Rare Bird Network

As an owner of three of the previous four Sound Approach guides, I knew just what to expect when I received the latest publication, Undiscovered Owls. As with the others in the series, t...

http://www.rarebirdnetwork.co.uk/2015/05/book-review-undiscovered-owls.html

With social media becoming ever more popular as a means for sharing bird sightings, Rare Bird Network, after consultation with the Rare Breeding Birds Panel and the British Trust for Ornithology...

http://www.rarebirdnetwork.co.uk/2013/04/social-media-and-risk-of-disturbance-to.html

In recent weeks Twitter has changed the way that third parties can use their information. This unfortunately means that (for the present time at least) IFTTT can no longer provide hashtag alerts....

http://www.rarebirdnetwork.co.uk/2012/12/bird-alerts-hashtag-rare-bird-sightings.html

Just a quick update to let everyone know that Rare Bird Network now has a Facebook Page! The Facebook Page will provide rarity highlights as well as topical birding news. This means that we ...

http://www.rarebirdnetwork.co.uk/2012/08/rare-bird-network-is-now-on-facebook.html

With more people now adopting the Rare Bird Network hashtags  it seems like a good idea to go through a brief "best practice" guide on how to tweet when you're using one of the hashtags. A fe...

http://www.rarebirdnetwork.co.uk/2012/07/rare-bird-network-alert-tweets-best.html

Over the last few weeks here at Rare Bird Network we've been busily trying to find a way of setting up a system so that when we send a tweet with a specific hashtag you can receive an alert on y...

http://www.rarebirdnetwork.co.uk/2012/06/free-bird-alerts-sent-to-your-phone.html

Just last week my eagerly awaited copy of Extremely Rare Birds in the Western Palearctic by Marcel Haas fell through the letterbox and on to the doormat. The book was released back in Februa...

http://www.rarebirdnetwork.co.uk/2012/06/extremely-rare-birds-western-palearctic.html

We've been busily Tweeting away for just under three weeks and the Rare Bird Network website was launched two weeks ago. So, what's happened in this time? With over 150 Twitter followers and al...

http://www.rarebirdnetwork.co.uk/2012/06/rare-bird-network-twitter-hashtag-rbnuk.html

Below is a map with all the county/area hashtag codes for the UK. Just click on your nearest marker point and it will show you the relevant hashtag code . Clicking on the county (or area) name...

http://www.rarebirdnetwork.co.uk/2012/05/rare-bird-network-area-codes.html

Rare Bird Network @rbnUK is a new free bird sightings service. Rare Bird Network (RBN) uses the social networking site Twitter and works by using pre-defined hashtags for each county (or defin...

http://www.rarebirdnetwork.co.uk/2012/05/welcome-to-rare-bird-network.html