Bill Oddie: seriously, though
Forty years on from a Wild Weekend in Brixton, the environment is still a word to be avoided and wildlife is suffering for it – it's time...
22/01/2021
Always entertaining, sometimes controversial – the views of some of birding's top opinion-makers.
Forty years on from a Wild Weekend in Brixton, the environment is still a word to be avoided and wildlife is suffering for it – it's time...
22/01/2021
A new event in the birding calendar got off to a flying start back in the autumn, raising vital funds for conservation and encouraging...
10/01/2021
Rarities committees do a great job of assessing records based on evidence submitted by observers. In the case of national firsts, should...
12/12/2020
Every birder should use a notebook, right? Wrong, as Dominic Mitchell discovered when he kicked a habit of 43 years and downloaded an app...
01/11/2020
Dominic Mitchell contemplates the unprecedented spectacle of a Bearded Vulture in the Peak District, and what it meant to so many.
18/10/2020
Lockdown was an interesting time for the outdoor enthusiast, confined to home and garden, and some different breeds of birder emerged.
24/09/2020
How should we act when visiting a hide during the coronavirus pandemic? Alan Tilmouth offers some suggestions.
21/09/2020
Dominic Mitchell explains why it's time to review the common names of birds that commemorate figures from historical ornithology.
01/09/2020
Why are people rubbishing the Bearded Vulture? Its arrival in Britain should be celebrated, whatever its immediate heritage, says Josh...
17/08/2020
Behind the famous ornithological name lies a fabricator and a fraud, writes Alex Berryman.
06/08/2020
More needs to be done to protect open spaces and their wildlife from the impact of increasing visitor numbers, says Dominic Mitchell.
31/07/2020
It goes squarely against the grain for the government's adviser on nature to permit the taking of wild Peregrine chicks, says an...
30/06/2020