Bird Watching (magazine)

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Bird Watching
Bird Watching May 2011.jpg
Cover of May 2011 issue, showing a Corncrake
EditorMatt Merritt
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation 15,428 Jan–Dec 2019
First issueMarch 1986 (1986-03)
Country United Kingdom
Based in Peterborough
Website www.birdwatching.co.uk
ISSN 0269-1434

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]

Contents

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 Sheena Harvey editor Bird Watching magazine.jpg
Former editor Sheena Harvey at a birdwatchers' fair at Middleton Hall on 21 May 2011

Bird Watching has had five editors:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "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. 1 2 3 4 "Bird Watching- Data". ABC. Retrieved 31 May 2020.