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 your favourite wader?

YOUR BIRDING MONTH • JUNE

FIVE BIRDS TO FIND IN JUNE • The long days of the middle of the year coincide with the peak of the breeding season for many birds raising young. Just about all the ‘summer migrants’ are with us, though, and there are plenty of birds to enjoy. Here are five crackers.

RARITY PREDICTOR • June is as good a month for extreme rarities. Here are three that just might turn up in the UK this month.

SPARROWS IN NUMBERS

Non-auk cliff nesters • When you visit a ‘seabird city’ based around tall steep cliffs, auks will be high on the menu of expected and desired species. But most of these colonies will also feature a suite of equally spectacular birds which choose to nest on and around cliffs. Here are five of the key players.

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

Beyond Birdwatching • June brings an abundance of interest, says James Lowen

Weedon's World • April is a time of celebration and an awful lot of birding. Mike is again after 30 year ticks in the month's 30 days

The making of a classic • A museum is highlighting one of the most influential books in British nature writing with a multimedia exhibition

NEWS IN BRIEF

Grumpy Old Birder • The picture has changed where bird photography is concerned, writes Bo…

Sign up to #My200BirdYear • June might boast the year's longest hours of daylight (meaning there's no excuse for not fitting in a bit more birding), but it's also the best time of year to go birding during the hours of darkness. Follow these tips, and you'll be able to add some great new birds to your list…

Magic in Manchester • Thirty-minute birder Amanda Tuke squeezes in some therapeutic spring birding on a visit to the city

Opening up birding to all

Where to watch • For a comprehensive account of great birding sites in the Greater Manchester area and beyond, visit www.manchesterbirding.com. If you want to squeeze in some birding during a short city visit, here are suggestions for sites within 30 minutes, by public transport, of Manchester Piccadilly railway station.

Rise of the Bradford PEREGRINES • How these charismatic raptors colonised a corner of the post-industrial north

A headstart for Curlews • Cathy Robinson discovers how Kent's Elmley Nature Reserve is offering a leg up to this rapidly declining wader

From the SEA TO THE SKY • One perfect birding day supplied Ruth Miller with treasures from mountaintop to seashore

IDChallenge • This month's challenge is all about the identification of baby 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 baby birds

GO BIRDING • 10 great sites for brilliant birdwatching

CRAIGMORE WOOD

THE HIRSEL

SALTHOLME RSPB

FOULSHAW MOSS CWT

STOCKS RESERVOIR

INGLEBY TO MILTON

HERGEST RIDGE

TEWINBURY HMWT

AMBERSHAM COMMON

MARTIN DOWN NNR

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