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Our May 2008 issue is packed with advice and inspiration to help you get more from your birding this month:
Major binoculars survey. An in-depth look at four of the best 8x32 binoculars on the market.
Finders keepers. Seven unmissable pages to help you find that bird-of-a-lifetime.
How to photograph birds in flight. All you need to make your garden the place to photograph birds.
Win! A holiday in bird-rich Scotland.
Go Birding. 10 exciting bird walks for the month of May.
Photography special. Portraits of London Grey Herons.
Secret lives: Fascinating facts about the Great Crested Grebe.
Identify: Kites and Marsh Harrier in flight.
It's all in the May 2008 issue of Bird Watching magazine. Don't miss it!
Plus Plus PLUS – Ten new Go Birding walks to try; unique site-by-site guide to all the best birds of March 2008; page after page of ideas for May birding, and so much more!
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Friday, March 28, 2008
May 2008
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Window list latest
The BW office window year list has taken another few steps forward (so we are still just pipping the RSPB webteam...).
Recent additions are:
Grey Heron (27.2.08)
Red Kite (3.3.08) and
Wigeon (10.3.08)
The total is now 41 species.
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Thursday, March 6, 2008
Garden Goldfinch

Here is the latest digiscoped effort from editor Kevin Wilmot's back garden. This time, though, it was his wife Nikki who came up with the shot of this Goldfinch, feeding on niger seeds. (Feel free to click on the shot for a larger version)
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Kev's digiscoping


Griffon Vulture
Black and Griffon Vultures
White Stork, with squatting House and Spanish Sparrows
White Stork
Blue Rock Thrush in mid-leap
Griffon Vulture
Kevin Wilmot is certainly improving his digiscoping! He has recently returned from Extremadura, Spain with these excellent efforts (click each image for a larger version). All images were taken with a Nikon P5000 camera hand-held to a Swarovski ATS 65 HD scope with a 30x eyepiece.
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Friday, February 29, 2008
March 2008

Also, coming soon to a shop near you...
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UK readers, why not try WHSmiths or Tesco:
Bird Watching, March 2008
This month, the UK's most popular monthly birding mag includes the following:
Peregrines – Matt Merritt takes an up-to-the-minute look at the spread of these exciting falcons into our cities.
Big Garden Birdwatch – The Bird Watching team report how they and their families got on with the RSPB's huge annual garden watch.
Six weeks to become a better birdwatcher – Jammed full of tips to help you be a better birder by spring.
Andy Rouse Showcase – A brilliant portfolio by one of the World's top wildlife photographers.
ID Insights: small green warblers – All you need to tell a Chiffchaff from a Willow Warbler and a Wood Warbler.
Secret Life of the Goldcrest – The mysteries and secrets of our smallest bird.
Plus Plus PLUS – Ten new Go Birding walks to try; unique site-by-site guide to all the best birds of January 2008; WIN one of four pairs of Vortex binoculars; page after page of ideas for March birding, and so much more!
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