…

Sign up to #My200BirdYear • It can still seem like winter, but March sees birds beginning to stir, writes David Callahan…

Learning from birdscapes • In the second of two features about learning bird calls, Amanda Tuke investigates what ‘birdscape’ recordings and using AI have to offer for upskilling and surveys…

Fantastic resource • Amanda investigates the potential of recordings from the Dawn Chorus citizen science project for learning.

Chirrup AI • Amanda meets Conrad Young, founder of Chirrup AI…

ALL change! • Our first issue, in 1986, hinted at developments that have since taken place among bird populations, writes Matt Merritt

The changing language of bird photography • Rob Read examines how advances in camera technology have revolutionised the way we capture images of birdlife

Doing anything for a dufflebag • A transatlantic stray brought birders flocking, writes Ruth Miller…

IDChallenge • This month's challenge is all about the identification of white-rumped birds

Answers & solutions • Check your answers against our explanations. Remember, there are no ‘trick’ birds or extreme rarities among these…

ID Tips & tricks • Here are a few extra tips to help you identify some white-rumped waders

GO BIRDING • 10 great sites for brilliant birdwatching

COFFIN ROAD • Eagles soar above picturesque wader-rich habitat

LOCH OF THE LOWES • No, no that one, but it's still a great site!

TYNEMOUTH HAVEN • Estuary, a small beach, grassland, trees and cliff scrub

SELSET RESERVOIR • Breeding waders are one of the main attractions here

WHITEHAVEN • Waders, seabirds, wildfowl, and the chance of a rarity or two

POUND GREEN • A bird-rich walk for riverside and woodland species

GRAFHAM WATER • Waterbirds and waders at an ‘inland sea’

ASTONBURY WOOD • Ancient woodland with a good range of birdlife

MAYLANDSEA • Waders and seabirds abound on the Blackwater Estuary

WILD WOODBURY • Add some wildness to your birding at this rewilding project

YOURVIEW • PHOTOS, LETTERS, TWEETS, QUESTIONS – HAVE YOUR SAY

Your Questions • Send all your birding questions to birdwatching@bauermedia.co.uk and our experts will give you the answers

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