Back issues of the London Naturalist (and its predecessors from 1898 onwards) and the London Bird Report are now freely available online through the Biodiversity Heritage Library. A summary of the holdings for each publication may be accessed via the links below:
- Transactions of the City of London Entomological & Natural History Society (1898 to 1913)
- Transactions of the London Natural History Society (1914 to 1920)
- London Naturalist (1921 onwards)
- London Bird Report (1921onwards)
Searching publications on the Biodiversity Heritage Library
To make a detailed search of the holdings:
- Click on the “Advanced Search” tab and enter “London Naturalist” in the “Title” Box.
- Check the “Exact Phrase” button.
- Enter your search term in the “Text” box, this can be an author name, a species or any other phrase relevant to your search.
- You can also specify a year in the “Year” box.
The contents have not been fully indexed, which is why you should search for authors and subjects as text entries.
List of bird articles
Our online file LBR 1936-2018 Contents includes direct links to each year that has been digitised, including (on a separate worksheet) the Transactions of the LNHS and London Natuarist years that include records or papers about birds (i.e. those that precede the London Bird Report).
The links are in the year column and are highlighted in green (TLNHS and LN) and blue (LBR). Here is an example:
For examples of why you might want to explore the digitised journals, see the paper 'Exploring Digital Copies of the LBR' by Pete Lambert in LBR No.84 for 2019, due to be published in May 2021.