Some links to sites of interest
This page contains some links to various sites of interest to bird watchers.
Some other bird ringing sites in the UK
The British Trust for Ornithology is the organisation which runs the bird ringing scheme for the UK on behalf of the Government, and conducts many other scientific studies of wild birds. If you find a ringed bird, you can report it through this web site.
This page of the BTO's site links to other bird ringing groups in the UK which have their own web sites.
Some other bird sites you may care to visit
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is Britain's leading bird conservation body. It includes details of RSPB reserves, and breeding webcams in season...
...and this is the page for the RSPB reserve at Rye Meads, part of which includes an area of study for the Ringing Group
The British Ornithologists' Union is the body which looks after the British List - it scrutinises reports of sightings and decides upon their authenticity. The site includes the full current British List.
The site for bird-watchers in Hertfordshire, with regular news of sightings in the county, articles, photos, information on where to watch birds in Herts and how to report your sightings...
This is a body with membership from County Council and local authority representatives which concerns itself with not only nature conservation, but also wider environmental issues in Hertfordshire
An amazingly comprehensive site for just about everything to do with birdwatching - how, what, and where (not just in the UK but globally)
Although based on the limited scope of a suburban garden, this is a superb award-winning site
The web pages of the birding magazine, with information on books, bird care, food, and a dictionary
Another good online birding magazine, with photos and information on reserves and bird clubs
If you are into automating your bird recording, this organisation offers bird recording software for PCs and, for the ultimate automated field worker, PDAs
The commercial site of the well-known bird food supplier, with several pages of general interest