How to become a birder: 10 easy ways to start this life-changing hobby
In a world of stress and social media, birding offers something completely different. And it is now easier than ever to get to know your chaffinch from your chiffchaffI’m assured this is a big deal: on the far side of a field in Thetford, separated from me by a gate, there is a stone-curlew.Jon Carter, from the British Trust for Ornithology, patiently directs my binoculars up, down and past patches of grass until my gaze lands on an austere-looking, long-legged brown bird. “Quite a rare bird,” Carter says, pleased. “Very much a bird of the Breckland.” Continue reading...
In a world of stress and social media, birding offers something completely different. And it is now easier than ever to get to know your chaffinch from your chiffchaff
I’m assured this is a big deal: on the far side of a field in Thetford, separated from me by a gate, there is a stone-curlew.
Jon Carter, from the British Trust for Ornithology, patiently directs my binoculars up, down and past patches of grass until my gaze lands on an austere-looking, long-legged brown bird. “Quite a rare bird,” Carter says, pleased. “Very much a bird of the Breckland.” Continue reading...
