In Shropshire (bird watching sites first)
Wood
Lane Nature Reserve - one of the first web
sites in
Priorslee Lake (Telford) - this site is devoted to the wildlife in and around the lake at Priorslee and includes regular (daily) bird counts.
John Arnfields Interesting websites - This site contains a summary of web links which have been mentioned in the The Buzzard ( the bulletin of the SOS) and the Summer 2007 issue contained a superb summary of web links to bird sounds on the web. NEW
Chelmarsh Ringing Group - this is a website reporting the activities of the group that ring birds at Chelmarsh and at other sites in the area.
Craven Arms RSPB Local Members Group - A good source of information about the activities of this locally based members group with an emphasis on the South Shropshire area.
Shropshire Wildlife Trust - lots of information about the County Trust with a good guide to the Nature Reserves that it manages.
Shrewsbury & Atcham BC Countryside Unit - the web site for the team who look after Shrewsbury's green and pleasant sites, including the Rea Brook Valley Local Nature Reserve. Plenty of activities and opportunities to get involved in locally.
CJ Wildbird Foods Ltd - This company has been a major supporter of the SOS over the years. It stocks what is probably the best selection of bird foods, feeders and associated products in Europe (well that's what CJ said on Radio Shropshire recently and I have no reason to doubt him!). The company recently took over Subbuteo Books and has a comprehensive stock of books on birds and related matters. They have an online bookshop at www.wildlifebooks.com
Wildlife Research Europe - This website is a collaboration between Vivara, CJ Wildlife and leading wildlife experts throughout Europe who aim to work together to ensure that their products best meet the needs of wildlife. They are establishing trial sites in several areas in Europe to test new products and designs.
Shropshire
Tourism
- the definitive tourist information guide for
Other County or Local Bird Clubs
The West Midland Bird Club - This site covers the counties to the east and south-east of Shropshire (Staffordshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and Warwickshire)
Dean
Birders (Disabled Forest of Dean birders)
- Birdwatching information, gallery, and daily photo reports from the Forest
of Dean in Gloucestershire maintained by and for disabled and housebound
birdwatchers. This project was the result of two keen birdwatchers getting together and
wanting to share their hobby with those that have difficulty getting out and
about. They want to set up feeder stations and nesting boxes in the gardens of
those people that are either elderly or have a disability and are limited to the
house.
National Sites
Fatbirder Website - THE site guide to birding websites - over 600 pages and links to over 15,000 ornithological websites. This is the site to go to if you want to know what's on the web related to birdwatching.
British Trust for Ornithology - takes you to "the" site for the amateur field ornithologist. The Migration Watch page is a must for anyone interested in bird migration. New pages added in 2004 includes maps from the Breeding Bird Atlases and many Survey Reports. "Bird Track" has recently been added to this site - a national site for your bird records.
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - a site full of information about the work of this world leading bird protection organisation.
World Wide Bird Sites - . The aim of this service, provided by Martin Adlam, is to provide details of lesser-known birdwatching sites throughout the World. Accompanied by photographs, diagrams, and sketches this ever growing site will prove to be a useful guide for globe trotting birdwatchers. It has a whole page devoted to Shropshire sites.
Other Sites
Caring for Gods Acre - is a small organisation working in Hereford diocese (which covers most of Shropshire south of Shrewsbury) which supports churchyard conservation and the site is a good introduction to its work.
Durham
Bird Tours - Durham Bird Tours was founded in 2005 by David Brown, who has
good experience of birdwatching in County Durham, Cleveland and Northumberland.
He offers tours within Co Durham and to adjacent areas - Specialities include
Black Grouse, Red Kite and more -
Sue's Bird Photos - an nice gallery of bird photographs and other wildlife (currently being re-constructed with only one or two pictures on line but a link to Bird Guides site where many of Sues pictures may be found.