300: the magic number
It takes time, patience and dedication to amass a big self-found list in your local county. Graham Catley recounts the trials, tribulations...
28/10/2021
All our rare bird stories from Britain and Ireland.
It takes time, patience and dedication to amass a big self-found list in your local county. Graham Catley recounts the trials, tribulations...
28/10/2021
Steve Cribbin, David Hunter and Julian Pickering tell the story behind the stunning discovery of the most popular bird of the autumn.
19/10/2021
Initially thinking he'd discovered a Yellow-browed Warbler, David Bevan was in for a shock when his bird turned out to be a 10th for...
17/10/2021
John Bowler couldn't believe his eyes when another mega North American landbird visited his garden.
10/10/2021
The first twitchable White-tailed Lapwing in Britain for a decade was one of the finds of August. Stuart Taylor recounts the momentous...
06/10/2021
Alex Penn tells the tale of a magical day on the famous island at the end of September.
03/10/2021
September started with a bang after careful fieldwork allowed James McCallum and Kayn Forbes to confirm the identity of a mega warbler in...
29/09/2021
It was a North American landbird that got peak Shetland season underway, as David Cooper scored yet another mega find on Unst.
27/09/2021
This autumn, what migrants should be getting your heart racing: those gems from the east, affectionately known as 'Sibes', or those...
23/09/2021
Dante Shepherd recounts his 2020 season as Assistant Warden at the Orcadian bird observatory, which produced a series of stunning finds and...
15/09/2021
The bird is the first twitchable individual of its kind on mainland Britain.
10/09/2021
Niall Keogh provides the full story behind a new species for Ireland, with an in-depth look at the bird's identification.
09/09/2021