A history of birdwatching in 100 objects

Content: Machine generated contents note: 1. Arnhemland rock painting c.45,0000 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 Cafe 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 Getus 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-I 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.