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| Editor | Stephen Menzie |
|---|---|
| Categories | Ornithology |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | BB 2000 Ltd. |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | britishbirds |
| ISSN | 0007-0335 |
British Birds is a monthly ornithology magazine that was established in 1907. It is now published by BB 2000 Ltd, which is wholly owned by The British Birds Charitable Trust (registered charity number 1089422),[1][2] established for the benefit of British ornithology. Its circulation in 2000 was 5,250 copies; its circulation peaked at 11,000 in the late 1980s.[3] The current editor is Stephen Menzie.
British Birds is aimed at serious birdwatchers and ornithologists, rather than the more casual birdwatchers catered for by some other magazines on the subject. It publishes the findings of the British Birds Rarities Committee.
Its mascot, and later logo, the red grouse, was chosen because at the time it was thought to be an endemic British species (although it is now considered a subspecies of the willow grouse).
In 1916, British Birds magazine absorbed The Zoologist, due to the latter's shortage of subscribers.[4]
- ^ Ogilvie, Malcolm; Ferguson-Lees, James; Chandler, Richard (2007). "A history of British Birds". British Birds. 100: 3–15.
- ^ Charity Commission register entry[permanent dead link]
- ^ Wallace, D. Ian M. (2004). Beguiled by Birds. Christopher Helm. p. 137. ISBN 0-7136-6535-1.
- ^ Bourne, W.R.P. "In memory of 'The Zoologist'". British Birds. 88: 1–4.