The end of an era soon, as January's Birding World will be the last issue. Will this leave a niche in the market, or is online publication the way that this gap will be filled? Either way it will be missed by many.
I will be back next weekend taking shots of the lesser scaup as I am determined to get the moult and its stay at Pennington from start to finish recorded in pictures, hope it stays around this week as at the weekend I saw it fly the full length of the flash twice,so its getting a bit twitchey.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Tuesday 8th of October 2013 07:35:46 AM
From a purely selfish point of view, I hope that it gets twitchy enough to fly the full length of the Hey Brook Corridor up to the Wigan Flashes....
Since Ian posted this comprehensive review was posted on the website, the British journals probably haven't changed much. The Dutch Birding website is well worth a look, for availability of back issues in pdf format. As mentioned in a postscript added to the review of Finnish journal Alula, publication came to an end several years ago.
Greater Manchester features heavily on page 356 of the latest issue of Birding World, courtesy of some of John Tymon's excellent photos - an illustrative shot of Pennington's Lesser Scaup having a wing-flap and a superbly-composed profile shot of the Horwich Ibis flock. Nice one John, giving our area a higher profile.
Last year's American Black Tern appears within the 2012 rare bird report in the latest issue of British Birds
Cheers Dave ,Its nice the effort of carrying the gear comes to some use at times and what I do is appreciated by some. It also is nice to read about Pennington Flash or the Horwich Moors rather than Norfolk or the west of Ireland. I recon I have spent probably over 25 hours in 5 weekends to get the shot of the wings of that Lesser Scaup and 6 hours on one Saturday to get that shot of the 4 Ibis together,and enjoyed every secondof it . I will be back next weekend taking shots of the lesser scaup as I am determined to get the moult and its stay at Pennington from start to finish recorded in pictures, hope it stays around this week as at the weekend I saw it fly the full length of the flash twice,so its getting a bit twitchey.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Tuesday 8th of October 2013 07:35:46 AM
Since Ian posted this comprehensive review on the website, the journals British Birds and Birding World haven't changed a great deal, so the review is still valid for those two several years down the line, maybe with the exception of the price. The Dutch Birding website is well worth a look, for availability of back issues in pdf format. As mentioned in a postscript added to the review of Finnish journal Alula, publication came to an end several years ago.
Greater Manchester features heavily on page 356 of the latest issue of Birding World, courtesy of some of John Tymon's excellent photos - an illustrative shot of Pennington's Lesser Scaup having a wing-flap and a superbly-composed profile shot of the Horwich Ibis flock. Nice one John, giving our area a higher profile.
Last year's American Black Tern appears within the 2012 rare bird report in the latest issue of British Birds
-- Edited by dave broome on Tuesday 8th of October 2013 01:36:17 PM
A really interesting article Ian. My funds only allow a subscription to one of the mags. I used to subscribe to birdwatching and fully agree with your comments on it. Got hold of Birdwatch and thought it was great. I'm ready to take a step up in the world! Thanks. Henerz.
*makes mental note to check the "whats new page" more often!
And here's me thinking you already did
I've been wondering for a while now just how many users of this forum (remember this is only a forum and not THE Manchester Birding website) don't realise that if they click on the ' BACK TO THE MANCHESTER BIRDING WEBSITE HOMEPAGE' link, top left, they will be whisked to a wonderous world of birding, county and beyond
As for Alula magazine, subscribing was one of my best moves and I don't think you'll be dissapointed either
*makes mental note to check the "whats new page" more often! Sorry Ian, nice write up I must say.
Never really read Alula i must admit, might try it though, stopped getting Birdwatching and Birdwatch a while back, Birding World still my fav though and yes Paul i did read about the Scillies, bring back the 1980's!
My husband has just come into a small legacy and is treating me to that new book on Scilly - it should have loads of excellent photos - just hope it won't be too heavy as am always over the luggage allowance on the chopper!
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Lightshaw hall Flash is sacrosanct - NO paths please!
Nope! Paul , first thing I did was go to the article. My own view is that it's very much a 'horses for courses' thing and each type of magazine has its place. I placed my order for 'British Birds' when I went to the bird-fair this year....much to my shame I should have subscibed years ago.
Has everyone missed the excellent article. I for one have an unlimited appetite for all literature regarding birds, as for the journals i must admit to subscribing to them all, afraid I might miss out on something. have always thought that ALULA was not in english now I know different and have signed up for another journal. have come home today to find Birding world and Birdwatch on the doormat what a great way to spend the evening. warfy check out page 338 in birding world!!!! As for birdwatch not certain I fully agree with the regional report on page 65 but whatever it was it was a learning experience for us all. many moons ago I took to covering up the comments in the inset of the picture and tried to id the birds myself its a good learning curve. anyway apart from costing me more money on a new subscription enjoyd the article but the conclusion for me is buy as many as you can..
