Birds
A beginner's bird-observation checklist and field-notes template
A practical routine for a first birding session, an ethics summary based on the ABA code, and a copyable field-notes template that fits eBird's checklist rules.
3 min read
Field guides
Original articles that are useful without any video. Each lists its sources and how it was reviewed.
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Conservation
How to evaluate the credibility of a wildlife video
Check the source, the setting and the story. Includes the warning signs of staged "rescue" content identified by an animal-protection coalition.
3 min read
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Oceans
Ocean habitats, and how to choose an ocean documentary
A depth-by-depth guide to the ocean's zones, what can live in each, and a checklist for judging how ocean footage was made.
3 min read
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Wildlife
Reading animal behaviour without assigning unsupported human motives
Describe first, interpret second. A method based on Tinbergen's four questions, with a worked example from research on the dog "guilty look".
3 min read
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Conservation
Wild habitats, managed habitats and conservation work
How to tell wild, managed and conservation settings apart in footage, what accreditation does and does not tell you, and questions to ask about animals kept by people.
2 min read