Estbirding

Estbirding brings together keen birders in Estonia. We value good birding practices, strong identification skills, and the accurate recording of observations in databases. Our activities include searching for rare birds, migration observations, ringing birds and reading rings, as well as participating in various monitoring projects. Through these efforts, we contribute to bird research and conservation in Estonia and around the world. Club members exchange information via Rariliin (Birdline) and an email list, also we organize meetings, joint birding trips, and competitions. The Estbirding logo features a Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus).

On our website you can find various trip reports and articles . Our gallery contains 1000+ photos of Estonian and global bird species, local rarities, aberrant birds and hybrids, as well as material showing our birding community in action.

We run the Facebook page Birding Estonia.

Estbirding Board
Heleri Alles – board member (haaletaja [at] gmail.com)
Hannes Pehlak – board member (hannes [at] xenus.ee)
Riho Marja – mailing list (riho.marja [at] ut.ee)
Tarvo Valker – nature education (tarvo.valker [at] gmail.com)
Tiiu Tali – website content (tali.tiiu [at] gmail.com)

The Birding Estonia Facebook page is managed by Tiiu Tali.
Rare bird reports on the Estbirding website are added by Madis Karu (madiskaru89 [at] gmail.com).
The Estbirding website is maintained by Hannes Margusson (margusson [at] gmail.com),

Estbirding was founded on January 13, 2009.