Birdwatch Magazine August 2024 Back Issue

• SAVING ‘SPOONIE’: David Callahan provides a detailed update on Spoon-billed Sandpiper’s status.

• ON HOLY GROUND: Jonathan Farooqi explores the habitats and birdlife of Holy Island.

• FIELD ID NOTES: STORM PETRELS FROM LAND: Brian McCloskey shares tips for land-based identification of these tiny seabirds.

• BREAKING RECORDS BY BIKE: Having been part of a bicycle-based team that set an Oxfordshire big-day record, Tom Bedford tells the story of their effort.

• CALL SIGNS: Stanislas Wroza, author of a newly published book dedicated to bird sounds, encourages us to open up a new world of identification possibilities.

• HUDSON’S BIRDS LOST AND FOUND: Biographer Conor Mark Jameson reflects on the impact and legacy of pioneer campaigning naturalist, W H Hudson.

• KEEPING THE DANCE ALIVE: The World Land Trust’s Christie Reed details what is being done to preserve India’s Sarus Cranes.