Birdwatching Reviews

***General Background*** ---------------------------------- Confused by the title? Well I am not being clever making up words, but of course i'm talking about our feathered friends. It is probably fair to say that when I was at school some 10 years ago, twitchers (the name for bird watchers) were still viewed in an almost similar ...  Read the complete review

I must confess until 1996 I never even noticed birds, not really, as to me they were just something in the background, not interesting and certainly something I associated with anorak clad spotters, who would race round the country in search of the elusive rarity that had been spotted moments before. This all changed when I caught an ...  Read the complete review

*** Types of Birdwatcher *** Birdwatchers fall into two main groups. Some race around the country, burning up lots of fuel which contributes to spoiling the habitat of many of the birds they want to see. Others including myself, usually spend much of their leisure time enjoying the birds in, or near, their own ...  Read the complete review

Birdwatching makes for a fantastic hobby, with exactly the same principles behind it as Fancy Car spotting, Plane spotting or Train spotting. It's a little bit different than those though because it gives the hobbiest the chance to learn a little bit more about the natural world around us. A serious birdwatcher is a "twitcher" ...  Read the complete review

I am writing this review because I have just found my best ever Easter present - a nest of Robin chicks in my garden! Over the past few years I have had a pair of Robins visit every winter and a few weeks ago I noticed one of them sitting on my fence with some grass in its mouth. Watching from my kitchen window I spent ages trying to ...  Read the complete review

Bird watching No I am not a fanatical birdwatcher dashing here and there to see a rare bird. I like to see birds but due to a visual impairment find it difficult to identify birds at a distance. I cannot use binoculars easily, as only one eyepiece matches up with the position of my eye. I can use a telescope, but to be honest I ...  Read the complete review

They really do ,dont laugh:) Birds are beautiful creatures,I live in a semi country area just outside the town and on the edge of a wood ,so i dont need a *Hide *to watch them because my kitchen window looks out onto the roof of my shed surrounded by very high fir trees . Of course I leave them food on this roof twice a day ,they are are ...  Read the complete review

When I was 5,I lived near a beautiful loch in Scotland called Loch Ruthven. My parents used to take me to the bird hides there to watch Great Crested Grebes in Summer,and i think this was the start of the lovely hobby of birdwatching.Since then I have travelled across the world and incorparated birdwatching into my holidays. Although I have ...  Read the complete review

Yes I do mean nuts of the peanut variety and birds as in the feathered variety. Sorry if you came here with the wrong impression!!!!!!!! Its that time of year in the garden again when everything is threatening to come to life and as a result of a christmas craft session with the chillywigs I have found an easy way of attracting birds to ...  Read the complete review

Now we are getting well into the winter, and my thoughts turn to our feathered friends. At this time of year the birds are returning to the gardens to look for food and shelter. There are still berries about, and the windfall apples are quickly being eaten by the blackbirds and thrushes, insects and grubs can easily be found at the ...  Read the complete review

Addictive? Yes, in many ways. Relaxing too, and a wonderful way to extend knowledge. Birdwatching are becoming extremely popular over the globe and books on the subject are seeing the light more frequently. People will share information of species very rare and compare notes on habitat. But, do we really care enough? How long do we ignore the fact ...  Read the complete review

Over the years we've put a lot of effort into attracting birds into our garden and feeding them once they're there. The joys of watching the birds are tremendous, but there's also a considerable downside as well. We started feeding the birds seriously more than a decade ago. It began one cold winter with a red net bag of ...  Read the complete review

At last count we counted over 20 different species of birds visiting our garden throughout the year. But it wasn't always like this. When we first moved into our house last September the only birds in the garden were a couple of magpies, two blackbirds and two dunnocks. Having been watching birds for around 10 years at our old house I knew ...  Read the complete review

Can you sit very still? Can you be very quiet? Do you want a pass time that can be very sedentary or can involve a lot of exercise? Do you have good eye site or hearing? Bird watching must be one of the oldest pursuits known to man. It can be done at many levels and enjoyed by all ages of people. What equipment do you need ...  Read the complete review

I never thought of myself as a twitcher, probably because the birdwatching I do is just observing the ones that come into or near to my actual garden.That being said what was once just a helping hand to my little friends has become almost an obsession. I don't go out looking for rare species or anything like that and I don't hide ...  Read the complete review

I don’t know if I should be writing an opinion on bird watching as I am certainly not a twitcher in the true sense of the word – I just love watching birds, even when I don’t know for certain what they are! I treated myself to a little pocket book called the Collins Gem Guide to Birds and I tend to take it with me on ...  Read the complete review

Am I being too lazy here? Sure... it's fine to go wandering across the moors or into the forest, searching for your hobby... but if your hobby can be brought to you, then think of the extra time and sights that you would have! My hobby is aquatics, not birds, actually. So I discovered accidentally how many birds could be bribed to ...  Read the complete review

I was brought up with two obsessive birdwatchers, so I guess birdwatching is instinctive by now. You don't have to know a huge amount or spend lots of money on this hobby. Once you start, as long as you have a good field guide to help you out, it's remarkably easy to pick up which birds are which. Think about the birds you see in ...  Read the complete review

Whilst at university in Norwich I decided to take up birdwatching as a relaxing way of spending sundays when I could no longer afford the pub! Situated in close proximity to the Norfolk Broads, Norwich provided me with an ideal introduction to this passtime, which quickly became surprisingly addictive! There are many advantages ...  Read the complete review

Birdwatching is probably one of the cheapest and most rewarding hobbys there is. All you need is a pair of binoculars i have commodore binoculars which are 16x50 magnification, i only paid £15 for them from a car boot sale. You also need a pocket sized book on british birds, my book is called The observers guide of british ...  Read the complete review