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 • We asked this month’s contributors: Which species would you like to see colonise the UK?

YOUR BIRDING MONTH • JULY

FIVE BIRDS TO FIND IN JULY • We are now well into the second half of the year and it is getting on for ‘ornithological autumn’, Here are five wonderful birds to see in the heart of ‘real summer’

Beyond Birdwatching • July is particularly packed with insects and plants, says James Lowen…

Weedon’s World • Not only is Mike judgemental about birds, he is also a terrible hypocrite about it, as he found out on a patch ‘Big Day’

Understanding garden wildlife health • We can make a difference to wildlife in our own back yards, writes Jon Carter…

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Grumpy Old Birder • We need joined-up thinking where the environment is concerned, writes Bo Beolens…

Sign up to #My200BirdYear • Think July is a quiet month for birds? Think again, writes David Callahan…

Willow patterns • 30-minute birder Amanda Tuke squeezes in some urban birding on a work trip to Stoke-on-Trent…

Britain’s birding future • A number of species look likely to establish themselves as UK breeders. Matt Merritt takes a look at the contenders…

Join us at Global Birdfair • From 10-12 July, the birding world descends on Rutland Water…

ID Challenge • This month’s challenge is all about the identification of birds at dawn and dusk

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 owls in fading daylight

GO BIRDING • 10 great sites for brilliant birdwatching

ABERNETHY FOREST • A birding walk in old Caledonia

LOCH TREIG • Explore an upland lake, plus woodland and moorland

NEWCASTLETON • A great place to look for some upland specialities

WHITFIELD LOUGH • Make your own discoveries at this superb moorland spot

ERRWOOD RESERVOIR • Woodland and water birds in a Peak District setting

TRENT PORT • Riverside birding with a chance to make discoveries

MERTHYR MAWR NR • A unique dune area with views of the Bristol Channel

FLEET POND • An inland water body with a good record for migrants

SMALLHYTHE • A birding walk through a complex variety of wetlands

STOVER COUNTRY PARK • Water, woodland, marsh and heath on an historic estate

YOUR VIEW • 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

Bird Watching

Birds around mammals • There’s a symbiotic relationship between these charismatic creatures, writes Ruth Miller…

Blackbird • There’s so much more to this familiar species than just its superb singing voice…

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