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 • We ask this month’s contributors: What is your favourite species of diving duck?

Welcome

YOUR BIRDING MONTH • NOVEMBER

FIVE BIRDS TO FIND IN NOVEMBER • Although November doesn’t hold quite the level of excitement and anticipation as the previous couple of months, there are certainly plenty of birds out there to enjoy. Here are five real crackers to enjoy (or add to your list) before the year comes to an end.

Beyond Birdwatching • Catch creatures this month before they start hiding, James Lowen suggests…

Weedon’s World • In September, Mike took a trip to northern Peru, where he hoped to photograph one of the great birds of the World

Give us a Curlew • A modest success suggests new hope for the threatened wader, writes Jon Carter…

Treat a loved one, and the birds

Grumpy Old Birder • Growing your own is the only sustainable way forward, writes Bo Beolens…

Sign up to #My200BirdYear • Wintering species are still arriving, with the weather often reshuffling them as they seek new places to roost and forage. Many resident species remain in roving flocks, seeking safety and foraging in numbers. Snap weather changes will deliver scarcer species but now is generally the season of spectacle rather than rarity - a time of both quantity and quality

In safe hands • What 30-minute birder Amanda Tuke hears from Gen Z birders reassures her about the future of British birdwatching…

Force of nature • Springwatch presenter Megan McCubbin meets John Miles to discuss TV, tour guiding, conservation and fighting illegal hunting…

Pulling the sting • A century has passed since the book Birds in England called on naturalists to get their act together. A landmark book, and a clarion call for nature protection, Conor Mark Jameson reflects on its context, and its impact…

IDChallenge • This month’s challenge is all about the identification of diving ducks

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 female diving sea ducks

GO BIRDING • 10 great sites for brilliant birdwatching

LOCH FRISA • A mixed habitat site on the isle of eagles

DAER RESERVOIR • Mixed habitats and varied birding at this upland water body

HAUXLEY NR • Coastal dunes, woodland, lake and reedbeds

SELKER POINT • Seawatching is the highlight at this excellent coastal site

FREISTON SHORE RSPB • Winter waders and wildfowl on the edge of the Wash

DAVENTRY CP • An easily birded site with a good record for rarities

SHOEBURYNESS • An historic North Sea coastal site

WINTERBOURNE DOWNS • A short walk around a big project

EGGESFORD FOREST • Woodland and farmland birding

RADIPOLE LAKE RSPB • A wetland gem in the heart of Weymouth

YOURVIEW • 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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