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Latest news: 2 July, 2009

BTO Garden BirdWatch is a year-round project that gathers important information on how different species of birds use gardens and how this use changes over time. Gardens are an important habitat for many wild birds, providing a useful refuge for those affected by changes in the management of our countryside.

Some 16,000 participants currently take part in Garden BirdWatch and send in simple weekly records of the bird species using their gardens. This information is either submitted on paper count forms or by using Garden BirdWatch Online. Each participant also supports the project financially through an annual contribution of £15. In return, they receive the quarterly colour magazine Bird Table, count forms and access to advice on feeding and attracting garden birds.

All new joiners will receive a free copy of either the BTO/CJ Garden BirdWatch Book or Gardening for BirdWatchers, both of which normally retail for £9.99 (plus p&p).

GARDEN BIRDS AND WILDLIFE. The stunning new book on garden birds and other wildlife, by Mike Toms and Paul Sterry, is now available from the BTO Online Store. Tony Soper says that 'Every kitchen windowsill should have a copy'. Click here to access yours.

  
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Bird Table 58

The latest issue of Bird table has just been published and we will landing on doormats over the next couple of weeks. This special 'summer migrant' issue features articles by Stephen Moss (BBC producer, writer and broadcaster), Michael McCarthy (Environment Reporter of the Year) and the BTO's Mike Toms (writing on Spotted Flycatchers). The Spotted Flycatcher article is available as a free 'taster' download. Click here to download the PDF (445kb)

Early birds get the worm:

The first of two paper stemming from the Shortest Day Survey, run in conjunction with BBC Radio 4, has just been published online early in the Journal of Ornithology. The study has revealed that birds with larger eyes relative to their body size are able to initiate feeding at dawn than birds with smaller eyes. This demonstrates that birds are limited by their visual acuity when it comes to finding food in the half-light of early winter mornings.

Click here to go to the Journal of Ornithology website.

 

 
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