Rarity finders: Lesser Kestrel in Co Clare
While working near Kilkee, John Murphy's lunch break produced a species not seen in Ireland for 130 years.
04/12/2020
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While working near Kilkee, John Murphy's lunch break produced a species not seen in Ireland for 130 years.
04/12/2020
Joel Savill was treated to a stunning encounter while out on a lockdown walk with his wife and newborn son at their local nature reserve.
21/11/2020
George Gay was in for a surprise when a routine shopping trip resulted in the discovery of a third for Scotland.
19/11/2020
Simon Pinder and Keith Simpson recount the story behind the identification and relocation of a second for Scotland.
15/11/2020
Mark and Linda Sutton were left stunned when they came across a first for Britain while taking a sandwich stop on the last day of their...
05/11/2020
A trip to see a Great Grey Shrike turned into something far more unusual for Andrew Moon.
29/10/2020
Harry Richardson took full advantage of promising weather conditions on the east coast to find a mega-rare Siberian vagrant at his local...
23/10/2020
A sharp eye and the help of an old friend provided Stephen Addinall with a fourth for Britain at one of his local sites.
15/10/2020
Andy Wilkes was left stunned when a nightjar-like bird that flew in off the sea at his patch transpired to be a freshly arrived vagrant...
09/10/2020
Perseverance with an elusive Phylloscopus warbler brought Ross Ahmed one of his best finds to date in a less well-watched area of his patch.
08/10/2020
Warden Dean Jones was stunned to find an exhausted American crake in scrub where he'd stopped to look for migrant passerines.
03/10/2020
John Bowler sums up the ecstasy of coming face to face with a new British and Western Palearctic species in his own garden.
25/09/2020