Birding
BIRDING-NZ - New Zealand Birding newsgroup
BirdingNZ.net - New Zealand Birding forum and discussion group
Birder.com
Birding.com
Birding Southern Queensland
Birding hotspots around the world - great global bird and birding resource
BirdingPal.org - meet a birding pal, be a birding pal
Birding World - Europe's Premier Monthly bird magazine
Birds Australia Rarities Committee (BARC)
Birds of Holland - by Rein Hofman
Brownteal.com - a site devoted to the NZ brown teal
Bushy Point fernbirds - private fernbird reserve near Invercargill
Capetown Pelagics - South African pelagic birding
Charter Fishing - Bert Lee's Tolaga Bay charter service that we use for Tolaga Bay Pelagics
Cursorius Photo and Video Library - mostly a commercial site, but some photos of recent rarities
East Cape Fishing Charters - Pelagic trips out of Hicks Bay to the remote East Cape with Joe McClutchie - see trip reports section
Eco-Vista: Photography & Research - bird photography - supplier of almost all photos for this site!
Electronic Resources on Ornithology
Eurobirding.com - huge resource of worldwide trip reports
Fat Birder - birding resource
Gloster Birder - great site run by Mike King outlining Gloucestershire (UK) sightings, records, and birding info
John Ridgway Save the Albatross Voyage 2003-4 - promoting the Save the Albatross Campaign
Kahurangi Nature Experiences - visit Farewell Spit to see waders and Australasian gannets
Kiwi House Otorohanga - kiwi and native bird park dedicated to the conservation of New Zealand's native wildlife
Miranda Shorebird Centre
New Zealand Birding Network - Birding in New Zealand
New Zealand Birds
New Zealand Penguins - info on Penguins around NZ - visit their nestcam
nzshorebirds.com - shorebird research in New Zealand and the East-Asian Australasian flyway
Ocean Wanderers - for serious birders and Pelagic enthusiasts
Oceanwings - pelagic birdwatching trips from Kaikoura, New Zealand
Ornithological Society of New Zealand

Raptor Association of New Zealand - study, research, rehabilitation and conservation of New Zealand's birds of prey

RaZSAR Holidays in Kimberley - The preferred adventure and ecotourism destination in South Africa
Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand
SAVE THE ALBATROSS - Save the Albatross Campaign
Subantarctic Islands - an educational resource of the islands
Surfbirds.com - huge birding site
Tony Palliser's Pelagic Home Page
WorldTwitch - finding rare birds around the world
 
NZ and world Pelagic websites
Andy Kerr - Stingray - Charter operator out of Whitianga whom we use for our Pycroft petrel pelagics
Assassin Boat charters - Brett and Chris Rathe are THE best charter operators out of Sandspit for the Hauraki Gulf and NZSP
Scilly Pelagics - Bob Flood and Ashley Fisher organise fantastic pelagics out of the Scilly Isles
 
Other sites of interest
Backpacker Board NZ - independent New Zealand Travel Guide run by a group of backpackers and independent travellers
Backpack New Zealand - great resource of information about New Zealand and NZ tourism
Dean Birders - disabled birding group based in the Forest of Dean, UK
Info-NZ - the UK guide to New Zealand travel
New Zealand Butterflies - a great site about New Zealand's butterflies
New Zealand HQ - everything New Zealand, from About New Zealand to Working In New Zealand
New Zealand Tourism Online - comprehensive NZ travel, accommodation, attractions, tours, transport, vacation and visitor information
 
Optical/ Photography
AllAboutCameras - digital camera resources

Arthur Morris / Birds as Art - bird photographer extraordinaire

Better view desired - optics articles and reviews
Digital Photography Review - digital photography site
DCviews - digital photography site
Eco-Vista: Photography & Research - bird photography - supplier of almost all photos for this site!
Jason Elsworth Photography - New Zealand bird photographer
The Binocular Site - independent reviews of binoculars from all manufacturers
Wildlife Images - Natural History photography of Australian birds

 


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