~ Early Web Links ~

Oxon Birding Blog is a collaborative birdwatching log covering bird sightings across Oxfordshire, England, with dated field reports from multiple contributors tracking species at specific local sites like Otmoor RSPB, Port Meadow, and Blenheim. With posts stretching back to 2005 and hundreds of entries per year, it serves as a real-time community record for birders seeking rare and notable species in the county.

Wildlife Watchers is a conservation-focused organization site offering species reports, endangered species tracking, animal rescue news, and tips for attracting and protecting local wildlife. Visitors can browse wildlife alerts, report violations, and join an email list to stay informed about invasive species, endangered animal updates, and wildlife-friendly practices.

Blairbirding is a richly detailed blog by an experienced birder who has traveled the world in pursuit of birds, with trip reports covering Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, and beyond. With 663 images and decades of personal history, the site offers compelling narratives, species lists, and photography from international birding tours and solo adventures.

Steve Arlow's birding blog chronicles rare and scarce bird sightings across the UK, with detailed field notes, photographs, and video evidence of species like Red-breasted Geese and Daurian Shrikes. The site also covers international birding trips to Israel and Fair Isle, with an extensive sidebar of links to bird observatories, gull identification resources, and birding organizations worldwide.

The Owl Pages is a comprehensive reference dedicated entirely to owls, covering species from every continent with photos, calls, physiology, behavior, and mythology. Visitors can browse hundreds of species by genus, name, or geographic region, and explore detailed articles on anatomy, hunting, vision, and more.

Richard Fairbank's meticulous birding diary documents bird sightings across the Shoreham area of England, with detailed species counts, ring histories, and field notes going back decades. The site is a treasure trove for birdwatchers, featuring rare species encounters, seawatch logs, and even gull identification puzzles with photographic evidence.

Gorgor is a 23-year-old Italian web developer and artist whose personal site blends a love of fish (especially Ancistrus and Angelfish), video games, and art into a delightfully chaotic aesthetic experience. The site features a blog covering topics from corporate web critique to art theory, alongside dedicated sections for music, bugs, and fish, all wrapped in an unapologetically weird and expressive old-web style.

Kerakn (known as Kera) built this personal Neocities homepage around a deep passion for arthropods and insects, including detailed interest in black soldierfly biology and bug anatomy. The site includes an about page, a shrine to the visual novel Paper Lily, and links to fanlistings for games like Kingdom Hearts, Portal, and Sonic.

A fanlisting dedicated to lemurs, inviting fans from around the world to join and be listed among 71 fellow enthusiasts of these charismatic primates. Simple to join with just a name and country, it has been running since October 2006 as part of the TheFanlistings.org community.

Scott Atkinson documents his regular visits to Lakeside Park in Kitchener, Ontario, sharing detailed observations of local wildlife including black-crowned night herons, bald eagles, beavers, wood ducks, and dozens of other species. The writing is evocative and patient, capturing the quiet rhythms of a wetland ecosystem through the eyes of a dedicated naturalist.