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From: sandee@sun8.scri.fsu.edu (Daan Sandee)
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Subject: Re: round-the-world birding trip
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Date: 29 May 91 13:33:47 GMT
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In article <969@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> mcolthea@sunb.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Max Coltheart) writes:
>In the (Northern) late summer and fall I will be in a lot of
>different places and would like to see some birds, so I'd
>appreciate some NetHelp. Here are the places:
>
>1. Tuscany (last 2 weeks August)                                 
>2. Cambridge UK (Sept-Oct)

For Europe, you can start with Gooders : Where to watch birds in Britain and
Europe. It lists a few sites per country, and I wouldn't know offhand about
Italy. Otherwise, I doubt you will find anything documented on Italy. Italians
don't look at birds, they shoot them. 
Tuscany in August is hot and silent, but you can get up in the mountains and
get Rock Thrush and Alpine Swift and other nice birds.
For Britain, I strongly recommend Redman&Harrap, Bird-finding guide to
Britain. Best bird-finding guide I know. Autumn (as they call it over
there) is excellent for birding but the weather will be lousy. Most of England
is within reach of a weekend trip so you'll be able to see a lot.

Don't know where you would get either book from Australia. 

Daan Sandee                                           sandee@scri.fsu.edu
Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052  (904) 644-7045