Birdguides (London) (1 Viewer)

[Reesyd]

Signed up to Birdguides last year as taken up the hobby again but is it a site for extra rare birds or extra rare birds at birding sites/ prepared habitats?

Put on a couple of spottings including Redpoll, Siskin and Wood Wabler ( Wood Warbler was also put up last year on the site which made the listings) that have not even got a mention.

Seems anything that arrives in numbers at certain sites gets a look in but UK rarities, as above which are not everyday birds, seem to be ignored?

Is ebird any better for sharing sightings?

Kind Regards, Rees

 

[aeshna5]

Siskin & Redpoll are fairly regular passage/winter birds in the London area, though not especially common. I presume you haven't claimed Wood Warbler for this year as that is extremely unlikely (so would probably be dismissed as a misidentification) this early but is a significant scarcity in the London area.

 

[a_j_steele]

Bird guides is more for the scare and rare birds LatestNews is a good site for london birds

 

[THE_FERN]

Ebird increasingly good for general stuff, e.g. keeping a watch on your local patch. Idea there (unlike others) is that you capture everything, not just the "rare", whatever that means.

 

[Phil Andrews]

I do feel this is being a little unfair to Birdguides - it is a (paid for) service specifically to disseminate rare and scarce birds. The type of location they are at isn't a consideration. Sites such as ebird and Birdtrack are bird recording facilities to note all birds encountered.

 

[PYRTLE]

Or try LNHS Bird recordings.....they may keep a list of general bird sightings alongside the scarcer species.