UK Birding Guides
Free, no-fluff guides for British birders, what's around this month, where to find it in your region, and answers to the questions every birder asks. Written for casual spotters and patch-keepers alike.
📅 By month. What to look for now
May birding in the UK
Migration peaks. Spring warblers in woodlands, swifts overhead, terns at the coast.
Read May guide →June birding in the UK
Breeding season at full tilt. Dawn chorus is unbeatable; family parties everywhere.
Read June guide →July birding in the UK
Wader passage starts. Juveniles fledging. Quiet woodland; busy estuaries.
Read July guide →August birding in the UK
Autumn passage opens, willow warblers and pied flycatchers on the move.
Read August guide →September birding in the UK
Peak migration drama. Eastern winds = rare birds on the east coast.
Read September guide →October birding in the UK
Yank waders on the west coast, Siberian warblers on the east. Twitching season.
Read October guide →📍 By region, local guides
London birding
City reservoirs, parks, and the Thames, birding in Britain's biggest concrete jungle is better than you think.
London guide →North West England
Lancashire reedbeds, Manchester's mosses, Cheshire estuaries, Cumbrian uplands.
North West guide →Yorkshire & the Humber
Bempton seabird cliffs, Spurn migration point, North York Moors raptors.
Yorkshire guide →South East England
Dungeness, Pagham, North Kent marshes, passage migrants and wintering wildfowl.
South East guide →📖 By topic, deep-dives
Garden birds of the UK
The Big Garden Birdwatch top 25: ID tips, best feeders, what each species eats.
Garden birds →UK raptors & owls
Buzzard, kite, sparrowhawk, harrier, peregrine, owls, separating the lookalikes.
Raptors guide →British seabirds
Where to see gannets, puffins, shearwaters and storm petrels: when, how, and which boat.
Seabirds guide →Winter wildfowl
Where Britain's geese, swans and ducks gather Nov–Feb: the spectacle every birder needs to see.
Winter wildfowl →Migration in Britain
How the seasons shape what you see: spring arrivals, autumn passage, vagrants and wonders.
Migration guide →Rare birds in the UK
Yank waders, Siberian warblers, Asian thrushes, what's actually appeared and where to chase the next one.
Rare birds →🎙 Tools
Identify a bird by its song
Record ten seconds on your phone and get the top three matches. Free, no app, runs in the browser.
Bird sound ID →Daily bird games
Birdle, Silhouette ID, Bird Call and Habitat Match. One puzzle each, reset at midnight.
Play today's games →🛍 Gear and buying guides
Best binoculars for UK birding
Three picks across three budgets. The 8×42 that does it all, from under £100 to £300.
Binoculars guide →Best spotting scopes
For estuaries, sea-watching and distant raptors. Budget to travel premium, plus the tripod truth.
Scopes guide →Best cameras for bird photography
Bridge superzooms with the reach to fill the frame. From around £400 to 3000mm of zoom.
Cameras guide →Best bird food
The three foods that bring in nearly every garden bird, plus what to never put out.
Bird food guide →Best bird feeders
The feeders that work, the squirrel defences that hold, and what to skip.
Feeders guide →How to attract garden birds
Food, water, cover and nest boxes. Turn any garden into a bird magnet.
Attract guide →Bird ID starter kit
The few things a new birder actually needs to start identifying birds with confidence.
Starter kit →🪺 Track every bird you see, free
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