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LATEST NEWS
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New Binoculars, Scopes & Gear
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- Pro Birder: standing the test of time - SWAROVSKI OPTIK's EL binocular range still as popular as ever after 7 years
- Pro Birder: a closer look at SWAROVSKI OPTIK's NL Pure Binoculars
- Pro Birder: The SMARTOSCOPE VARIO - one universal smartphone Digiscoping adapter to rule them all?
- Pro Birder: overview of SWAROVSKI OPTIK's new 115-mm objective module
- New gear: Lowepro continues their legacy of innovation with new green line label collection made from 75% recycled fabrics
- Opticron releases their all-new Aurora BGA VHD 8x42 and 10x42 binoculars
- SWAROVSKI OPTIK expands its NL Pure range with smaller, lighter NL Pure 32 binoculars
- Gearing company set to launch the 'future of tripods'
- Stylish and practical new outdoors jackets from Country Innovation about to hit the shops after 2 year wait
- SWAROVSKI OPTIK releases new CL Pocket binoculars for those looking for a compact all-rounder
- SWAROVSKI OPTIK launches new GEAR collection
- SWAROVSKI OPTIK release 'first of its kind' new 115-mm objective module for birders
- OXAZ unveils the OVERCAP - the first all-weather removable hood for birders and wildlife watchers
- SWAROVSKI OPTIK announce new NL Pure binoculars
- Kowa's SV II series binoculars: we get in touch with nature from the comfort of the garden sofa
- SWAROVSKI OPTIK changes the game of bird identification with release of their digital guide
- Kowa's definition of 'crystal clear' makes sense with their Prominar technology
- The fluorite magic behind Kowa's TSN-880 scope explained
- Video #2: Kowa's BDII-XD wide angle binoculars explained
- Video #1: Kowa BDII-XD wide angle binoculars
- Kowa's SV binoculars receive stylish cosmetic makeover with the second generation SV II's
- Canon launches two new pairs of image stabiliser binoculars - 8x20 IS and 10x20 IS
- New Kowa BDII-XD wide angle binoculars will be available in UK dealers this September
- KITE OPTICS release new Lynx HD+ binoculars
- New camo travel tripod from Manfrotto for all levels of bird photography
- Gitzo's new 2 way fluid tripod head for bird observers using medium-sized scopes and camera lenses up to 200mm
- Five things to look for when purchasing a bird nest box
- Country Innovation launches new RSPB Avocet jackets
- Walkstool - a Swedish three-legged stool invention that's ideal for birding
- KITE Optics expand their SP range with compact 65mm model
- SWAROVSKI OPTIK release PA-i8 digiscoping adapter for iPhone 8 owners
- First Look at the popular field pouch from Country Innovation
- SWAROVSKI OPTIK to launch brand new BTX binocular spotting scope at some of UK's most popular nature reserves
- Raptor smock and trousers from Country Innovation
- SWAROVSKI OPTIK launches new EL family of Binoculars
- Steiner launch new Observer series Binoculars with 10 year warranty
- SWAROVSKI OPTIK launches new digiscoping adapter for the iPhone 6
- First Look: Country Innovation's New Raptor (15 Pocket) Waistcoat
- SWAROVSKI OPTIK launches new CL Companion Africa range of binoculars
- Insightful new book details climate change impacts, extinction risks of global bird populations and conservation responses
- First look: new Steiner SkyHawk 3.0 8x32 binoculars
- SWAROVSKI OPTIK and World Land Trust announce new ranger programme partnership
- New range of BUFF® multifunctional headwear designed for birdwatchers by wildlife artist Jane Smith
- Just in: New edition of classic handbook, released to celebrate 125 years of the RSPB
- The latest innovation from Swarovski Optik will allow a new perspective in smartphone photography
- New Vortex Viper HD 12x50 Roof Prism Binoculars arrive in the UK
- SWAROVSKI OPTIK launches new range of compact CL pocket binoculars
- SWAROVSKI OPTIK prepares to unveil new SLC binocular range in October
- Country Innovation's Rover Jacket - ideal for birding?
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Rarities & Conservation
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- BTO: PJ the super cuckoo clocks in for seventh summer
- Osprey Nest Site: Live Webcam set up at secret location in Poole Harbour
- New research: Sniffer dogs being trained to help detect seabirds
- Global warming: Swallows have stopped migrating 6,000 miles to Africa and are spending the winter in Britain instead
- Record numbers: The common crane continues its comeback after the latest breeding survey reveals a record breaking 72 pairs across the UK
- Back from the dead: Rare Greater Spotted Eagles have returned to the Chernobyl area after going extinct before the accident
- Under threat: corncrake numbers have continued to fall in 2021
- Conservation: uncovering the movements of one of Europe’s rarest eagles
- Global warming: Britain's best-loved birds could disappear from much of our coastline by 2050
- Conservation: new report shows that the fate of some of the UK's rarest birds are improving, thanks to improved protection and conservation efforts
- Conservation: white-tailed eagle identified as nearly 24 years old, making it the oldest known in Britain and Ireland
- Eight golden eagles released into South of Scotland
- British Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology announce the winner of the award for Best Bird Book of the Year 2020
- Rare 'leucistic' puffin spotted n Handa Island in Scotland
- Hunting ban in Spain will save almost 1 million turtle doves
- 2020 produces a mixed bag for Northern Ireland's seabirds
- Plenty of reasons to be optimistic about UK's house sparrows
- Crane population hits record-breaking high after becoming extinct in the UK nearly 400 years ago
- Seabirds killed in Namibia fishery reduced by 98% thanks to innovative bird-scaring lines adopted by fleets
- The National bird of Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia is now globally threatened with extinction
- British cuckoo tracked making 1,850 miles journey over Atlantic and Sahara Desert as weather system makes it all possible
- Rare wading bird breeds at Somerset reserve in miracle first for South West England
- Rosy starlings spotted across all four countries with many more possibly to come...
- Record breakers! 2019 was a record-breaking year with 122 breeding pairs of Roseate terns
- Pair of rare Mistle thrush set-up family home in Leeds traffic light!
- World's rarest duck breeds in the wild for the first time
- Curlew hunting given green light in France despite experts’ warnings
- Rathlin could be a ‘Love Island’ for corncrakes as two pairs recorded for first time since the ‘80s
- Rare birds eggs stolen from Norfolk beach
- Endangered curlews in lowland England have been handed a lifeline after dozens of rescued eggs hatched at WWT Slimbridge
- Conservationists concerned about late swift return
- 150th osprey chick hatches at Rutland Water Nature Reserve
- A case of mistaken identity - Bewick’s swans being hunted accidentally, research finds
- Stone-curlews, one of the UK's rarest breeding birds, are still vulnerable despite decades of recovery
- New study suggests widespread illegal killing of hen harriers on English grouse moors
- Illegal songbird trapping in Cyprus at ten year low on UK military base
- Recorded movement of a steppe eagle over 20 year period
- Bald eagle rescued after developing huge ball of ice on his tail
- Swifts are in trouble... here's how you can help them
- Hen harrier named 'River' disappears in suspicious circumstances over North Yorkshire
- History made as world’s rarest bird released into the wild
- Take a walk with penguins in immersive 3D short film experience
- Which penguin species will be most affected by climate change?
- Figures released reveal 2018 has been the most successful year for Britain's tallest bird - the common crane - since the 17th century
- New report says grouse moor regulation is vital to ending illegal killing of Scotland's Birds of Prey
- Bitterns breed on Isle of Wight for first time ever
- New report finds a third of Welsh birds are in decline
- If a proposal by Norway to the EU is adopted, it will soon become legal to kill wild barnacle geese in the UK
- Proposal to allow legal killing of barnacle geese has been rejected!
- European storm petrel chick has been recorded calling on the Shiant Isles for the very first time
- Spoon-billed sandpiper reared by a WWT conservationist in Russia was sighted by a friend over 3,000 miles away in China just weeks later
- Project to create Europe’s first solar-powered flamingo house and boost breeding conditions wins funding bid through public vote
- National Lottery award £4.1m grant to support transformation of WWT Slimbridge
- British charity urges support for Vulture and Birds of Prey Conservation Projects in Bulgaria, India and South Africa
- New behaviour seen in rare wading birds
- British film stars lead support for first ever lone female expedition to save Europe's smallest swans
- Murky past of Britain’s rarest duck revealed by Big Ben - a giant sediment corer...
- Spoon-billed Sandpiper team recognised for innovative ornithology
- New figures reveal UK's smallest and rarest Swan suffers alarming crash in numbers
- Autumn migration: Swallow in focus
- First ever Spoon-billed Sandpiper chick hatches in the wild by a hand-reared bird
- Seabirds on autumn passage: Little Gull in focus
- First ever study of the world’s rarest bird has revealed that 96% of its chicks die before fledging - new wetland home needed
- Open debate hosted by World Land Trust and Chris Packham to tackle controversial subject of hunting and its impact on conservation
- Critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper gets renewed support from Leica Camera AG
- 16 young Great Crane chicks graduate from last ever school class
- World bird news: first hand-reared Spoon-billed Sandpiper returns to breed in Chukotka, Russia
- Cranes are like buses, you wait 400 years and then two come along at once!
- Recently-hatched Crane chicks give conservationists fresh hope about seeing a new generation of wild Cranes in the west of Britain
- World Land Trust and Sir David Attenborough celebrate 25 years of successful conservation projects at the BAFTA theatre, London
- Rare Rufous Owl sightings in Australia's Northern Territory delights birders with their return
- Rare hand-reared Spoon-billed Sandpiper spotted after flying quarter-way round the world
- New hope for two of the most world's most threatened birds, the Spoon-billed Sandpiper and Nordmann's Greenshank
- Researchers from WWT using Facebook style 'Likes' to record Flamingo data
- New species of Tailorbird discovered in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh
- Spoon-billed Sandpipers gain much-needed financial help from Leica Camera AG
- Twenty critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper chicks hatch under expert care in the Russian Far East.
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Phonescoping & Digiscoping
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- BPOTY competition: Bird Photographer of the Year 2021 winners
- How to take better bird photographs with a simple and affordable smartphone adapter
- Widen your birding experience further with some great viewing enhancing binocular accessories from Kowa
- Video: How to use SWAROVSKI OPTIK's digital guide (dG)
- DIGISCOPING SERIES: watch Kowa's powerful 'System' in action
- Paul Hackett Phonescoping: Juvenile Eurasian Bittern, RSPB Lakenheath Suffolk UK 🇬🇧 July 2018
- Update for Digiscoper of the Year by SWAROVSKI OPTIK: 13th edition
- PhoneSkope's new C-4 Universal Mini Adapter arrives in UK
- Digiscoping Tutorials
- Digiscoping Gear
- Digiscoping Top 10's
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Nature Reserves
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- RSPB: Britain's Bitterns make record breaking recovery
- Highly Recommended: the best UK Nature Reserves to visit in 2022
- Beginners Birdwatching: Top tips for beginner birders and must-visit birdwatching reserves in the UK
- Staycations in 2020 produced the ultimate seabird watching opportunities for UK's birders
- 2020 has been a record-breaking year for UK's roseate turns
- WWT to re-open 6 wetland centres from June 10
- Spoon-billed sandpipers given fresh hope after chicks hatch at WWT Slimbridge reserve
- New state-of-the-art estuary hide being opened at WWT Slimbridge
- Where can you see pink-footed geese in England this winter?
- Britain is booming! Bitterns on the rise and here's where to see one
- History made as first pair of Savi’s warbler nest in Wales
- Dozens of hand-reared curlews released onto reserves in Gloucestershire as part of a trial to conserve the species
- Miracle birds hatched from ‘muddy potato’ eggs return thousands of miles to rearing site
- Get your 2019 off to a flying start with a visit to one of these five marvellous nature reserves on New Year's Day
- Video from the annual ‘swanfall’ at WWT Slimbridge
- The annual ‘swanfall’ at WWT Slimbridge has kicked off with a flurry of Bewick’s swans checking in for the winter
- Winter owls! Plan your trip with Birding24/7's six best places to watch owls this winter
- Starling spectacular!
- Common Crane breeds for the first time at WWT Welney Wetland Centre
- London Wetland Centre provides success story as European nature declines overall
- Video series highlights - boom time for wetland birding as highest ever Shoveler numbers are recorded at WWT Slimbridge
- Visitors expected to flock to WWT Slimbridge to see work of famous Flamingo artist, Jeremy Houghton
- Video series - weekly wildlife round-up from WWT Slimbridge
- Power line research to reduce risks for tens of thousands of swans and geese
- Wildlife enthusiasts offered a piece of conservation history
- Top 20 birdwatching Highland highlights
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TV, Tours, Talks & Events
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- Events: Join us at the National Outdoor Expo on March 19-20 with 50% off tickets for Birding24/7 readers
- Events: Global Birdfair announced for weekend of 15-17 July 2022
- Events: Join SWAROVSKI OPTIK at WWT London for a guided bird walk and the opportunity to test out their latest optics
- BBC Springwatch team film the 'horse of the forest'
- MigFest 2021 tickets selling fast
- Indy Greene and the goshawks of Sherwood Forest
- World records tumble at the biggest birdwatching event in history
- Mega birding milestones on the Isles of Scilly
- Virtual Birdfair 2020 preview - Kowa exclusive deals, spotlights and webinars
- How have Barn owls been impacted by COVID-19 restrictions/lack of tourism?
- OSME’s first online Summer Meeting – save the date
- Birdfair 2019: a look at what awaits you on the Kowa booth
- Birdfair 2019: Simon King's Wild World Talks - don't miss this!
- Conservation careers clinic for 16-25 year olds at this years Birdfair
- Buy a ticket to attend the Birdfair, nature's 'Glastonbury' this August and help raise vital funds for conservation
- Birdfair breaks £5million barrier - and focuses on saving Cambodia's big five
- Birdfair - Destination Hotspots
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Wildlife & Insects
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- Is avian malaria behind drastic decline of London’s iconic sparrow?
- Please feed your garden birds this Christmas - but not with turkey fat
- The Wildlife Trusts have condemned HS2's phase 2B draft environmental statement - saying the impact on wild plants and animals will be absolutely devastating
- Advice and top tips to improve your garden birds chances of survival this winter
- Record breaking number of Pink-footed Geese arrive at Lancashire reserve
- The WWT’s entire history of scientific publishing is now available online to all waterbird and conservation enthusiasts, dating back to 1947
- Britain’s biggest public-led investigation into the health of native wildlife begins
- Spectacular results for British garden butterflies after fantastic summer
- Otter snapped by camera trap at Steart marshes for first time
- Wetlands futures conference to address flooding and drought
- Columbian golden poison frog's being reared in cups of redbush tea by WWT
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New Binoculars, Scopes & Gear
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GARDEN BIRDWATCH
- Garden Birdwatch: Nest Box Live product demonstration video
- Garden Birdwatch: 10,000 volunteers provide vital new information on UK's breeding Tawny Owls
- Garden Birdwatch: Nest Box Live to finally launch on Kickstarter in April 2022
- Bird Facts: 5 amazing facts about robins, the nation's favourite bird
- 1 million take part in record-breaking RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
- Feeding garden birds in winter: how to prepare a Christmas feast for your garden bird visitors
- Learn more about robins with our handy fact file
- Researchers ask for help to track finches in UK gardens
- Where have all our blue tits gone in 2020?
- Discover the secrets of your garden and the great outdoors with exclusive Kowa garden kit offers
- Actor Martin Shaw teams up with ornithologists to support well-being and mental health
- Sunday 3rd May is International Dawn Chorus Day – a day to celebrate the early morning swell of birdsong!
- It's official! The Wren is the UK's most commonest bird
- Nuthatch is the gift that keeps on giving this Christmas
- Scottish Short-eared Owl is tracked to Morocco's 'oyster capital'
- Robin flies across the North Sea in just 4 hours!
- Fifty years of data shows species winners and losers of climate change in England
- British scientists working with local conservationists to track the fortunes of Cuckoos in Mongolia
- Tickets now on sale for the 7th annual spurn migration festival
- UK's birds hit by weather double whammy in 2018
- Volunteer efforts yield new insights into Britain and Ireland's birds
- Britain's owls need twenty minutes of your time this winter
- Wading birds are benefiting from conservation action
- Bird Photographer of the Year 2018 winners announced
- BTO fits 10 Cuckoos with tiny satellite tags in a bid to follow them back to their wintering grounds in central africa
- Bullfinches are flourishing in Britain's gardens according to the BTO's garden birdwatch survey
- On eve of world migratory bird day - survey celebrates platinum anniversary
- New report states many rare UK breeding bird species are already being affected by climate change
- Next Generation Birders and the BTO are running a competition to find Spurn Bird Observatory's young birder of the year
- UK bird populations benefitting from innovative partnerships between conservation organisations and corporate industries
- Nature alert: nearly one-in-five bird species in Europe is at risk of extinction
- Decades of data analysed to establish breeding movement change
- New BTO BirdTrends report says twenty-eight UK species have exhibited a fall in numbers of greater than 50% over the last 35-45 years
- Unusual weather in 2014 prompting the question: what will the winter hold for our garden birds?
- Latest Breeding Bird Survey annual report reveals all three UK breeding wagtail species are in long-term decline
- Latest data collected by thousands of Wetland Bird Survey volunteers show that populations of the UK’s most familiar coastal waders have declined markedly in the last ten years
- Chris the Cuckoo sets off on another Congo adventure, waves goodbye to Britain for the fourth time - follow his progress...
- People power: New survey launches to learn more about the intelligence of our garden Rooks
- Record breaking birds: remarkable Buzzard clocks out at 28 years, 1 month and 11 days - more than double the species' usual lifespan
- Fifteen satellite-tagged Cuckoo's will take to the skies in a bid to tackle their worrying decline
- Summer bird feeding tips from the BTO
- UK Scientists hold their breath for the return of a very special Cuckoo
- New study demonstrates that climate change alters natural relationships between bird species
- All of Britain and Ireland’s birds mapped digitally for the first time ever
- What a difference a year makes; early nesting in 2014
- Dedicated birders receive special recognition after counting birds for twenty years in the name of science
- Garden BirdWatch results just in, revealing a roller coaster 2013...
- Record numbers of British Puffins caught up in recent Bay of Biscay storms - outlook not good...
- Early breeders bring major cause for concern as numbers fall rapidly
- Why putting up a nest box is one of the best things you can do for bird research
- BTO announce Chris Packham as their new President for the next four years
- Where are all the thrushes?
- Nesting birds take inspiration from the swinging sixties after cold spring
- The Marsh Award for Ornithology presented to Dr Jane Reid
- UK’s internationally important seabird populations are being affected by fishing activities in the North Sea
- Bird Atlas 2007–11: hugely ambitious volunteer project throws up some startling results
- New research provides strong evidence on how climate change is affecting British birds
- Latest results from BTO's small army of garden birdwatchers spells problems for Collared Doves, Greenfinches and Starlings
- Reduction in garden pesticide use and changes in farming practices stabilising our House Sparrow numbers
- Changing fortunes for Britain's winter birds
- Where have all your Blackbirds gone?
- All change in the finch family; Siskins and Lesser Redpolls increase while Greenfinches decline
- More food in spring brings earlier egg laying and increased productivity for Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Where on Earth do British House Martins go?
- How did the 2012 downpours affect nesting in garden birds and what will the rest of 2013 hold?
- Garden birds indicate widespread failure in seed crops of various trees
- Cuckoo's are on their way back - so its hello BST!
- Green gauge: twice as many Siskins as normal are currently visiting the nation’s gardens.
- Give a bird a home for National Nest Box Week 14-21 February 2013
- Farming in the tropics: how can both food production and biodiversity be maximised?
- Citizen Scientists reveal how snow brings birds into gardens
- Latest Sightings: BTO's Garden Blackcap Survey
- COVID-19 Lockdown: RSPB begins a daily breakfast birdwatch between 8-9am weekdays
- For the first time in 29 years roseate terns, the UK’s rarest nesting seabirds, hatched four fluffy chicks on The Skerries, off Anglesey
- Over 10 hen harrier chicks satellite tagged this summer in Scotland
- Island restoration could mean a ‘rosy’ future for rare terns
- RSPB's project puffin is back! This time scientists need snaps of puffins with fish in their bills from any year
- Half a million people across the UK take part in RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch, counting more than 7.5 million birds in total
- RSPB asks public to download and stream song to highlight the fact that there are 40 million fewer birds in the UK now than half a century ago
- The UK’s second rarest breeding seabird, the little tern, benefits from nest site protection at vulnerable beach sites
- Lake District nature reserve awarded grant for woodland creation
- Albatross-eating mice responsible for two million fewer seabird chicks on UK island each year
- RSPB’s Birdcrime report reveals 68 confirmed incidents of bird of prey persecution in the UK during 2017, but many illegal killings are going undetected or unreported
- Arctic skuas could become extinct as a breeding species in the UK according to a new study
- Nightjars breeding at RSPB HQ for first time in 45 years
- We take a closer look at the south coast RSPB reserve which attracted the American Royal tern - Pagham Harbour
- HD Video: White-tailed Eagle chick has successfully hatched in Orkney for the first time in 140 years
- Rare Black-tailed Godwit eggs hatch after being saved from Spring flooding
- Three more satellite-tagged hen harriers have disappeared in suspicious circumstances
- First RSPB record of bittern booming on Isle of Wight
- Rescue effort saves rare black-tailed godwit eggs after spring flooding
- Male Osprey at Bassenthwaite lake adding flowers to his nest to impress new mate
- Have you seen a Hen Harrier? RSPB reboots Bird of Prey hotline
- Reintroduction project celebrates flight of first wild White-tailed Sea Eagle chick
- Rare birds suffer as the effects of an exceptionally late spring take hold
- Robins, not Nightingales, are the mystery evening songsters