What Bird magazine do you get? (1 Viewer)

[Andrew]

I am also miffed at the thinness of Birdwatch considering the price we pay for it. Like a sucker I keep buying it!

I find that both magazines report the same stuff every month too.

I dare not miss one magazine as the competitions are worth it even though they don't come about very often

 

[IanDJB]

"Birdwatching" is by far the best all round magazine in my view. Excellent articles etc, without getting 'too heavy'.

IanDJB.

 

[Common2412]

I get both Birdwatch and Birdwatching. On balance I prefer the former but they are both good.

Steve

 

[Surreybirder]

I subscribe to Birdwatch, which I enjoy. I used to get Birdwatching fairly regularly but after a while I felt it was duplicating things that were in my bird books. I used to get British Birds but then changed to Birding World. (I couldn't afford both.) But now I've stopped Birding World because most of it is about birds I doubt if I'll ever see!
The US publication, Birder's World, mentioned above is a quality publication, too!

I find 'Birds' has interesting stuff although possibly a bit too much of it is designed for members who know very little about birds. I really like BTO News--even though it's less catchy than the magazines.

I think that the problem with all the magazines is that they become rather formulaic after a while. You just know that if a new magazine launched next week it would have all the 'latest sightings', 'book and product reviews', trip reports, etc. After about a year it would start organising holidays; and a year or two later it would run its own bookshop. Then it would start devoting pages to cetaceans and/or insects. All I'm saying is that it's quite hard to maintain originality of content that gives a magazine its own distinctive identity.

 

[Ashley beolens]

How about a magazine, total written by amature birders! that would keep its shelf life a bit more, we all have different writing styles and experiences of birds, so you could get a far wider feel for all things ornithological.

 

[simondix]

Birdwatch, Birdwatching and British Birds

 

[pauco]

hi
i get birdwaching, the one and only good birder mag.
bert.
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