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Index
Cover
Title Page
Editor’s foreword
Contents
Introduction
1 : Arnhemland rock painting • c .45,000 BP
2 : The geese of Meidum • c .4,600 BP
3 : Papyrus bird painting • 3,300 BP
4 : Lysippe’s bust of Aristotle • c .330 BC
5 : Gutenberg printing press • 1440
6 : Raphael’s Madonna of the Goldfinch • 1505
7 : Bird-nesting pot • 1600-1699
8 : First scientific paper • 1665
9 : Ornithologiae Libri Tres by John Ray and Francis Willughby • 1676
10 : Stuffed Dodo at the Horniman Museum, London • c. 1700
11 : Systema Naturae (10th edition) by Carolus Linnaeus • 1758
12 : Gilbert White’s The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne • 1789
13 : 18th-century wood carving knife • 1797
14 : Hummingbird cabinet of curiosities, Natural History Museum, London • 19th century
15 : Montagu’s Ornithological Dictionary • 1802
16 : Observations on the Brumal Retreat of the Swallow by Thomas Forster • 1808
17 : Camera obscura image • 1826
18 : Pig bristle paintbrushes • 1827
19 : Raven cage • 1829
20 : HMS Beagle • 1831
21 : Wildlife garden • c. 1835
22 : Gould’s paintings of Darwin’s finches and mockingbirds • 1838
23 : Policeman’s notebook • 1840
24 : Bird table • c. 1850
25 : First issue of The Ibis • 1858
26 : Archaeopteryx specimen • 1861
27 : Wallace’s map of the Earth’s biogeographical regions • 1876
28 : Microphone • 1877
29 : Meinertzhagen’s Forest Owlet specimen • 1880
30 : Photographic film • 1885
31 : Egret plume hat • 1886
32 : Winchester shotgun • 1887
33 : Parabolic reflector • 1888
34 : Wax cylinder • 1889
35 : RSPB membership card • 1889
36 : Mortensen bird ring • 1890
37 : The Complete Works of William Shakespeare • 1890
38 : Telephoto lens • 1891
39 : Porro-prism binocular • 1894
40 : Egg collection • 1895
41 : Answering machine • 1898
42 : Box Brownie budget camera • 1900
43 : British Birds • 1907
44 : Map of breeding migrants • 1909
45 : Aeroplane ticket • 1911
46 : Public telephone box • 1920
47 : Milk bottle top • 1921
48 : Swiftlet’s nest • 1922
49 : Road Sign • 1923
50 : Television set • 1925
51 : Ernest Holt newspaper cutting • 1928
52 : Peterson field guide • 1934
53 : Leica SLR camera • 1935
54 : Kodachrome 35mm film • 1936
55 : Motorola walkie-talkie • 1936
56 : Witherby’s Handbook of British Birds • 1938
57 : Great Northern? by Arthur Ransome • 1947
58 : Questar telescope • 1954
59 : Mass spectrometer • 1958
60 : Sonogram • 1958
61 : Swoop wild bird food • c. 1958
62 : Tiger Tops • 1964
63 : Dictaphone Travel-Master • 1965
64 : Super 8 • 1965
65 : YOC badge • 1965
66 : Where to Watch Birds by John Gooders • 1967
67 : Gore-Tex • 1969
68 : Nancy’s Café • 1970s
69 : Hand-held mobile phone • 1973
70 : Petzl head lamp • 1973
71 : Radio tag patented • 1973
72 : Seventy Years of Birdwatching by H G Alexander • 1974
73 : Asolo Scout shoe • 1975
74 : The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland • 1976
75 : Big Jake Calls the Waders • 1980
76 : Compact disc • 1981
77 : IBM PC • 1981
78 : Sony Handycam • 1985
79 : Kodak Electro-Optic Camera • 1987
80 : Perkin Elmer Cetus DNA Thermal Cycler • 1987
81 : British Birdfair poster • 1989
82 : Microsoft Powerpoint • 1990
83 : First website • 1991
84 : Rare Bird Alert pager • 1991
85 : Birdwatch magazine • 1992
86 : Gitzo Mountaineer carbon fibre tripod • 1994
87 : MP3 file • 1994
88 : Open Diary blog • 1994
89 : eBird • 2002
90 : Nikon Coolpix 4500 • 2002
91 : The Migration Atlas • 2002
92 : BWPi • 2004
93 : Kowa Prominar ED TD-1 Spotting Scope and Digital Camera • 2002
94 : Scopac tripod backpack • 2005
95 : Rainham RSPB visitor centre • 2006
96 : iPhone • 2007
97 : Biotope hide • 2012
98 : Swarovski ATX modular telescope • 2012
99 : Goldfinches on a wall of pound shop plastic by Richard Crawford • 2012
100 : Crystal ball
Photo credits
Bibliography
Biographies
Birdwatch
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