Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom's first bird observatory was established in 1933 by Ronald Lockley in the Welsh island of Skokholm. This is a list of members of the Bird Observatories Council of Britain and Ireland
- Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory
- Calf of Man (Isle of Man)
- Cape Clear (Ireland)
- Copeland
- Dungeness
- Fair Isle
- Filey
- Flamborough
- Gibraltar Point
- Holme
- Isle of May
- Landguard
- North Ronaldsay
- Portland
- Sandwich Bay
- Skomer/Skokholm
- Spurn
- Walney
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