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Fatbirder is the premier birders’ web resource about birds, birding and birdwatching. Whether you are looking for facts about hummingbirds, songbirds, shorebirds or raptors in your backyard or are planning a trip or birding tour anywhere in the world Fatbirder is the site for you.
There are tens of thousands of links on two thousand pages about birding everywhere; a page for every country & state & every bird family.
It’s all here from RSPB wildlife reserves or Audubon bird sanctuaries to the best bird watching binoculars and spotting scopes. There are page sections on books, guides, forums, reserves, accommodation, trip report, bird clubs and more as well as pages on topics such as ornithology, twitching, endangered species, conservation, equipment, pelagics, birding holidays and much more.
Fatbirder benefits hugely from the contributions of birders, photographers, ornithologists and birdwatchers from all over the world. Local birders wrote most country and state introductions, and Fatbirder users took most of the photographs featured. As always, we welcome feedback and suggestions.
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Freshwater: where biodiversity and local communities meet
Photo Credit: Kravica waterfall on river Trebižat @ Dragana Kovačić Jošić Fishes, snails, plants, subterranean salamanders and more, the Mediterranean Basin Hotspot is globally important for its freshwater biodiversity. This vital habitat ...moreApril 7th, 2022Time to help monitor the birds you love
Moorhen by John Harding Your birdwatching skills can really help in the conservation of the UK’s birds. For just two mornings a year out of your birding calendar, you could contribute to ...moreApril 7th, 2022New study offers hope that conservation can help nature adapt to climate change
A new study, reviewing a suite of published scientific research, provides evidence that conservation action can help species adapt to a changing climate. This offers hope that conservation can play a key ...moreApril 5th, 2022Herons and Scottish Islands
The British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) Heronries Census is one of the longest running bird surveys in the world but there are knowledge gaps for Grey Herons on some of the Scottish ...moreMarch 23rd, 2022
The Condor's Feather
| The Condor’s Feather – Travelling Wild in South America | Michael Webster | September Publishing | 2022 | Paperback | 311 Pages | ISBN: 9781914613005 | £14.99p | The Publisher’s View: ‘One ...moreApril 17th, 2022Hummingbirds
| Hummingbirds – A Celebration of Nature’s Jewels | Glen Bartley & Andy Swash et al | WILDGuides | 2022 | Hardback | 288 Pages | 540+ Colour Photos | ISBN: 9780691182124 ...moreApril 17th, 2022The Lives of Moths
| The Lives of Moths – A Natural History of Our Planet’s Moth Life | Andrei Sourakov & Rachel Warren Chadd | Princeton University Press | 2022 | Hardback | 288 Pages ...moreApril 17th, 2022An Eye For Birds
| Bruce Kendrick | Whittles Publishing | 2022 | Hardback | 192 Pages | c.40 Photos | ISBN: 9781849952952 The Publisher’s View: A celebration of nature and its power to humble and ...moreMarch 26th, 2022
The Latest Grumpy Old Birder Article No. 154 - Bold Birds
The latest Grumpy Old Birder Article is now on line as well as on page 19 of the April 2022 edition of Birdwatching Magazine (UK) Read it HEREDecember 3rd, 2021
Destinations
After much of 2020 has been in ‘lockdown’ and world travel for pleasure greatly reduced – most birders who would normally have travelled to see new birds around the world have been ...moreNovember 25th, 2020Birding Colombia
Eduardo Ormaeche, Birding Ecotours I recently received an email from my main office asking me to write an article about birding in the neotropics. My immediate question was ‘Any particular topic?’ to which ...moreJune 21st, 2021