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British Birds publishes articles on identification, distribution, migration, conservation and taxonomy. We're THE bird journal of record in Great Britain.

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Britain's Common Crane population has hit a modern-day record. After centuries of absence, Common Cranes are now raising chicks across restored wetlands, with the national population reaching around 250 birds.🦩 News & Comment, June issue: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... 📸David Tipling

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RSPB Scotland have purchased Bass Rock after 300 years in private ownership. The island has been a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for almost 75 years and is home to about 100,000 Gannets Read more in our British Birds news: britishbirds.co.uk/news/rspb-bu... 📸David Tipling

Celebrate the end of exams by rewarding a young birder with the British Birds Young Person membership from £25 per year. Ready to explore? britishbirds.co.uk/subscribe

Each year, the British Birds Charitable Trust awards grants to a wide range of projects involving species from the Western Palearctic and the UK Overseas Territories. In 2025, grants supported work on Swifts, Sandwich Terns and more, read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... 📸David Tipling

BB Eye: In our June issue, Clive Slater discusses the importance of recording hybridisation and focuses on the famous history of the ‘Paget’s Pochard’. Find out more here: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... 🖋️ Clive Slater 📸 John Harris

With Britain’s first Western Reef Egret now in Caernarfon, we look back at our 1995 article on identifying Western Reef Egrets and dark Little Egrets. Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... 📸 Stefan McElwee

The #OpenAccess pick for June is a review of separating first-calendar-year Levant Sparrowhawk and Shikra. As Shikra expands across the Western Palearctic, this information may become increasingly important. ➡️ britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... #Raptors 🖋️ Oscar Campbell 📸 David Darrell-Lambert

Today’s Species Focus is the Bittern! Explore British Birds coverage of this remarkable species, from population changes and roosting behaviour to separation from American Bittern and nesting in open grazing marsh. ➡️ britishbirds.co.uk/search?keywo... 📸David Tipling #Bittern #SpeciesFocus #birds

The latest British Birds is out now: separating 1CY Levant Sparrowhawk and Shikra, changes in the breeding birds of the Pumlumon uplands, a BB Eye on hybridisation, plus My Patch, notes, reviews and more. Read it here: 🔗 britishbirds.co.uk/journal/volu... 📸 Harry Scott 🎨 Alan Harris

Less weight. Less bulk. No compromise? Our latest product review takes a closer look at the ZEISS Conquest Apia 65 spotting scope – a compact design that impressed our reviewer in the field. 🔭 🔗 britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... #ZEISSbirding #birdingoptics #review

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