Conservation organisations
www.osme.org Ornithological Society of the Middle East: Middle Eastern bird news, trip reports, conservation projects and the journal Sandgrouse
www.neotropicalbirdclub.org Neotropical Bird Club: bird news, trip reports, conservation projects, the journal Cotinga and birding magazine Neotropical Birding
www.africanbirdclub.org African Bird Club: ‘first base’ for birding and bird news from across the Afrotropics, as well as Bulletin of the African Bird Club
www.birdlife.org BirdLife International: conserving the world’s birds, including the invaluable datazone with information about all of the planet’s threatened bird species
Bird photos http://www.pbase.com/tereksandpiper/galleries Including many from the Neotropics http://www.arthurgrosset.com/ Brought to you by a man who loves Brazil as much as me! Journals www.boc-online.org Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club www.dutchbirding.nl Dutch Birding, one of the premier journals on field ornithology in the Western Palearctic
Other media and music
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/nowshow.shtml Essential humour every Friday night
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/worldtonight/ Extremely valuable world politics and comment every weekday with excellent presenters, Robin Lustig and Ritula Shah
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/the_westminster_hour/default.stm Sunday night political round-up with Carolyn Quinn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/ Excellent animal migrations programme; one of the presenters is Radio 4's own birder, Brett Westwood
http://www.myspace.com/joydivision Website devoted to the seminal rock group replate with videos and sounds. Ian Curtis, the man Bono described as possessing a voice like God.
http://www.u2start.net/ All the essential band news and every bootleg that you could ever think of, all available for free download
http://www.danielamercury.art.br/ Despite the rise of Yvete Sangalo, Daniela is still the princess of Brazilian pop. Played the UK this June, but if you can catch one of her shows in Brazil for the half the price!
