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I have just spent the past month exploring the virtues of some new Birding Journal software I was kindly sent. I must say that I have been highly impressed by it and have found it an excellent addition to my Bird Recording.

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British Birding Association

The Hampshire Bird Report for 2008 Published by the Hampshire Ornithological Society in October 2009 Well, I am always excited on receiving this publication, not only because of its usual high quality but also of its wonderful ‘new’ printing aroma. Hampshire Bird Reports of late have been of the highest accolade and bar those produced [...]

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British Birding Association

The standard of this annual bird report just keeps getting better and better and considering this is one of the first to appear for 2007, its editorial team and production consultants need to be congratulated. The quality of the colour reproduction throughout the report is first-rate and liberal and the cover portraits of Farlington Spotted [...]

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British Birding Association

This work is an essential reference for anyone seeking a book about the status, distribution and vagrancy patterns of rare species within the UK and Ireland, together with a comprehensive overview of Western Palearctic records. It pulls together the records for all species presently treated as ‘rarities’ by the British Birds Rarities Committee (BBRC) and [...]

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British Birding Association

I always look forward to receiving the Highland Bird Report and that produced for Year 2006 is perhaps the best for that region yet. It is a real bumper issue, stretching to a staggering 208 pages and is, as usual, crammed full of invaluable information. From the front cover portrait (a stunning portrayal of an [...]

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British Birding Association

You either love or loathe Spurn Point in East Yorkshire as it is a migration spot where you literally either see very little or incredibly much on a visit during peak periods, and on many visits it can be particularly frustrating, especially if you have just missed that flythrough Pallid Harrier, Chimney Swift, Calandra Lark, [...]

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British Birding Association

Wow ! What a production. From the dazzling Osprey front cover through the array of colour photographs and artwork inside, this bumper 254-page special 50th Edition is truly sumptuous. The editorial team (Alan Cox, John Clark, Jason Crook, Richard Ford, Paul Norris and Pauline Cox) are to be congratulated on this mamoth production, quite easily [...]

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British Birding Association

Rare Birds Yearbook 2008 is an absolute essential purchase for all of you concerned about the predicament facing the World’s 189 most threatened birds. This doomsday avian charter highlights the most threatened birds on the planet (in fact it includes some birds, such as Slender-billed Curlew, which I consider became extinct some 14 years ago [...]

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British Birding Association

The three most recent volumes of the HIGHLAND BIRD REPORT have just arrived on my desk, including the 2005 edition which has just been published. With a superb juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper adorning the front cover (provided by Dave Pullan), this really is an impressive bird report. It is a sumptuous edition at 248 pages long, [...]

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