Rarity finders: Sooty Tern in East Yorkshire
A year on from a Sooty Tern lingering in Aberdeenshire, Will Scott discovered one heading north past Bempton Cliffs. Could it have been the...
18/08/2019
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A year on from a Sooty Tern lingering in Aberdeenshire, Will Scott discovered one heading north past Bempton Cliffs. Could it have been the...
18/08/2019
Tom Whiley was the only birder to see a radiant tropical wanderer pass right under the noses of assembled seawatchers – luckily he had his...
18/08/2019
Mark Robinson describes his surprise discovery of another mega-rare swift for Hornsea Mere.
14/08/2019
A marine survey resulted in a dream come true for Paul Connaughton, who discovered a first for Irish waters.
22/07/2019
Paul Donald predicted he'd find an ultra-rare lark on his holiday to the Outer Hebrides and, remarkably, his prophecy came to fruition.
07/07/2019
Mark Newsome was rewarded in the most astonishing manner for his seawatching efforts, and his swift distribution of news meant that Mark...
04/07/2019
After visitors to Ramsey Island photographed a rare American warbler, warden Lisa Morgan was on hand to help relocate the bird and organise...
04/07/2019
A mega wader from Asia appearing in off the sea and landing at your feet may sound like the stuff of dreams, but for Allan Conlin it was...
13/06/2019
Jonathan Norgate and Henry Page recount the tale of the discovery and subsequent identification of a first for mainland Britain.
06/06/2019
Ashley McElwee details the discovery of Norfolk's first-ever occurrence of this mega transatlantic wader.
30/05/2019
John Sturt reports on his discovery of one of this year's early spring highlights.
16/05/2019
Scott Reid details the discovery and identification of Britain's first-ever spring Eastern Yellow Wagtail.
13/05/2019