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Charlie Moores: off your game
Most birding slang is delightful and illustrative, but one term, borrowed from the shooting industry, is offensive. It's time to drop...
26/03/2021
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Always entertaining, sometimes controversial – the views of some of birding's top opinion-makers.
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Sorrel Lyall: diversity in birding – are we making progress?
Barriers to birding remain in place for large sections of our society, and we need to break them down, says one young birder who is...
20/03/2021
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Dominic Mitchell: out with the old ...
New year, new broom. So what should get swept up first? Let's start with a large bunch of uncorroborated historical rarity claims, says...
16/03/2021
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Lucy McRobert: call it out
It's time for the birding community to step up and help make the outdoors a safe space for women – and that means men must start to act.
12/03/2021
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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
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Dominic Mitchell: think global, bird local
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
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Dominic Mitchell: for the record
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
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Dominic Mitchell: birding 2.0
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
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Dominic Mitchell: once in a lifetime
Dominic Mitchell contemplates the unprecedented spectacle of a Bearded Vulture in the Peak District, and what it meant to so many.
18/10/2020
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Lucy McRobert: type cast
Lockdown was an interesting time for the outdoor enthusiast, confined to home and garden, and some different breeds of birder emerged.
24/09/2020
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Hide etiquette in the age of COVID-19
How should we act when visiting a hide during the coronavirus pandemic? Alan Tilmouth offers some suggestions.
21/09/2020
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Dominic Mitchell: name changer
Dominic Mitchell explains why it's time to review the common names of birds that commemorate figures from historical ornithology.
01/09/2020
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