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Birding World

Voted 'Bird Magazine of the Year' in the Surfbirds poll.

Volume 14 Number 9

Contents

Eastern Buntings: a photo-gallery with expert commentary by Steve Votier. "Eastern buntings hold not only an aesthetic appeal, but also a real intellectual challenge to the identification scholar." Eight species of rare eastern buntings are examined in 15 frame-filling plates.

The Thick-billed Warbler on Shetland. Paul Harvey's gripping account of a dream bird. Paul also relates the tale of the Shetland Pallid Harrier.

The Green Heron in Lincolnshire. Andrew Stanworth tells us how he found and identified the fourth Green Heron for Britain.

The Red-necked Stint in Cambridgeshire, with five digital photos. "My legs turned to jelly and the air turned blue!" says John Oates, finder of first inland Red-necked Stint.

Stilt Sandpiper at Lough Beg - a photo essay. Anthony McGeehan shares with us how the 'hinge factor' led him to identify and photograph at close range this first for Northern Ireland.

The Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler in Norfolk. Britain's first ever twitchable mainland PG Tips, found and described by Steve Joyner with six of the best photos ever taken of this ultimate Sibe in the field.

Isabelline Wheatear in Suffolk. Will Brame shares his emotions when faced with putting a name to a pale wheatear.

The juvenile Caspian Gull in Suffolk. Five fabulous close-up photos of the much-twitched juvenile Caspian Gull, with in an depth identification discussion by Brian Small, East Anglia's 'Mr Cachinnans'.

Western Palearctic News. All the latest sightings with nine of the most gripping recent rarity photos.

UK Bird News: the September 2001 round-up (including 18 photos of the best recent rarities with detailed captions).

Editorial and Letters (Black-headed Wagtails, Zino's Petrels and Siberian Stonechats).

An autumn bonanza: an incredible 80 colour photographs in this top issue!