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Bird Watching

Jun 01 2021
Magazine

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

BIRDING QUESTION • We ask this month’s contributors: What’s your favourite seabird?

...and the Bird Watching team’s answers

YOUR BIRDING MONTH JUNE

FIVE TO FIND IN JUNE • May’s exciting rush is over, and we are into the month of the longest days. Many adult birds will be nesting and we start to see the first returning ‘failed’ breeders or non-breeders from, for example, Arctic wader populations. But we have plenty of our own breeding birds to enjoy this month. Here are five birds to look out for in June.

RARITY PREDICTOR

SHELDUCK

GULL PELLETS

Listen for rare warbler songs

LARKS AND PIPITS IN NUMBERS

Moorland birds • With a bit of good fortune, we may find ourselves more free to explore the more remote habitats of the country, including our moorlands, generally upland areas, rich in heathers. This habitat is home to some of our most exciting birds, which, if you get a chance, you should look for this month.

UK TIDES JUNE • The times below are for high tide, when waders and wildfowl will be pushed closer to dry land...

Beyond Birdwatching • Mid-summer is particularly marvellous for insects and plants, says James Lowen

Weedon’s World • Mike’s been enjoying spectacular local birding and has been doing his best to spread the word to some new birdwatchers

Blackcaps here for winter • Research shows garden feeding has encouraged the birds to choose Britain

GRUMPY OLD BIRDER • This month, Bo welcomes the arrival of ‘natural spring’ and reflects on how a cold winter has affected his garden…

NEWS IN BRIEF

Sky PIRATES! • With their aggressive behaviour, piratical feeding habits and taste for their neighbours, the skuas may well be Britain’s rudest birds

WHERE TO SEE THEM:

Back garden BIRDING • No cheating now! Thirty-minute-birder Amanda Tuke hadn’t realised how competitive a garden bird-list might be – until she sounded out other birdwatchers on compiling one

GET IN TOUCH

My garden birds • Geoff Roberts, who lives with his wife Cath in the Tamar Valley in Cornwall, wrote to tell us about their garden, the birds they have attracted to it, and some of the work they’ve done to help wildlife

Sanctuary SUCCESS • Steve Newman heads to Coquet Island in the north-east of England to marvel at one of the UK’s biggest bird conservation success stories…

ACCESS TO COQUET

Flock TOGETHER • A “people of colour birdwatching collective” is “reclaiming nature and making the outdoors more inclusive”. Birthed in the age of Covid, it is on a rapid growth curve. David Chandler talked to its founding members

New discoveries • Lockdown birding allows Ruth to find a scrap of Siberia in North Wales…

ID Challenge • This month’s challenge features summer garden birds. How many can you identify?

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

ID Tips & tricks • Here are a few extra tips to help you to identify summer garden birds

GO BIRDING • 10 GREAT SITES FOR BRILLIANT BIRDWATCHING

PRACTICAL INFO

PRACTICAL INFO

PRACTICAL INFO

PRACTICAL INFO

PRACTICAL...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 140 Publisher: H BAUER PUBLISHING LIMITED Edition: Jun 01 2021

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: May 6, 2021

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English

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

BIRDING QUESTION • We ask this month’s contributors: What’s your favourite seabird?

...and the Bird Watching team’s answers

YOUR BIRDING MONTH JUNE

FIVE TO FIND IN JUNE • May’s exciting rush is over, and we are into the month of the longest days. Many adult birds will be nesting and we start to see the first returning ‘failed’ breeders or non-breeders from, for example, Arctic wader populations. But we have plenty of our own breeding birds to enjoy this month. Here are five birds to look out for in June.

RARITY PREDICTOR

SHELDUCK

GULL PELLETS

Listen for rare warbler songs

LARKS AND PIPITS IN NUMBERS

Moorland birds • With a bit of good fortune, we may find ourselves more free to explore the more remote habitats of the country, including our moorlands, generally upland areas, rich in heathers. This habitat is home to some of our most exciting birds, which, if you get a chance, you should look for this month.

UK TIDES JUNE • The times below are for high tide, when waders and wildfowl will be pushed closer to dry land...

Beyond Birdwatching • Mid-summer is particularly marvellous for insects and plants, says James Lowen

Weedon’s World • Mike’s been enjoying spectacular local birding and has been doing his best to spread the word to some new birdwatchers

Blackcaps here for winter • Research shows garden feeding has encouraged the birds to choose Britain

GRUMPY OLD BIRDER • This month, Bo welcomes the arrival of ‘natural spring’ and reflects on how a cold winter has affected his garden…

NEWS IN BRIEF

Sky PIRATES! • With their aggressive behaviour, piratical feeding habits and taste for their neighbours, the skuas may well be Britain’s rudest birds

WHERE TO SEE THEM:

Back garden BIRDING • No cheating now! Thirty-minute-birder Amanda Tuke hadn’t realised how competitive a garden bird-list might be – until she sounded out other birdwatchers on compiling one

GET IN TOUCH

My garden birds • Geoff Roberts, who lives with his wife Cath in the Tamar Valley in Cornwall, wrote to tell us about their garden, the birds they have attracted to it, and some of the work they’ve done to help wildlife

Sanctuary SUCCESS • Steve Newman heads to Coquet Island in the north-east of England to marvel at one of the UK’s biggest bird conservation success stories…

ACCESS TO COQUET

Flock TOGETHER • A “people of colour birdwatching collective” is “reclaiming nature and making the outdoors more inclusive”. Birthed in the age of Covid, it is on a rapid growth curve. David Chandler talked to its founding members

New discoveries • Lockdown birding allows Ruth to find a scrap of Siberia in North Wales…

ID Challenge • This month’s challenge features summer garden birds. How many can you identify?

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

ID Tips & tricks • Here are a few extra tips to help you to identify summer garden birds

GO BIRDING • 10 GREAT SITES FOR BRILLIANT BIRDWATCHING

PRACTICAL INFO

PRACTICAL INFO

PRACTICAL INFO

PRACTICAL INFO

PRACTICAL...


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