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 March 2020, a cover price of £4.60.[2]

Bird Watching
Cover of May 2011 issue, showing a Corncrake
EditorMatt Merritt
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation15,428 Jan–Dec 2019
First issueMarch 1986 (1986-03)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inPeterborough
Websitewww.birdwatching.co.uk
ISSN0269-1434

History and profile

Bird Watching was established in 1986.[3] Key content areas include bird identification, location guides, recent sightings, product reviews and news.

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

Originally published by EMAP,[4] the magazine is published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media of Peterborough.[1] Its ABC-certified total average net circulation/distribution per issue for 2019 was 15,428,[4] of which 3,637 were newsagent sales[4] and 11,603 went to subscribers.[4]

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

Bird Watching has had five editors:

  • Chris Dawn (1986–88)
  • David Cromack (1988–2006)
  • Kevin Wilmot (2006–2008)
  • Sheena Harvey[1] (2008–2011)
  • Matt Merritt (2011–)
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gollark: What if Turing machine which loops forever iff the algorithm for determining whether an arbitrary Turing machine halts says it halts?
gollark: Or, well, can be described quite simply.
gollark: The proof of the halting problem being impossible is pretty simple.
gollark: If you can "figure it out", a computer can do the same thing, except it can't.

See also

References
  1. "Bird Watching". Bird Watching. 25 (5). May 2011. ISSN 0269-1434.
  2. Birdwatching Magazine. March 2020.
  3. Caroline Taggart (30 June 2010). Writer's Market 2010: Make Money Writing. F+W Media. p. 508. ISBN 978-0-7153-3529-1. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. "Bird Watching- Data". ABC. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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