links to other bird-related sites

Please note that the SOC is not responsible for the content of external websites.

Scottish organisations, agencies, clubs etc

• Argaty Red Kites
• Argyll Bird Club
• Arran Birding
• Arran Wildlife
• Bean Geese in Scotland - a site dedicated to the Bean Goose in central Scotland
• Birding in Ayrshire
• Birding in Musselburgh
• Building Bird Monitoring in Scotland (BTO/SOC/etc)
• Clyde Birds
• Coll Birds - bird reports and news from the Isle of Coll
• Coastal fora and partnerships:
  • Firth of Clyde Forum
  • Forth Estuary Forum
  • Tay Estuary Forum
  • Moray Firth Partnership
  • Solway Firth Partnership
• Concern for Swifts (Scotland)
  • Swift colony survey form (Word format)
  • Swift colony survey form (PDF format)
• EveryOne - Scotland's environmental groups campaigning together
• Fair Isle Bird Observatory
• The Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group Scotland (FWAG)
• Federation for Natural Sciences Collections Research - Scottish Collections Research Unit - searchable database of museum collections
• Fife Bird Club
• Forth Seabird Group - seabird monitoring in the Firth of Forth
• Friends of the Earth Scotland
• Galloway Red Kite Trail
• Glasgow City Council wildlife site - updated monthly
• Glasgow Natural History Society
• Sustainable Tourism - in Scotland
• Habitat - Wildlife and environmental news
• Highland Foundation for Wildlife - includes projects on Osprey and Honey Buzzard
• Isle of May Bird Observatory
• Machrihanish Seabird & Wildlife Observatory
• Montrose Basin
• Mountaineering Council of Scotland - 'nesting birds and climbing' information sheet
• Mullbirds Online - birdwatching on the Isle of Mull, and the Isle of Mull Bird Report
• National Museums of Scotland
• National Trust for Scotland (NTS)
  • St Kilda
  • Seabird Colonies
• Nature in Shetland
• North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory
• North Sea Bird Club
• Paisley Natural History Society
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in Scotland
• Scotland's National Nature Reserves
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
• Scottish Environment LINK
• Scottish Excecutive, use the site's search facility for 'birds'
• Scottish Parliament, again use the site's search facility for 'birds'
• Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick
• Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
• Scottish Raptor Study Groups (SRSG)
• Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT)
• Shetland Bird Club
• Skye Birds
• Tay Ringing Group
• The Wildlife Web
• WalkScotland.com
• Western Isles Wildlife
• West Galloway SOC Branch
• Woodland Trust Scotland

Recent News

• Angus Bird Grapevine
• Bird Guides Rarities News
• Rare Bird Alert
• Birdnet Ltd - UK rarities news for the previous day
• Hebrides Bird Sightings - daily bird sightings and photographs
• Recent bird sightings in NE Scotland
• Shetland Bird Club - latest bird sightings and photos
• North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory - new sightings blog
• Western Isles Wildlife - latest sightings, photos, etc

Where to Birdwatch information

• see the Where to Birdwatch in Scotland page

Newsgroups, discussion groups, mailing lists etc

• ABZ-Rare-Birds, NE Scotland bird email group
• AngusBirds, Angus & Dundee bird email group
• ArgyllBirding, Argyllshire bird email group
• Autochthona birding, Scottish bird email group
• Ayrshire Birding, Ayrshire bird email group
• BirdForum, the net's largest birding community
• Borders Bird News, Borders bird email group
• ClydeBirding, Clyde bird email group
• Dumfries and Galloway Birding, Dumfries & Galloway bird email group
• Fife Birds, Fife bird email group (membership open to all birders)
• ForthBirding, Forth/Central area bird email group
• Highland and Moray Birds, Highland & Moray bird email group
• LothianBirdNews, Lothian bird email group
• Perth & Kinross Birding, Perth & Kinross bird email group
• ScotBird Forum, Scottish Birdwatching 'community'
• Strathclyde Bird News, recent bird news from the Strathclyde area
• scot.birds, Scottish-based bird newsgroup. See here for list of postings
• uk.rec.birdwatching, UK-based bird newsgroup.
• ukbirdnet - mailing list for discussion about UK birds and birdwatching. To subscribe type subscribe in the body of a message to ukbirdnet-request@dcs.bbk.ac.uk. A digest version of this list is also available; send the same command to ukbirdnet-digest-request@dcs.bbk.ac.uk. See here for list of postings

Sites with links to more sites (UK-Ireland)

• Birds of Britain, a monthly web magazine for birdwatchers
• The Fat Birder - Scottish Links, many relevant links
• birding.uk.com, a directory of birding links for the UK
• The Wildlife Web, Conoco Natural History Centre (Aberdeen) site with many pages and links
• Where do you want to go birding in Scotland today?, again many links

Sites with links to more sites (world) and trip reports

• Surfbirds - birding articles from the UK and North America
• Bird Links to the World
• World Wide Birding Web sites
• Birding at About.com
• Birdwatching Trip Reports
• Birdingonthe.Net
• www.birder.com
• Birding.com

Weather, Tides, and Maps

• Current UK weather conditions
• Latest UK Weather from the Met Office
• BBC Weather - including (rainfall) radar images updated every three hours
  • wind directions
• XC Weather - more UK weather information
• Ordnance Survey
• UK Street Map - a useful site for finding places (not just streets) on a 1:50,000 OS map
• Multimap - another site-finding utility
• Tide Times by Mobile Geographics LLC
  • Tide Times - UK locations - predictions available months or years ahead
• Tide Times by Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory - tables for current week
• DMAP - distribution mapping software

Other organisations

• African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)
• The Barn Owl Conservation Network
• BBC Nature
  • BBC Scotland the Wild
• Birders Unite - worldwide bird news, articles, pictures, etc
• Birdillustrators.com - the best web site for bird art on the net
• BirdWatch Ireland - the BirdLife International Partner for the Republic of Ireland
• British Birds magazine
• British Birds Rarities Committee
• British Ornithologists' Club (BOC)
• British Ornithologists' Union (BOU)
• British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
  • BirdTrack
  • form to report a ring you have found
• Countryside Jobs Service
• Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology
• Energy Saving Trust in Scotland
• European Ornithologists' Union (EOU)
• European Union for Bird Ringing (EURING) - includes EURING code list
• European ringing and migration studies
• Fatbirder Webring - The Fatbirder (UK) Birding Webring is a collection of quality birding web sites that are based in the United Kingdom
  • List of all sites in the ring
  • Random site in the ring
  • Add your site to the ring
• IPMR - Integrated Population Monitoring Reporter, including how to record colour-ringed birds
• Irish Birding
• Irish Rare Birds Committee (including The Irish List)
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
  • Seabird 2000
  • Waterbirds around the World
  • UK Biodiversity
• National Biodiversity Network - including Recorder 2000 software
• Naturenet
• Natural History Museum - ornithology section
  • library - includes on-line catalogue search
  • Nature Navigator
• Osprey Project - including news of satellite-tracked birds and records of migrants
• Rare Breeding Birds Panel
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
• Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Scottish SPCA) including Animal Helpline Numbers
• Seabird Group
• UK Biodiversity
• UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) - Wildlife and Countryside
• Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT)
• Worldwide Ornithological Literature (WOL)

Research Grants

• British Ornithologists' Union - Small research grants

Art

• Colin Woolf Wildlife Art - original paintings, illustrations, limited edition prints, and cards
• Crail Birder - John Anderson's wildlife photography from Fife and around Scotland
• Derek Robertson - wildlife and landscape prints and originals by the Fife-based artist
• Edward Davidson - wildlife and mountain art
• Frank Stark's Natural Wonders - nature photography from the Western Isles
• Island Porcelain Ltd - hand made porcelain bird figures, ideal as gifts or the start of a collection. The pottery is in the village of Kilmory on the Isle of Arran, Scotland
• Rozi's Gallery - wildlife prints and illustrations from the Isle of Lewis
• Scotland in Colour - featuring bird photos from around the country
• Wildlife Art Prints - prints and originals by David Miller

Bird Identification and Calls

• Norwegian Gull Page

Birdwatching outside Scotland

• Birdingpal - find local birders all over the world to go birdwatching with
• Birdwatching Bulgaria - a rough guide to birdwatching and birding in Bulgaria
• Dutch Birding Association
• Dean Birders - reports from the Forest of Dean, maintained by and for disabled and housebound birdwatchers

Travel in the UK

• Caledonian MacBrayne Hebridian and Clyde Ferries
• The Internet Guide to Scotland - a useful starting point
• Scotland.org - 'Scotland's national internet signpost'
• The Scottish Rights of Way and Access Society
• Scottish Tourist Board

Accommodation

• Cefn Llecoediog Farmhouse self-catering accommodation, Snowdonia National Park, Wales. (Within easy reach of Borth SSSI and Ynys Hir RSPB. On website enter User ID "cefn" and Password "password".)
• Heatherbank Guest House, Strontian, Lochaber
• Kilronan House, Bridge of Allan
• Best Western Kinloch Hotel, Arran
• Kintra Farm, Islay
• Raasay House Self Catering, Isle of Raasay
• Rhovanion Bed & Breakfast, Coldingham
• Winton House self-catering accommodation, Pencaitland, East Lothian
• Dunkeld Holidays self-catering accommodation
• Bed and breakfast at Colvend, Dalbeattie, Dumfries & Galloway. Tel: 01556 630483
• Kilspindie Hotel & Duck's Restaurant

Wildlife Holidays and Tours

• Aigas Field Centre - wildlife, birdwatching, history & nature holidays in the Highlands of Scotland
• Birding in Spain - itineraries, maps, checklists etc. in northeast Spain and Mallorca
• Bird Watching & Wildlife Club - wildlife breaks in the Cairngorms. Click for Press Release.
• Endemic Guides - Malaysia and Singapore Bird Watching and Eco Tours
• Hacienda Baru National Wildlife Refuge - birdwatching in Costa Rica
• Heatherlea - Scottish birding and wildlife holidays based in Nethybridge
• Hebridean Voyages - cruises, pelagics, and tours from Gairloch
• Kibbutz Lotan Centre for Birdwatching - birds, birdwatching and birding tours in Israel
• Lifers and Twitchers - Southern African bird tours
• Oliva Rama Tours - wildlife holidays and short breaks in Spain
• Shetland Nature Cruises
• Walking in Etruria - guided wildlife walks in and around the Tuscany region of Italy
• Western Isles Wildlife

Miscellaneous

• Advocates for Animals - campaiging against all animal abuse
• Bird Books Direct - online store specialising in new and secondhand bird books
• The British Library Public Catalogue
• Jersey Stamps - shop online for wildlife stamps
• Zoological Nomenclature Resource