All these links worked as at 16-2-2003. No responsibility is taken for those that drop off the perch after that date.

AUSTRALIAN BIRD SITES

The Western Banders Association (Western Australia) http://birdswa.iinet.net.au/wba/main.htm

Bird banders of North-east NSW http://www.birdresearcher.com.au

Birds Australia http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au

Australasian Raptor Association
http://www.ausraptor.org.au/

Australian Wader Studies Group
www.tasweb.com.au/awsg/index.htm

Birds Australia - Victorian Group
http://www.babblersnest.com/

Birds of the ANU (Australian National University)
http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/birds/anubirds.htm

Birds Queensland (was Qld Ornithological Association)
http://birdsqueensland.org.au

BOCA - Bayside branch (BayBoca)
http://www.cohsoft.com.au/bayboca/

BOCA - Echuca and District Branch
http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~stocky/boca_echuca.html

Canberra Birds (The Canberra Ornitholigists Group)
http://canberrabirds.org.au/

Cumberland Bird Observers Club - (Bird Watching in Sydney)
http://www.cboc.org.au

Gould League
http://www.gould.edu.au

Hunter Bird Observers Club
http://www.hboc.org.au/

The Malleefowl Preservation Group
www.malleefowl.com.au/

NSW Bird Atlassers Inc - mapping and monitoring bird habitats and distribution
www.nswbirdatlassers.com/

Southern Ocean Seabird Study Association

Victorian Ornithological Research Group
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~vorg/lecvorg.htm
Use links to access:

The Penguin Study Group
Short-tailed Shearwater Banding
Flame Robin Banding
Birds of Box Hill Survey
Little Raven & Forest Raven Study
Handedness of Parrots
Flight Speeds of Bird

Victorian Wader Studies Group
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~vwsg/

http://www.ea.gov.au Environment Australia

http://www.ea.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/index.html Australian Bird and Bat Banding Schemes (ABBBS) has some back copies of "Flightlines".

Eremaea Pty Ltd is a private, independent company based in Melbourne, Australia. The directors, Margaret Alcorn and Richard Alcorn, are keen bird watchers. Their goal is to contribute to global wildlife conservation by providing a web-based service to observers enabling them to store and share bird survey data. The site is entirely self-funded by user subscription.The URL is <http://www.eremaea.com/>

Birdwatching Australia:  A directory of Australian birdwatching tours, bird clubs, freelance-guides, bird-orientated accommodation and reference information.

NEW ZEALAND BIRD SITES

The Ornithological Society of New Zealand (OSNZ) is now on-line at: http://www.osnz.org.nz

OTHER BIRD SITES AROUND THE WORLD

 www.surfbirds.com A friendly link into UK birding, and a host of further links.

http://www.surfbirder.com  - A searchable data-base of sites.

http://www.raptors-international.de Raptors International

http://birding.about.com/hobbies/birding

http://www.merseysiderg.org.uk Merseyside Ringing Group

http://www.bsc-eoc.org/links/ Bird Links to the World.   This is an extremely comprehensive site that provides Bird Links to the World. It has links to hundreds of sites, arranged by geographical area, as well as by topic.

www.birdresearch.dk  Danish site - The House of Birds. English version, as well as Danish and German.

www.birdsinthe.net  Another website database specialising in banding organisations.

http://www.birdingpal.com

http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/manual.htm  This links to the manual of bird banding in America, and on to all sorts of info on birding in USA.

www.fatbirder.com has a wealth of info.

ttp://www.birding.com/ has heaps of stuff, and also http://www.birding.com/BestWebSites.asp for links to some of the best sites (in their opinion!)

 Bird paintings: www.heidiwillis.com.au

http://www.aultimaarcadenoe.com- A general bio-conservation site in Brazil with a sub-section on birds

http://www.lonker.net/nature_ornithology_2.htm This is a site with some good info and photos and links, the personal site of the writer.

www.ozgreen.org.au Ozgreen is a local organisation with an interest in clean waterways in particular. Cleaning up wetlands and re-establishing their waterflows is great for the birds. Also good for ideas on how a local org can have an international reach.