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Northern Ireland Birdwatchers Association --- Report sightings to: nibirds@live.co.uk, Flightline: 028 91467408, Text: 07511 684 398. See our bird pics at: www.nibirdpics.blogspot.co.uk

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This site is run by a voluntary group of birders documenting and recording information about the birds and wildlife of Northern Ireland. We provide information on rarities and interesting sightings (The sightings on this blog are not accepted records - rarities need to be confirmed).
If you have any news please phone Flightline: 028 91467408
Text your sightings to: 07511 684 398
Email your photos \ sightings \ news items to:
nibirds@live.co.uk
We also run a Blog dedicated to bird pictures and you can see it at: www.nibirdpics.blogspot.co.uk
Our Twitter feed is @nibirds

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Irish Links

  • Birding for Pleasure
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  • Birds Ireland
  • Birdwatch Ireland
  • Birdwatch Mayo
  • Birdwatchtipp -Tipperary BWI
  • Birdweb - South Dublin BWI
  • Cape Clear Bird Observatory
  • Clare Birdwatching
  • Copeland Bird Observatory
  • Cork Bird News
  • Dublin Fingal BWI
  • Dublin Tolka BWI
  • Golden Eagle Trust
  • IBN (IrishBirdNet)
  • IRBC (Irish Rare Bird Committee)
  • Irish Bird Images
  • Irish Birding
  • Irish Hare.org
  • Kerry Birding
  • Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project
  • Louth Nature Trust
  • National Biodiversity Data Centre
  • Natural History Blogs UK & Ireland
  • NI Bird Pictures
  • NIOC
  • Sligo Birding
  • Waterford Birds

UK Links

  • Bardsey Wildlife
  • BBRC (British Birds Rarities Committee)
  • Bird Guides
  • Birdforum
  • Birding Frontiers
  • Birdtrack
  • BOURC (British Ornithologists Union Rarities Committee)
  • British Garden Birds
  • BTO
  • Cornwall Birding
  • Dawlish Warren
  • Dean Birders
  • Felixstowe Birding
  • Guernsey Birds
  • Isle of Man Birding
  • Isles of Scilly Bird Group
  • London Birders
  • Manx Birdlife
  • Nature in Shetland
  • Punkbirder
  • Rare Birds In Britain Blog
  • RareBird Alert - Map
  • RareBirdAlert
  • RBBP - Rare Breeding Birds Panel
  • Scottish Ornithologists Club
  • Suffolk Birding
  • UK & Ireland Natural History Blogs
  • UK400 Club
  • Warwickshirebirding
  • Western Isles Wildlife
  • Worcesterbirding

Europe / Western Palaearctic Links

  • Artportalen (Sweden)
  • Birding Azores
  • Waarneming (Belgium)
  • Birdwatching Bulgaria
  • Ornitho.cat (Catalunya)
  • Netfugl (Denmark)
  • Tarsiger (Finland)
  • Ornithomedia (France)
  • BCU Georgia
  • Birding Germany (Germany)
  • Heligoland (Germany)
  • Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society
  • Birding.hu (Hungary)
  • Israbirding (Israel)
  • Birding Iceland
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  • EBN Italia (Italy)
  • Birding in Jordan
  • Birding Madeira
  • OSME (Middle East))
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  • Birding Norway
  • Birds of Portugal
  • The Salvage Islands
  • Reservoir Birds (Spain)
  • Rare Birds Spain
  • Birds.se (Sweden)
  • CH Club 300 (Switzerland)
  • UAE Birding

World Links

  • Avibase
  • Birdingpal
  • Birdlist.org
  • Fatbirder
  • gobirding
  • Internet Bird Collection
  • Oiseaux.net
  • Surfbirds
  • Travelling Birder
  • The Virtual Bird
  • World Twitch

U.S. Links

  • 10,000 birds
  • Alabama Ornithological Society
  • American Birding Association
  • Birding in North VA
  • Black Swamp Bird Observatory
  • Cape May Bird Observatory
  • Colorado Field Ornithologists
  • Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Georgia Ornithological Society
  • Iowa Birds and Birding
  • Mainebirding.net
  • Minnesota Ornithologists Union
  • Missouri Audubon Society
  • National Audubon Society
  • RareBird.org (Ohio bird forum)
  • Sibley Guides
  • South Dakota Birds
  • Utahbirds

Canada Links

  • Bird Canada
  • Bird Sudies Canada
  • Birding Newfoundland
  • Ontario Field Ornithologists
  • Saskatchewan Birds

South+Central America Links

  • Aves Argentinas
  • Aves Pampa (Argentina)
  • Birds of Uruguay
  • Neotropical Bird Club
  • Birds of Suriname

Africa Links

  • African Bird Club
  • Go South (Morocco)
  • Kenya Birds

Asia Links

  • Birding in Indonesia
  • Birding in Malaysia
  • BirdsMongolia
  • Birding in Vietnam
  • Birds Korea
  • Birds of India
  • Birdwatch Philippines
  • ChinaBirdNet
  • Oriental Bird Club
  • Thaibirding

Australasia Links

  • Australian Bird Study Association
  • Australasian Raptor Association
  • Australasian Seabird Group
  • Australasian Wader Studies Group
  • Backyard Birdwatch
  • Birding New South Wales
  • Birding Western Australia
  • Birds Australia
  • Birds Queensland
  • Birdwatching Australia
  • Bird Observers Australia
  • Broome Bird Observatory
  • New Zealand Birds

Photography

  • Andrew Kelly Wildlife Photography
  • Arkive
  • Bob Steele Photography
  • Geoff Campbell Photography
  • Graham Clarke Bird Photography
  • Hugh Harrop
  • Irish Bird Images
  • Jeremy Inglis Photography
  • Manx Bird Photography
  • Mark Carmody Photography
  • Mike Brown Photography
  • Naturephoto.cz
  • Nature-Photography.com
  • Nigel Blake Photography
  • Nigel Snell Photography
  • North Coast Nature - Tom McDonnell
  • Paul Hackett's Photo Gallery
  • Peregrine's Bird Photos
  • Rafael Armada Bird Photography
  • Richard Stonier Photography
  • Ronan McLaughlin Photography
  • Ronan McLaughlin's Photostream
  • Tom Shevlin's Wildllife Snaps

Conservation

  • Birdlife International
  • Buglife
  • BTO
  • Countryside Council for Wales
  • Euring
  • International Wader Study Group
  • Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
  • Irish Wildlife Trust
  • IUCN
  • JNCC (Joint Nature Conservancy Council)
  • National Parks and Wildlife Service
  • Natural England
  • NIEA
  • Ramsar
  • RSPB
  • Scottish Natural Heritage
  • Ulster Wildlife Trust
  • Wetlands International
  • Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
  • Woodland Trust
  • WWF

Bird Observatories

  • Cape Clear
  • Calf of Man
  • Copeland
  • Bardsey
  • Dungeness
  • Falsterbo (Sweden)
  • Fair Isle
  • Filey Brigg
  • Flamborough
  • Holme
  • Isle of May
  • Landguard
  • North Ronaldsay
  • Portland
  • Sandwich Bay
  • Spurn Point

Bird Blogs

  • A Life at the Shoreline - Jeff Copner
  • Anotherbirdblog
  • Binocularface
  • Bird Blog - John Dempsey
  • Bird Migration Blog
  • Birdguides Blog
  • Birding the Costa - Andy Paterson
  • Birding in the Falkland Islands
  • Birds and Nature - Forest of Dean
  • Birdwatcher's Blog
  • Donald the Birder
  • Fair Isle Warden Blog
  • Galley Head Birding - Colin Barton
  • Gwent Birding
  • Islay Birds Blog
  • Josh Jones Blog
  • Llobregat Delta Blog (Catalunya)
  • Mike Watson's Diary
  • Newton Stringer
  • North Ronaldsay Blog
  • Pembrokeshire Birds
  • Peregrine's Bird Blog
  • Rare Bird Spain Blog
  • Sean Ronayne's Bird Blog
  • Shetland Exposure - Rebecca Nason
  • Sichuan Birds (China)
  • thingsarelikethis - Polina Kasapova
  • Yoav Perlman's birding in Israel blog

Gulls

  • Chris Gibbins - Gulls and Birds
  • Colour-ringed Gulls in Belgium
  • Guernsey Gulls
  • Gulls in Amsterdam
  • Gulls Cantabria
  • Gulls in Catalonia
  • Gulls of Crete
  • GullDK
  • Gulls in the Netherlands
  • Gull Identification Website
  • Gull Images - Hannu Koskinen
  • Gulls on Film
  • Gull Research
  • Ivory Gull - Norwegian / Russian Project
  • Japanese Gull Site
  • Larus
  • Larusology
  • Madrid Gull Team Blog
  • Martin Reid - Gulls
  • Mediterranean Gull
  • North Thames Gull Group
  • Norwegian Gull Page
  • Rudy's Gull Index
  • StormÃ¥ker
  • West Midlands Gulls
  • Yukon Gullery

Waders / Shorebirds

  • Gallinago
  • Greenshank.info
  • International Shorebird Gallery
  • Shorebirds in Japan
  • Stint Fan
  • The Shorebird Project
  • Wader World

Seabirds

  • Dutch Seabird Group
  • Le Clipon (French Seawatching)
  • Ocean Wanderers
  • Oregon Seabirds
  • Pacific Seabird Group
  • Seawatching.net
  • Seabirding
  • The Seabird Group

Birdsounds

  • The Virtual Bird - birdsounds
  • Thryomanes - Birdsounds
  • Wildsounds
  • Xeno-canto

Bird Webcams / Footage

  • Birdcam (Italy)
  • Birdforum TV
  • Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project
  • Hummingbird Nest Cam
  • White Stork Nest Cam (Poland)

Bird ID

  • Federn (Feathers)

Bird Art

  • David Quinn
  • Hans Larsson
  • Ian Lewington
  • John Muir Laws
  • Larry McQueen
  • Lars Jonsson
  • Louis Agassiz Fuertes
  • Mike Langman
  • Michael O'Clery
  • Peter Mathios
  • Ray Scally
  • Szabolcs Kokay
  • Tim Wootton

Birding Equipment

  • Ace Optics
  • Eagle Eye Optic Zooms
  • Kowa
  • Leica
  • Nikon
  • Swarovski

Bird Magazines

  • Birding World
  • Birdwatch
  • British Birds
  • Dutchbirding
  • Marine Orntihology

Tour Operators

  • Audouin Birding Tours
  • Birdquest
  • Catalan Bird Tours
  • Naturetrek
  • Sunbird Tours

Butterflies and Moths

  • Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland
  • Donegal Moths
  • Moths.ie
  • Moths Ireland
  • Moths Count Project
  • National Moth Night
  • Northern Ireland Micro Moth List (PDF download)
  • Suffolk Moths
  • UK Lepidoptera
  • UKleps (eggs, larvae and pupae)
  • UK Moths

Dragonflies and Damselflies

  • Africadragonfly
  • Asiadragonfly
  • British Dragonfly Society
  • The Darter
  • Digital Dragonflies (North America)
  • Dragonfly Ireland
  • The Dragonfly Project

Other Invertebrates

  • Atlas Hymenoptera
  • Bees of Ireland
  • Bumblebee.org
  • Bumblebee Conservation Trust
  • BWARS - Bees Wasps & Ants Recording Society
  • Garden Safari.net
  • Solitary Bees

Natural History Downloads

  • A Manual of Palearctic Birds - H. E. Dresser
  • Aquatic Birds of Ireland - Charles Joseph Patton
  • Birds of Great Britain and Ireland - Arthur G. Butler
  • Birds of Ireland - Ussher and Warren
  • Birds of the British Isles and their eggs - T.A. Coward
  • British birds - F.B. Kirkman
  • Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds - Henry Seebohm
  • The Irish Naturalist (a few missing)
  • Natural History of Ireland - William Thompson
  • Natural History of the Birds of Ireland - John J. Watters

Environmental Consultancy

  • Allen and Mellon Environmental Ltd.
  • Sterna Environmental

General Natural History

  • Natural History Museum

Recommended Reading

  • - Birds of Europe
  • - Birds Britannica
  • - Collins Bird Guide
  • - Finding Birds in Ireland
  • - Flight Identification of European Seabirds
  • - Handbook of the Birds of the World
  • - Shorebirds of Ireland
  • - Waders of Europe, Asia and North America

Wiki Links

  • Birds
  • The Species Problem

Weather / Tides

  • All Ireland Forecast
  • BBC Northern Ireland (Belfast)
  • Earth Observatory
  • EasyTide
  • Irish Data Buoys
  • Met.ie
  • Metcheck
  • Met Office Pressure Charts
  • Shipping Forecast
  • Weather Online
  • xcweather

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