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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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How BirdLife are helping the Helmeted Hornbill to nest in safety again
Teetering on the edge of extinction due to demand for its prized ‘casque’, the Helmeted Hornbill now finds itself with a fighting chance of survival thanks to bolstered law enforcement and patrols ...more
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In wake of the COVID-19, BirdLife is adapting its conservation programmes in São Tomé and Príncipe islands to address the economic and social crisis caused by the pandemic, seeking to herald a ...more
July 30th, 2023Ringing report shines a light on some amazing birds
The latest report from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) shows just how amazing some of our birds are. During 2023 some of them undertook incredible journeys, taking them from Britain & ...more
July 24th, 2023Why birds are the answer to saving Malaysian forests
Often dressed in bright colours and with absurdly bulky bills, hornbills are remarkable-looking birds. But their value goes far beyond their aesthetics: they have become the key to saving some of Malaysia’s ...more
July 28th, 2023
A Field Guide to the Birds of Malaysia & Singapore
| Written by Lim Kim Seng, Yong Ding Li & Lim Kim Chuah & Illustrated by Dana Gardner| John Beaufoy Publishing | 2023 | Paperback | 396 Pages | 170 Colour Plates ...more
Lantern吧Lantern吧
Guest Reviewer – Charlie Moores | Snared | By Bob Berzin | Independently published | 2023 | Paperback | 345 Pages | ISBN 9798643295204 | If you’ve ever read Mark Avery’s influential (and ...more
July 6th, 2023More Birds Than Bullets
| Geoffrey McMullan | Pathfinder UK| 2023 | Paperback | Kindle available | 220 Pages | ISBN: 9780957618145 The Publisher’s View: ‘More Birds Than Bullets’ is not just as the title suggests, ...more
June 15th, 2023Unflappable
| Suzie Gilbert | Perch Press | 2023 | Paperback | Kindle available | 328 Pages | ISBN: 0578612003 | The Publisher’s View: A darkly funny and sexy debut novel from Suzie ...more
April 26th, 2023
OSME Summer Meeting 2023 goes virtual
OSME’s first online Summer Meeting Saturday 15th August: 10.30-12.45 (BST) One of the few positive things to come out of the global coronavirus pandemic is the rise of online webinars, meetings and conferences. ...more
July 31st, 2023The Latest Grumpy Old Birder Article No. 132 - When the dust settles
The latest Grumpy Old Birder Article is now on line as well as on page 19 of the July 2023 edition of Birdwatching Magazine (UK) Read it HERE
May 10th, 2023
Beavers in Lockdown – Guest Article
By Chris Jones Cornwall Beaver Project, supported by the Beaver Trust*, like the rest of the world, has been in lockdown for months now, but as in so much of life there are ...more
July 4th, 2023Birding Guide Relief Fund
Birding Ecotours are offering 5 % off your next trip and donating 5 % of the tour price to their community birding guide relief fund Birding Ecotours tour leader Andy Walker with ...more
June 22nd, 2023