''Birding World'' was a monthly

birding Birdwatching, or birding, is the observing of birds, either as a recreational activity or as a form of citizen science. A birdwatcher may observe by using their naked eye, by using a visual enhancement device like binoculars or a telescope, by ...

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

published in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

. It was the magazine of the Bird Information Service, based at

Cley next the Sea Cley next the Sea (, , is a village and civil parish on the River Glaven in England, English county of Norfolk, England, Norfolk, north-west of Holt, Norfolk, Holt and east of Blakeney, Norfolk, Blakeney. The main A149 road, A149 coast road ...

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

. With the publication of issue No. 26/12 in January 2014, ''Birding World'' magazine ceased publication.

History and profile

Originally published in 1987 as ''Twitching'' volume 1, the magazine underwent a name-change to this name, in 1988 (also resetting its volume count back to 1). The editor was Steve Gantlett, and the assistant editor

Richard Millington Richard Millington is a British birder and bird artist. He lives in Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. He does not appear to be with his wife Hazel. He is assistant editor of ''Birding World'' magazine. His contributions to that journal include many ...

. It was aimed at

birder Birdwatching, or birding, is the observing of birds, either as a recreational activity or as a form of citizen science. A birdwatcher may observe by using their naked eye, by using a visual enhancement device like binoculars or a telescope, by ...

s with an interest in the occurrence and identification of rare birds in the

and the

Western Palearctic The Western Palaearctic or Western Palearctic is part of the Palaearctic realm, one of the eight biogeographic realms dividing the Earth's surface. Because of its size, the Palaearctic is often divided for convenience into two, with Europe, North ...

. It also covered

-related material from around the globe. The range of material published included: * papers on bird identification, often including proposed new identification characters for difficult groups of taxa * news articles on rare birds in Britain and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic Significant articles published included: * A three-part series by

Krister Mild Krister is a Swedish variant of the Swedish masculine given name Christer and may refer to: * Krister Bringéus (born 1954), Swedish diplomat * Krister Classon (born 1955), Swedish comedian, actor, director and screenwriter * Krister Dreyer (born ...

on the identification of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers * A number of papers on the Feas's/

Zino's petrel Zino's petrel (''Pterodroma madeira'') or the freira, is a species of small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, endemic to the island of Madeira. This long-winged petrel has a grey back and wings, with a dark "W" marking across the wings, and a ...

group * An identification paper on booted, Sykes', western olivaceous and

eastern olivaceous warbler The eastern olivaceous warbler (''Iduna pallida'') is a small passerine bird with drab plumage tones, that is native to the Old World. For the most part it breeds in southeastern Europe, the Middle East and adjacent western Asia, and winters in t ...

s In 2004, its circulation was estimated at 4000 copies. Wallace, D. I. M. (2004) ''Beguiled by Birds'' p. 138

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