Friends & Links

Websites & Blogs of friends & contributors

Andrew Carey – Andrew Carey Photography

Andy Rouse – Andy Rouse Wildlife Photography

Ben Locke, wildlife photography – Ben Locke

Ben Macdonald – Ben Macdonald

Bob Philpott – Cotswold Water Park Birding Blog

David Slater – DJS Photography

Gareth Harris – Cotswold Water Park

Gary Thoburn – Gary’s Photos

Graham Watson – Sea and Sky Birding

James Lees – JSLees Photography

Lewis Thomson – LT Images

Martin Dyer – Wildlife Across The Water

Martin McGill – Anser Birding

Nathan Casburn – Weekend Birder

Paul Bowerman – Severnside Birds

Paul Masters – Paul’s Birding Diary

Vince Jones – The Barn Owl Centre

If I’ve missed anyone let me know.

Birding Links

The links are arranged alphabetically I test these links regularly but if you find any that have stopped working then please let me know.

Arkive    One of my favourite sites packed with movies, pictures and info of wildlife.

Avibirds European birdguide online    European database for over 450 species.

The Bakewell Birder    Simon Wilson’s site on the birds of Bakewell, Derbyshire.

The Barn Owl Centre    Netheridge Farm, Netheridge Close, Hempsted, Gloucester GL2 5LE. Tel: 01452 383999.

Bavarian Birds    An excellent German site in English with a good bird quiz.

BirdGuides    Dave Gosney and Max Whitby’s site. The premier website dedicated to birdwatchers everywhere, offering news of UK rarities, an online reference and video library.

Bird Forum    Bird Forum hosted by Steve Elliott.

Birding In Spain    Steve West’s new web site for travelling birders with an interest in NE Spain. There are free itineraries and maps to the best birding spots in northeast Spain, checklists, trip reports, downloads and more.

Birding Pal    A site to help you find a birding local when you holiday abroad

Birding UK   Neil Rigby’s  directory of birding links for the UK.

The Birds of South Gloucestershire    Martin Hayes Birds of South Gloucestershire.

Beginners Guide to Birdwatching  From Jessica Lowe, Colorado

The Boat Inn    Visit the Boat Inn at Ashleworth for great beer, a lovely setting and a friendly atmosphere.

Bob Bushell’s Wildlife Photography     Bob’s wildlife photos and much more.

10000 Birds    An excellent site by Charlie Moores and friends, a much travelled cabin crew member on British Airways.

CVL Birding    Chew Valley Lake birding.

Cheltenham Bird Club    Contact at contact@cheltenhambirdclub.org.uk

Dawlish Warren    A site for Dawlish Warren in Devon.

Dictionary    An excellent Bird dictionary.

DJS Photography    David Slater’s photographic site.

Dursley Birdwatching and Preservation Society

DBA    Dutch Birding Association

The excellent Fat Birder site hosted by Bo Beolens. The Fat Birder links up birding enthusiasts from all over the world. Based in the UK it carries detailed information for UK birders but there is a sufficient variety of sites around the world to interest every visitor to the site.

The Forest of Dean Blog    Ben Locke’s Forest of Dean Blog. The fauna, flora and landscapes of the Dean in pictures.

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust    Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust’s site.

Gwent Ornithological Society    Everything you need to know about birding in Gwent.

Herefordshire Ornithological Club    Herefordshire birding site.

Isle of Mull Cottages    Book a self catering holiday home on the Isle of Mull

Leurmans    Harry Leurmans Nature photography site.

Portland Bird Observatory    Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre, latest sightings, pictures etc.

Roundabout Malvern    Steve Avery’s Malvern wildlife and nature page.

Severnsidebirds    Paul Bowerman’s Severnside Birds.

Simon Mackie and West Country Birder    Simon Mackie’s Digital Photography sites.

Simon Thurgood Images     Simon’s  images of natural history found in the United Kingdom and Blog.

The Somerset Birder    James Packer’s site.

Southern Curlews    A new website on Curlews in southern England www.curlewcall.org

Surfbirds    Huge UK/US birding site.

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/    For all kinds of useful information about the county.

UK Moths    The best British moth site around………..probably.

The Welsh Kite Trust    Information on Welsh Red Kites and Gigrin Farm.

Where Do You Want To Go Birding Today?    Where do you want to go birding? Worldwide information.

Wildlife of Sunderland Point    A beautiful birding area on the River Lune Estuary in Morecambe Bay.

Wildlife Bird Photography in Greece    Panos Oikonomou’s photography site.

Wildlife Sightings    This site shares wildlife sightings on a variety of social media platforms, but predominately Twitter.

Worcester Birding    Brian Stretch’s Worcester Birding site