Useful Links
Here's a selection of my favorite website links. Some of the sites are run by birding friends and colleagues, whilst others are a constant source of reference. I'll be adding more to this selection over the forthcoming months.



Birdfinders Holidays
http://www.birdfinders.co.uk/
More than just an on-line brochure. A very current, active site loaded  with sumptuous images from around the world. Webmaster - Martin Tribe.
Peter Basterfield
www.peterbasterfield.co.uk
Check out Peter's impressive gallery from his Worldwide birding adventures.
Birding Iceland
http://www.hi.is/~yannk/birdnews.html
Stunning images, pages updated on almost a daily basis. Iceland receives an impressive selection of rare migrants from Europe, Asia and North America many of which are captured in beautiful images. Designed by Yann Kolbeinsson
Birdingonthe.Net
Birding for the 21st Century
http://birdingonthe.net/birdmail.html
Huge amounts of birding information with links to all the regional listserves in North America and beyond.
Birds Ireland.com
http://www.birdsireland.com/index.html
Eric Dempsey's excellent Irish site including just about everything you could imagine: RBA, video-clips, tours, bookshops etc, etc. Terrific site!
Birdwatch Magazine
http://birdwatchmagazine.blogspot.com/
Britain's most popular monthly birding magazine now has a daily blog incorporating World birding and conservation news. Edited by Dominic Mitchell.
Bubo
http://www.bubo.org/
Mike Prince and the bubo lads show off consummate bird and landscape photography skills from their travels Worldwide.
Hector Galbraith's Birding
http://www.hgbirder.org/
News from one of SE Vermont's most active birders. Hector is developing a nice selection of local images as well posting details of his World travels.
Israbirding
http://www.israbirding.com/
An excellent new site launched by three young Israeli birders. An impressive source of information giving frequent updates from all over the country. Some of the images on this site will blow your mind! Webmasters - Avner Cohen, Tomer Landsberger, and Eyal Vanunu.
Israel Rarities
http://www.israbirding.com/irdc/
The pages of the Israel Rarities and Distribution Committee have a new home. Regularly published bulletins are available from 2001.
Massbird.org
http://www.massbird.org/
The official web reference for birding in Massachusetts. Webmaster - Marj Rines.
Northampton Birdwatchers Club
http://www.massbird.org/Noho/
Very current with regular, almost daily updates of local sightings and two year's worth of narrative archives. Extremely useful resource for anyone birding in the CT River Valley area of Massachusetts. Webmaster - Chris Gentes.
Oceanwanderers

http://www.oceanwanderers.com/

Angus Wilson's extremely visual site dedicated to pelagic birds, conservation and high level identification issues.
pewit.blogspot
http://pewit.blogspot.com/
Up to the minute, high quality images from Graham Catley's birding experiences in and around Lincolnshire on the East Coast of the U.K. Many of the species featured will be of interest to birders on the Atlantic seaboard of North America.
punkbirder
"The shape of birding to come".
http://www.freewebs.com/punkbirder/
 
Can't really describe this site other than hilarious!


Tarsiger

http://www.tarsiger.com/
A staggering database of top notch images from Finland, Estonia, much of the West Palearctic region and beyond. This site is enriched by the high standards in bird photography that we've come to expect from the Finns.