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Fatbirder is the premier birders’ web resource about birds, birding tours and birdwatching travel. We’ve been around since the internet was barely a baby (1997) and seen website increase exponentially – as well a millions of websites fall by the wayside. In order to thrive, we spend vast amounts of time checking, tweaking and improving what is offered FREE to all birders everywhere.
Whether you are looking for facts about hummingbirds, songbirds, shorebirds or raptors in your backyard or are planning a trip or birding holiday anywhere in the world, Fatbirder is the site for you.
There are tens of thousands of links on two thousand pages about birding everywhere; a page for every country & state & every bird family.
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It’s all here from RSPB wildlife reserves or Audubon bird sanctuaries to the best bird watching binoculars and spotting scopes. There are page sections on books, guides, forums, reserves, accommodation, trip report, bird clubs and more as well as pages on topics such as ornithology, twitching, endangered species, conservation, equipment, pelagics, birding holidays and much more.
Fatbirder benefits hugely from the contributions of birders, photographers, ornithologists and birdwatchers from all over the world. Local birders wrote most country and state introductions, and Fatbirder users took most of the photographs featured. As always, we welcome feedback and suggestions.
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Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
©Nick Ludovic Green Bird-Photo-Tours ASIA has kindly allowed me to use a great many of his wonderful photographs on my pages. Here is another example captured during one of the bird photography tours he leads…

Parrot Heaven
| Parrot Heaven | Jessica Howland Kany | Rakiura Books | 2026 | Paperback | eBook available | 291 Pages | ISBN: 9780473766061 | Also received: | A Runners Guide to Rakiura ...moreJune 18th, 2026
Outsider Animals
| Outsider Animals: How the Creatures at the Margins of Our Lives Have the Most to Teach Us | By Marlene Zuk | PUP | 2026 | Hardback | 312 Pages | ISBN: ...moreJune 18th, 2026
Opticron MM3 60 Travelscope + Eyepiece
Opticron MM3 60 GA/45 Travelscope + HR3 16–48x Eyepiece Last December I borrowed the Opticron MM3 60 GA/45 Travelscope with the HR3 16–48x eyepiece for a trip to the Isle of Mull. ...moreJune 18th, 2026
Land Beneath the Waves
| Land Beneath the Waves |Nic Wilson | Summerdale Publishers | 2025 | Hardback | 314 Pages | No Illustrations | ISBN: 9781837996223 | The Publisher’s View: About this book A moving, ...moreMay 19th, 2026

The Latest Grumpy Old Birder Article No. 207 - Tales of the Unexpected
The latest Grumpy Old Birder Article is now on line as well as on page 19 of the May 2026 edition of Birdwatching Magazine (UK) Read it HERE April 26th, 2025

To feed or not to feed... that is the question
The BTO recently issued advice on bird feeding, based on research by RSPB, BTO etc. so the guidance reflects the current state of knowledge about birds using garden feeders. Their advice seeks ...moreMay 29th, 2026
Where the World's Roof Becomes a Birder's Paradise
Nepal’s extraordinary vertical geography packs a planet’s worth of avian life into a single journey from tropical wetlands to the high Himalaya. By Richard F Silber – Executive Director, International Mountain Trekking ...moreMay 19th, 2026