Bird Watching (magazine)

Bird Watching (ISSN 0269-1434) is a British four-weekly (13 issues per year[1]) magazine for birdwatchers, established in March 1986.

Distributed by subscription and also through newsagents, it has, as of September 2023, a cover price of £5.25.

[3] Key content areas include bird identification, birdwatching site guides, recent sightings from across the UK, book and equipment reviews and news.

Its contributors include notable birders such as Dominic Couzens[1] and David Lindo.

[1] Its ABC-certified total average net circulation per issue for 2022 was 20,660,[4] of which 2,530 were newsagent sales[4] and 17,950 went to subscribers.

Former editor Sheena Harvey at a birdwatchers' fair at Middleton Hall on 21 May 2011