Links to other birding sites
This is, of course, not an exhaustive list! If you know of, or maybe have, a site that you think would be a good addition here, then please email the details to Gareth Watkins. Please email too if any of these links are dead. Thank you!
RSPB Sites
Herts related
Friends of Tring Reservoirs - Homepage for one of Hertfordshire's premier birding sites
Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust
Recent sightings in and around the Lea Valley and North London - site run by Andrew Middleton also includes sightings from Herts
Stockers Lake - Derek Hale's site includes a site guide, sightings and photos from Stockers Lake (including 1999's Wryneck)
Wilstone Reservoir - Recent sighting and photos from Wilstone Reservoir, Tring
Other UK Bird Sites
Eurobirdnet/UK Birdnet - go here to subscribe to the UK Birdnet email discussion group
Birdnet - Home of Birdnet, the information service and optics retailer. Also includes UK rarity photo gallery.
Birds in a Cheshire Garden - Excellent site entirely based around observations from one garden. I highly recommend you take a look!
Birdtours.co.uk - Archive of trip reports from around the world
Birdwatch - Birdwatch magazine's web site
British Birds - the journal's own website
British Bird Rarities Committee website - includes recent rarity decisions and committee press releases
Colwick Country Park homepages
The Fat Birder - a new site chock-full of UK-oriented birding links, with a lot of worldwide sites too
Filey Brigg Ornithological Group
Gull Identification - a very useful site if you're planning on finding a Caspian Gull in the Hilfield roost this weekend! Has lots of ID information on a wide variety of gull species.
Interbirdnet - On-line birding magazine
BirdsIreland.com - with Irish bird news and trip guides
Irish Birdwatching Page - links to lots of sites with Irish birding information
Lee Evans' UK 400 Club - now a subscription site
North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory
Portland Bill Bird Observatory
The Raptor Conservation Website - Promoting the conservation of British raptors
SK58 Birders - New site from the birders of tetrad SK58 (it's quite near Sheffield!)
World links
Association of European Rarities Committees
Bird Studies Canada - Home of ornithological research in Canada and the homepages of Long Point Bird Observatory
Birding Canada - includes a good selection of Canadian and World birding links
Birding Israel - a new site by Israeli birder Arnon Tsairi. Will become a very useful site with up to date information about birds and birding sites. Also features photos and checklist.
Birding the Americas - Trip Report and Planning Repository. Good collection of trip reports for the Americas, useful if planning a trip.
Birding Egypt - Full on information on birding sites, birds, travel tips and lots of other relevant info
International Birding & Research Centre, Eilat - the official site of the IBRC in Eilat, Israel
Kibbutz Lotan Centre for Birdwatching - includes recent sightings and booking information for the Israeli hotspot
Ontario Birding Homepages - an excellent site for bird and site information in Ontario, Canada - a favourite birding haunt of mine *grin*
Ornithological Society of the Middle East
The Ornithology Website - American-based site with lots of photos, bird-related articles, avian research projects and lots more! [Some of my photos are here! - GW]
Virtual Birder - A fantastic site with virtual bird walks around N American sites. At the moment it includes a trip round Cape May. You can take the virtual tour and identify the birds that you see as you go round, accumulating points and attempting to beat the high scores. There is also a lot of information about birding in N America.
Where do you want to go birding today? - a very useful site full of links for a gamut of world birding sites (including Gareth's Israel pages!)