25 years is a long time in…well it’s a long time, full stop. Birdwatch magazine is 25 years old and this is its 300th issue. Happy Birthday! In this issue there are articles on the development of optics technology and digital photography (by Mike Alibone and Steve Young) and a piece by me on…
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House Martins – it looks like a poor year
One of the problems of not having been in the UK for about a month this spring is that I have not seen spring build as I normally do. And I am still catching up. The few pairs of House Martins in my street aren’t there this year. And there aren’t any just around the…
Tim Melling – Lanner
Lanner Falcons are scarce breeding birds in Europe but they are more numerous in sub-Saharan Africa. So it was a species I was hoping to see and photograph in Ethiopia but I got better than I could have hoped for. This male was flying round at eye-level in the morning sunshine with steep nesting cliffs…
An Unreliable History of Birdwatching (8) by Paul Thomas
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Birdwatchers are smoking mad
Birdwatchers are up in arms at the description of the new colour for cigarette packets as ‘the world’s ugliest colour’. Pantone 448 c is the colour which dominates the wardrobes of many UK birders – although not that of Lee G R Evans. Staff of clothing firms Country Innovation, Rohan and Paramo are reaching…