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.

Bird Watching • What’s your favourite species that is ‘hidden in plain sight’?

Welcome

YOUR BIRDING MONTH • AUTUMN

FIVE TO FIND IN AUTUMN • Autumn is a wonderful time of year. Birds are on the move in their masses. It is exciting. And just about anything can turn up. Here are five birds which may look to be dressed in the dulled browns of autumn, but are all special, even thrilling to watch.

Beyond Birdwatching • Fungi and insects make for an exciting season, says James Lowen

Weedon’s World • Despite wandering as far afield as north Norfolk, Mike still finds local birding very much to his taste

Only a winter’s tally • A survey during the colder months will fill some important gaps in our knowledge, writes Jon Carter

Tracking migration

Grumpy Old Birder • ‘Clean’ energy musn’t be allowed to destroy nature, writes Bo Beolens

Sign up to #My200Bird Year • Return migration is here in earnest - David Callahan explains what to look for in autumn…

Choughs over the White Cliffs of Dover • 30-minute-birder Amanda Tuke meets Kent’s charismatic corvids…

Bring them back! • Amanda asks her local birding groups what bird species, if any, they’d like to see reintroduced to the south-east of England.

The Big Five • A dip into some high profile bird reintroduction projects in Britain…

Hidden in plain Sight • They’re the species that blend into the background - 10 that every birder should be ticking, but maybe isn’t…

Where have all the MONTYS GONE? • Until this summer, Montagu’s Harrier had disappeared as a UK breeding bird – can anything be done to mitigate the challenges to future success, asks John Miles…

Hats on to Herring Gulls! • They’re noisy, they pinch chips, and they make a mess, but these birds deserve our admiration, writes Ruth Miller

ID Challenge • 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 larger waders

GO BIRDING • 10 great sites for brilliant birdwatching

TALLA & GAMESHOPE • Upland species with the chance of eagles

MUSSELBURGH • Watch scoters offshore and waders on the lagoons

NEWTON LINKS & LONG NANNY • An annual ‘American’ plus one of Britain’s rarest seabirds

BOWNESS-ON-SOLWAY • A great spot for watching migration, including skuas

BLACKTOFT SANDS RSPB • A famous raptor roost, plus great reedbed birds

WHISBY NATURE PARK • A former quarry transformed into a wetland reserve

WILSTONE GREEN • Wildfowl and waders in the Chiltern Hills

CARDIFF BAY • Wildfowl and waders in an urban setting

ELMLEY MARSHES • Raptors and wildfowl on the Isle of Sheppey

DURLSTON HEAD • Birding with atmosphere at this dramatic clifftop spot

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

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