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.

BIRDING QUESTION

Welcome

BIRD OF THE MONTH SCAUP

FIVE TO FIND IN NOVEMBER • November is no October (in terms of passage), but there are still plenty of exciting birds around and on the move. Here are five very nice birds to catch up with this month.

RARITY PREDICTOR

LESSER REDPOLL

SWAN FEATHERS

Scanning against the grain

WADERS IN NUMBERS

Winter grebes

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

Beyond Birdwatching • November offers the chance of some late-autumn treats

Weedon’s World • In early October, Mike was invited to come and see one of the rarest birds ever seen in the Peterborough area, in a monsoon!

Return to nature • Norfolk rewilding project aims to help bird species in trouble

GRUMPY OLD BIRDER • This month, Bo declares that it’s not the case that ‘one-size-fits-all’ when it comes to birding…

NEWS IN BRIEF

Duvet days • For thousands of years people have been kept warm by the miraculous insulating powers of the sustainably harvested down of a very special type of duck

My200BirdYear • If you’ve been taking our #My200BirdYear challenge in 2020, then this is when things start to get serious!

THE HAMPSHIRE 150 PHOTO-CHALLENGE SEPTEMBER 2020 UPDATE

Coastal classics • Don’t be put off spending time by the sea enjoying its wide variety of birds. What can appear to be a daunting prospect could change your birding life forever

10 sites to try seawatching from...

LISTEN UP! • Monitoring birds by sound can be a great way to help reverse the fortunes of declining species numbers

THE SCIENCE OF BIOACOUSTICS AND SOUNDSCAPES – A FEW FACTS

Future hopes • Author and occasional Bird Watching contributor Ben Macdonald is currently celebrating an award for writing on global conservation. Here, he talks about his hopes of declines in wildlife and birds being reversed…

Expect the unexpected! • A birding trip can turn into something much more exciting through the unpredictability of wildlife, as Ruth joyfully discovers

ID Challenge • This month’s challenge concentrates on a single family of birds, the finches

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 winter finches

GO BIRDING • 10 GREAT SITES FOR BRILLIANT BIRDWATCHING

Reader Shots

YOUR VIEW • PHOTOS, LETTER, TWEETS, QUESTIONS - HAVE YOUR SAY

PICS FROM OUR FACEBOOK GROUP

Your Questions

Yellow-browed Warbler • It would be a very special day indeed if you were to catch sight of this glorious and rare autumn bird…

Brecon birding • A trip to one of Wales’s three national parks will never disappoint the wildlife-watchers among you

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Highland winter birding • Fabulous birding in the north of Scotland on this brilliant Bird Watching Readers’ Break!

Prague, Czech Republic • The Urban Birder visits this wonderful city on a quest for the Black Woodpecker…

KEY SPECIES

BIRDS ON...