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      Hybrid Birds
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      Taxonomic list
 
      Australian Reptiles
      Australian Frogs
 
 Trip Reports
 
 Translation guide
 
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Last updated: 24/12/2012

Welcome to my birding site

A collection of my artwork and photography of the birds of Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and Britain (and a few other places inbetween). The site also has trip reports of a few of my birding adventures (bobbing around on the South Pacific looking for seabirds for eight hours is quite fun!). Each species page has photos and a description, made from a mixture of knowledge learnt from field guides and personal experience. The site is constantly changing as I get photographs of new birds and update old pages - if birding is your thing, then you can follow the updates using RSS.


Random page: New Zealand: Takahe
European Bird Names: A Translation Guide

New birding guide out now!

Check out my book European Bird Names: A Translation Guide, a field guide to translating bird names from English into French, German and Dutch. Covering all but the least-common WP birds, it is designed to complement one of the most popular birding field guides. The English text is based on the BOU list, while the French and Dutch follow the official lists of the LPO and CSNA, respectively. The German list is derived from official lists of the DO-G and other sources where more commonly used. Taxonomically up-to-date and highlighting differences between national opinions on splits and lumps plus potential problems with the German names. Perfect for the travelling birdwatcher!
 
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Latest updated pages

24/12/2012: 12 new and 6 updated in Australian Birds, the last update from Australia.
21/10/2012: 1 new and 3 updated in Australian Birds, 1 new in Birds Elsewhere from Spain (Audouin's Gull) and a new trip report from Greenfields Wetlands, Adelaide.
16/10/2012: 3 new and 9 updated in Australian Birds from a June pelagic from Wollongong and a trip to Sydney
29/08/2012: 13 new in a new section: Japanese Birds
12/06/2012: 1 new and 9 updated in Australian Birds
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We're moving!

Not only have I moved country from Australia back to UK, but we've moved webhost as well. There's a couple of pages that need some updating to work properly, but I'm working on it slowly over Christmas.

New section

After a trip with work to Japan, I've now added a new section of birds: Japanese Birds. 13 species from ducks to sparrows.

New section

Expanding the types of wildlife on the site, I've added a new section: Australian Frogs. 13 species of native frogs and the infamous Cane Toad.

New section

There's a lot more to wildlife in Australia than just the birds: Australian Reptiles. From the tiny Garden Skink to the massive Lace Monitor, there're 13 species in this section.

23 New species added

Another trip to Cairns and a bumper crop of new species for the site. Also 13 species updated in Australian birds

Taxonomic list of bird photo pages

I've made a taxonomically-ordered list of the photo pages of birds on the site, so it's possible to see related birds without hopping between country pages. The list uses the IOC World Bird Names list 2.8.

Australian field guide review

I wrote a review of the four biggest Australian field guides (Pizzey and Knight, Slater, Simpson and Day and Morcombe) for Birdforum.net, which can be found here: Australian field guide review