Birding World was a monthly birding magazine published in the United Kingdom. It was the magazine of the Bird Information Service, based at Cley next the Sea, Norfolk. With the publication of issue No. 26/12 in January 2014, Birding World magazine ceased publication.[1][2]
 March 2011 cover | |
| Editor | Steve Gantlett |
|---|---|
| Categories | Birdwatching |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Bird Information Service |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Final issue | January 2014 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | Cley next the Sea, Norfolk |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.birdingworld.co.uk |
| ISSN | 0969-6024 |
History and profile
editOriginally published in 1987[3] as Twitching volume 1, the magazine underwent a name-change to this name, in 1988 (also resetting its volume count back to 1).[2] The editor was Steve Gantlett, and the assistant editor Richard Millington.
It was aimed at birders with an interest in the occurrence and identification of rare birds in the United Kingdom and the Western Palearctic. It also covered birding-related material from around the globe.
The range of material published included:
- papers on bird identification, often including proposed new identification characters for difficult groups of taxa
- news articles on rare birds in Britain and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic
Significant articles published included:
- A three-part series by Krister Mild on the identification of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers
- A number of papers on the Feas's/Zino's petrel group
- An identification paper on booted, Sykes', western olivaceous and eastern olivaceous warblers
In 2004, its circulation was estimated at 4000 copies.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ www.birdingworld.co.uk Birding World
- ^ a b "Birding World". Ornithology Exchange. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ Caroline Taggart (30 June 2010). Writer's Market 2010: Make Money Writing. F+W Media. p. 508. ISBN 978-0-7153-3529-1. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ Wallace, D. I. M. (2004) Beguiled by Birds ISBN 0-7136-6535-1 p. 138
External links
edit- Birding World
- Evans, Graham (April 1987). "Britain's First Lesser Scaup". Twitching. 1 (3): 65–66. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
 | This British magazine or academic journal–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See tips for writing articles about magazines. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. |