The New Bird Atlas

The new Bird Atlas 2007-11 is available as a pre-publication book offer which you can order now at a special pre-publication price of €54 and save a third off the retail price!

Be one of the first to receive Bird Atlas 2007–11, the most important British and Irish bird book for decades. The most complete and comprehensive overview of bird distribution and change in Britain and Ireland. Over 1,300 maps describe patterns of distribution, abundance and change for nearly 300 species.

Discover the changing fortunes of the birds of Ireland (and Britain), with the help of authors Dawn Balmer, Simon Gillings, Brian Caffrey, Bob Swann, Iain Downie and Rob Fuller. Have the latest scientific findings about distribution and change at your fingertips, including chapters telling the atlas story and highlighting the factors influencing our changing bird fauna... all to be revealed when the book is published in autumn 2013.

 

How to order:

1) Online at http://shop.birdwatchireland.ie/birdwatchireland/product_info.php?cPath=35_37&products_id=929

2) By post send the order form (attached) to BirdWatch Ireland, Unit 20, Block D, Bullford Business Campus, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow

3) By Post: send the attached order form to: BirdWatch Ireland, Unit 20, Block D, Bullford Business Campus, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow

4) By Phone: on 00353 (1) 2819878

 

This offer ends 31^st July 2013

 

Bird News Thursday 11th April

The Black - necked Grebe was still on show at Oxford Island.(Tom McCreery) 

The  male Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen and photographed at Belvoir forest park,Belfast.(Alan Gallagher)  

A Swallow was at Brown's Bay, Islandmagee this morning (Adam McClure)

A Swallow was also seen over Belvoir Drive (Ciara Friers)

A Swallow, Common & Sandwich Terns present at RSPB Belfast Harbour Reserve this morning. (Jim McKeown / Chris Sturgeon)

Chiffchaffs were at Prehen (Christine Cassidy), Lower Lough Erne (Brad Robson), Strandmillis tow path.(Michael McLaughlin)

A few each of Swallow, House Martin and Sand Martin, were at McAuley's Loch near Spa. (in the rain.....) (David Nixon)

11 Waxwings were briefly this morning at Richmond Drive, Tandragee, Co. Armagh. (David Knight)

The Glaucous Gull still at Ballycastle Harbour and 11 Manx Shearwater were seen from the Rathlin Ferry.(James Robinson)

6 Waxwing were in a garden along Knockeen Road in Ballymena (Jeff Larkin).

2 Swallow and a singing Chiffchaff were at Antrim Road Waterworks in Belfast (Larry Toal).



Our thanks to Alan Gallagher for the photo of the Great Spotted Woodpecker.Also to Alistair Prentice for the Dipper,great use of the morning light on the water.Tom McCreery  for the Black-necked Grebe being accompanied by a male and female Tufted Duck.