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BirdGuides 13209251-4986-4426-b2e0-0b535cc0027f Birdwatch is now on sale. In this edition, Dante Shepherd tells the tale of his incredible autumn on North Ronaldsay last year. Months of rarity hunting on the fabled Orcadian isle paid off with some stunning discoveries. Thermal imaging is among the newest additions to a birders arsenal of equipment, using heat signatures to detect birds invisible to the naked eye. Dan Brown has been using the technology and looks at the b...

BirdGuides 01aafef2-6b51-4e9c-b7b2-2ef03e9758f2 Birdwatch goes on sale today [Thursday 28 January]. In this edition, Ed Stubbs tells the tale of his local big year – a dedicated effort to seeing as many species in his corner of south-west Surrey in 2020. And, as it happened, it proved to be a resounding success ... While many of us kept things local in 2020, Sam Jones didnt bank on getting locked down in Colombia last March! Here he recounts the remarkable story of his l...