Free birdwatching magazine and guide to finding birds
Barnack Hills & Holes is managed as a national nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest by Natural England, a non-departmental public body vested in 2006.
Brampton Wood
Brampton Wood is a 132.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Brampton in Cambridgeshire and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire...
Fen Drayton Lakes
Fen Drayton lakes is a fantastic place to watch birds with huge numbers of ducks, swans and geese on the lakes in winter. In summer, terns, hobbies and a variety of dragonflies are regularly seen.
Conveniently situated next to the A1, Paxton pits is a delightful reserve with breeding Kingfisher, cormorant and Nightingale. There is also an information centre and toilets.
Wicken Fen
A unique fragment of the wilderness that once covered East Anglia, Wicken Fen is the oldest nature reserve in Britain. A haven for birds, plants, insects and mammals alike.
Fowlmere RSPB Reserve
Fowlmere's reedbeds and pools are fed by natural chalk springs, which feed the old watercress beds on the site. A chalk stream runs through the reserve; you can see exciting birds like kingfishers, water rails....
The Nene Washes in the Cambridgeshire Fens are some of the best floodplain meadows in England. Regularly flooded by the River Nene, they can support thousands of waterfowl in winter ...
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Browse a range of New and used Avifauna for the English county of Cambridgeshire.
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Cambridgeshire Bird Atlas
Cambridgeshire Bird Atlas 2007-2011 provides a complete and comprehensive overview of the summer and winter distribution and abundance of birds in the county. There are 500 detailed maps which show where 167 bird species can be found breeding or wintering. Facing the maps are expert species accounts interpreting the maps and placing them in historical and national context.
The Birds of Cambridgeshire
David Lack produced the first Birds of Cambridgeshire in 1934 for the Cambridge Bird Club. Since then the avifauna of the county has changed dramatically and the body of the information gathered, largely by amateur birdwatchers, has grown enormously. The bulk of the book is, like Lack's original, an annotated systematic list of the species recorded, but the book is made even more valuable by the inclusion of introductory chapters dealing with the Cambridgeshire countryside and where to go birdwatching. Graham Easy's excellent line drawings illustrate some of the county's characteristic species.
Birds of the Nene Washes
Birds of the Nene Washes includes a full introduction describing the origins, management and habitats of this well known wetland. The systematic list details the occurrence of 237 species, including graphs for important breeding and wintering birds and 55 species are depicted either by illustration or colour photograph.
Birds of Grafham Water
Useful 38 page paperback. B/w photos, maps and line drawings.
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