May 02, 2006
See the sites
A couple of other birding websites that I’ve been meaning to flag up here for ages. In no particular order (actually, that’s a great big lie with knobs on. The first one comes first because I’ve met the man himself, and he’s a thoroughly Good Egg, which seems like as good a reason as any to give him first crack of the whip. Oooer.)
Skills Bills is Tom McKinney’s website, and is kind of Irvine Welsh meets Birdwatching magazine. In a good way. With elements of William Burroughs, Spike Milligan and Gordon Ramsey thrown in. I think I’m trying to say that Tom swears a lot, and is funnier than Vic Reeves in his meat product phase. He also plays the banjo or some such, and regularly gives his instrument good fingering. Ho ho.
And then there’s Punkbirder – a collective from Norfolk, that’s part a latter day Not BB (kidlisters, this was an ‘underground’ magazine that poked fun at Serious Birders in the late 80’s / early 90’s. About the same time as the murrelet and that nuthatch that you’ll never unblock), and part a dead good website all about birding in Norfolk and further afield generally. And misuse of wildlife for birding purposes – Adder focus aid anyone… Vole lens-cleaner… auk scope case? You know you want to.
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An Icelandic Birding Diary (Iceland, funnily enough)
Nature in Shetland website - all the up-to-date bird, insect, cetacean etc news for Shetland, plus photos... indispensable.
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Posted by Stercorarius at May 2, 2006 10:55 AM