This page shows the 35 most recent pictures of species classed as scarce and rarer, taken in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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of:	--any species--Accentor, Alpine (3 photos)Albatross, Black-browed (5 photos)Auk, Little (118 photos)Avocet (353 photos)Aythya sp./hybrid (28 photos)Bee-eater, European (76 photos)Bittern (353 photos)Bittern, Little (23 photos)Blackbird (230 photos)Blackcap (116 photos)Bluetail, Red-flanked (56 photos)Bluethroat (75 photos)Bobolink (12 photos)Booby, Masked (1 photo)Brambling (308 photos)Brant, Black (76 photos)Brant, Grey-bellied (1 photo)Budgerigar (1 photo)Bufflehead (36 photos)Bullfinch (246 photos)Bullfinch, Northern (15 photos)Bunting, Black-headed (19 photos)Bunting, Chestnut-eared (6 photos)Bunting, Cirl (64 photos)Bunting, Corn (69 photos)Bunting, Lapland (178 photos)Bunting, Little (82 photos)Bunting, Ortolan (25 photos)Bunting, Pine (14 photos)Bunting, Red-headed (3 photos)Bunting, Reed (293 photos)Bunting, Rustic (18 photos)Bunting, Snow (497 photos)Bunting, Yellow-breasted (12 photos)Bunting, Yellow-throated (2 photos)Bustard, Great (17 photos)Buzzard, Common (301 photos)Buzzard, Honey (22 photos)Buzzard, Rough-legged (32 photos)Canary (2 photos)Canary, Yellow-fronted (3 photos)Canvasback (5 photos)Capercaillie (15 photos)Cardinal, Red-crested (2 photos)Chaffinch (292 photos)Chiffchaff (157 photos)Chiffchaff, Iberian (43 photos)Chiffchaff, Siberian (56 photos)Chough (121 photos)Cisticola, Zitting (2 photos)Coot (250 photos)Coot, American (16 photos)Cormorant (241 photos)Corncrake (23 photos)Courser, Cream-coloured (25 photos)Crake, Little (66 photos)Crake, Spotted (100 photos)Crane, Common (197 photos)Crane, Demoiselle (1 photo)Crossbill sp. (6 photos)Crossbill, Common (171 photos)Crossbill, Parrot (10 photos)Crossbill, Scottish (10 photos)Crossbill, Two-barred (26 photos)Crow, Carrion (86 photos)Crow, Hooded (54 photos)Cuckoo (90 photos)Cuckoo, Great Spotted (38 photos)Curlew (196 photos)Curlew sp. (18 photos)Curlew, Stone (44 photos)Dipper (225 photos)Dipper, Black-bellied (47 photos)Diver, Black-throated (167 photos)Diver, Great Northern (303 photos)Diver, Pacific (93 photos)Diver, Red-throated (175 photos)Diver, White-billed (99 photos)Dotterel (212 photos)Dove, Collared (99 photos)Dove, Diamond (1 photo)Dove, Mourning (19 photos)Dove, Oriental (Rufous) Turtle (7 photos)Dove, Stock (57 photos)Dove, Turtle (75 photos)Dowitcher, Long-billed (134 photos)Dowitcher, Short-billed (26 photos)Duck, Black (26 photos)Duck, Falcated (7 photos)Duck, Ferruginous (83 photos)Duck, Ferruginous x Pochard hybrid (1 photo)Duck, Fulvous Whistling (5 photos)Duck, Harlequin (11 photos)Duck, Long-tailed (165 photos)Duck, Mandarin (217 photos)Duck, Marbled (17 photos)Duck, Muscovy (5 photos)Duck, Ring-necked (220 photos)Duck, Ruddy (82 photos)Duck, Tufted (204 photos)Duck, White-faced Whistling (2 photos)Duck, White-headed (19 photos)Duck, Wood (20 photos)Dunlin (277 photos)Dunnock (222 photos)Eagle, Golden (37 photos)Eagle, Short-toed (2 photos)Eagle, White-tailed (76 photos)Egret, Cattle (330 photos)Egret, Great White (305 photos)Egret, Little (491 photos)Egret, Snowy (8 photos)Eider (125 photos)Eider, King (115 photos)Eider, Northern (ssp. borealis) (4 photos)Falcon, Gyr (18 photos)Falcon, Lanner (4 photos)Falcon, Peregrine (248 photos)Falcon, Red-footed (196 photos)Falcon, Saker (8 photos)Fieldfare (126 photos)Finch, Citril (8 photos)Finch, Trumpeter (47 photos)Finch, Zebra (4 photos)Firecrest (135 photos)Flycatcher, Brown (26 photos)Flycatcher, Collared (1 photo)Flycatcher, Pied (160 photos)Flycatcher, Red-breasted (62 photos)Flycatcher, Red-throated (Taiga) (3 photos)Flycatcher, Spotted (165 photos)Frigatebird, Magnificent (3 photos)Fulmar (184 photos)Gadwall (119 photos)Gannet (339 photos)Garganey (233 photos)Glossy Starling sp. (1 photo)Godwit, Bar-tailed (127 photos)Godwit, Black-tailed (351 photos)Goldcrest (149 photos)Goldeneye (140 photos)Goldeneye, Barrow's (81 photos)Goldfinch (341 photos)Goosander (176 photos)Goose, Bar-headed (22 photos)Goose, Barnacle (83 photos)Goose, Bean (6 photos)Goose, Brent (95 photos)Goose, Cackling Canada (16 photos)Goose, Canada (183 photos)Goose, Dark-bellied Brent (10 photos)Goose, Egyptian (128 photos)Goose, Emperor (1 photo)Goose, Greenland White-fronted (33 photos)Goose, Greylag (187 photos)Goose, Lesser Canada (13 photos)Goose, Lesser White-fronted (17 photos)Goose, Pale-bellied Brent (57 photos)Goose, Pink-footed (125 photos)Goose, Red-breasted (71 photos)Goose, Richardson's Canada (40 photos)Goose, Ross's (29 photos)Goose, Snow (76 photos)Goose, Swan (7 photos)Goose, Taiga Bean (32 photos)Goose, Taverner's Canada (4 photos)Goose, Todd's Canada (1 photo)Goose, Tundra Bean (94 photos)Goose, White-fronted (70 photos)Goshawk (19 photos)Grebe, Black-necked (195 photos)Grebe, Great Crested (346 photos)Grebe, Little (241 photos)Grebe, Red-necked (138 photos)Grebe, Slavonian (250 photos)Greenfinch (246 photos)Greenshank (198 photos)Grosbeak, Pine (15 photos)Grosbeak, Rose-breasted (7 photos)Grouse, Black (37 photos)Grouse, Red (110 photos)Guillemot (140 photos)Guillemot, Black (82 photos)Guillemot, Brünnich's (7 photos)Guineafowl, Crested (1 photo)Guineafowl, Helmeted (1 photo)Gull sp. (5 photos)Gull, American Herring (78 photos)Gull, Audouin's (30 photos)Gull, Baltic (2 photos)Gull, Black-headed (407 photos)Gull, Bonaparte's (165 photos)Gull, Caspian (117 photos)Gull, Common (94 photos)Gull, Franklin's (53 photos)Gull, Glaucous (363 photos)Gull, Glaucous x Herring (3 photos)Gull, Glaucous-winged (8 photos)Gull, Great Black-backed (70 photos)Gull, Grey-headed (1 photo)Gull, Herring (232 photos)Gull, Heuglin's (3 photos)Gull, Iceland (561 photos)Gull, Ivory (69 photos)Gull, Kumlien's (188 photos)Gull, Laughing (249 photos)Gull, Lesser Black-backed (98 photos)Gull, Little (217 photos)Gull, Med x Black-headed hybrid (2 photos)Gull, Mediterranean (618 photos)Gull, Mediterranean x Black-headed (1 photo)Gull, Ring-billed (329 photos)Gull, Ross's (145 photos)Gull, Sabine's (104 photos)Gull, Thayer's (16 photos)Gull, Yellow-legged (111 photos)Harrier, Hen (68 photos)Harrier, Marsh (156 photos)Harrier, Montagu's (36 photos)Harrier, Pallid (22 photos)Hawfinch (208 photos)Hawk, Red-tailed (3 photos)Heron, Great Blue (2 photos)Heron, Green (71 photos)Heron, Grey (521 photos)Heron, Night (110 photos)Heron, Purple (67 photos)Heron, Squacco (112 photos)Hobby (148 photos)Hoopoe (255 photos)hybrid (49 photos)Hybrid gull (4 photos)Ibis, Glossy (180 photos)Ibis, Sacred (4 photos)Jackdaw (111 photos)Jay (169 photos)Junco, Dark-eyed (23 photos)Kestrel, American (3 photos)Kestrel, Common (389 photos)Kestrel, Lesser (1 photo)Killdeer (43 photos)Kingfisher, Belted (31 photos)Kingfisher, Common (447 photos)Kite, Black (42 photos)Kite, Black-eared (13 photos)Kite, Red (457 photos)Kittiwake (169 photos)Knot (177 photos)Knot, Great (14 photos)Lapwing (274 photos)Lapwing, Sociable (11 photos)Lapwing, White-tailed (9 photos)Lark, Black (21 photos)Lark, Calandra (10 photos)Lark, Shore (164 photos)Lark, Short-toed (53 photos)Lark, Sky (113 photos)Lark, Wood (68 photos)Laughingthrush, Masked (1 photo)Linnet (172 photos)Magpie (93 photos)Mallard (304 photos)Martin, House (64 photos)Martin, Purple (2 photos)Martin, Sand (93 photos)Merganser, Hooded (23 photos)Merganser, Red-breasted (66 photos)Merlin (71 photos)Moorhen (230 photos)Murrelet, Long-billed (20 photos)Nightingale (90 photos)Nightingale, Thrush (6 photos)Nightjar (37 photos)Nuthatch (371 photos)Oriole, Baltimore (29 photos)Oriole, Golden (16 photos)Osprey (228 photos)Ouzel, Ring (167 photos)Ovenbird (6 photos)Owl, Barn (333 photos)Owl, Dark-breasted Barn (18 photos)Owl, Eagle (31 photos)Owl, Eurasian Scops (19 photos)Owl, Great Horned (1 photo)Owl, Little (194 photos)Owl, Long-eared (150 photos)Owl, Short-eared (333 photos)Owl, Snowy (71 photos)Owl, Tawny (116 photos)Oystercatcher (246 photos)Parakeet, Alexandrine (2 photos)Parakeet, Ring-necked (73 photos)Partridge, Grey (50 photos)Partridge, Red-legged (72 photos)Parula, Northern (1 photo)Pelican, Great White (43 photos)Petrel, Fea's (4 photos)Phalarope, Grey (297 photos)Phalarope, Red-necked (107 photos)Phalarope, Wilson's (112 photos)Pheasant (156 photos)Pheasant, Golden (10 photos)Pheasant, Lady Amherst's (4 photos)Pheasant, Reeves's (5 photos)Pheasant, Silver (1 photo)Pigeon, Feral/Dove, Rock (37 photos)Pigeon, Wood (120 photos)Pintail (96 photos)Pintail, Red-billed (1 photo)Pintail, White-cheeked (5 photos)Pipit, Blyth's (21 photos)Pipit, Buff-bellied (26 photos)Pipit, Meadow (217 photos)Pipit, Olive-backed (17 photos)Pipit, Pechora (26 photos)Pipit, Red-throated (26 photos)Pipit, Richard's (71 photos)Pipit, Rock (119 photos)Pipit, Scandinavian Rock (7 photos)Pipit, Tawny (19 photos)Pipit, Tree (56 photos)Pipit, Water (97 photos)Plover, American Golden (161 photos)Plover, Blacksmith (1 photo)Plover, Caspian (1 photo)Plover, Golden (88 photos)Plover, Greater Sand (15 photos)Plover, Grey (91 photos)Plover, Kentish (40 photos)Plover, Lesser Sand (33 photos)Plover, Little Ringed (174 photos)Plover, Pacific Golden (40 photos)Plover, Ringed (226 photos)Plover, Semipalmated (3 photos)Pochard (136 photos)Pochard, Red-crested (145 photos)Pratincole, Collared (34 photos)Ptarmigan (58 photos)Puffin (259 photos)Quail (6 photos)Quelea, Red-billed (1 photo)Rail, Water (172 photos)Raven (73 photos)Raven, White-necked (2 photos)Razorbill (101 photos)Redhead (20 photos)Redpoll sp. (34 photos)Redpoll, Arctic (77 photos)Redpoll, Common (68 photos)Redpoll, Lesser (202 photos)Redshank, Common (285 photos)Redshank, Spotted (176 photos)Redstart, Black (305 photos)Redstart, Common (221 photos)Redwing (92 photos)Robin (498 photos)Robin, American (139 photos)Robin, Rufous-tailed (3 photos)Roller, European (34 photos)Rook (51 photos)Rosefinch, Common (93 photos)Rosella, Crimson (2 photos)Rosella, Eastern (3 photos)Rubythroat, Siberian (5 photos)Ruff (238 photos)Sanderling (262 photos)Sandpiper, Baird's (96 photos)Sandpiper, Broad-billed (55 photos)Sandpiper, Buff-breasted (189 photos)Sandpiper, Common (164 photos)Sandpiper, Curlew (173 photos)Sandpiper, Green (159 photos)Sandpiper, Least (38 photos)Sandpiper, Marsh (34 photos)Sandpiper, Pectoral (308 photos)Sandpiper, Purple (300 photos)Sandpiper, Semipalmated (78 photos)Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed (31 photos)Sandpiper, Solitary (14 photos)Sandpiper, Spotted (128 photos)Sandpiper, Stilt (29 photos)Sandpiper, Terek (28 photos)Sandpiper, Upland (27 photos)Sandpiper, Western (9 photos)Sandpiper, White-rumped (152 photos)Sandpiper, Wood (165 photos)Scaup (152 photos)Scaup, Lesser (230 photos)Scoter, Black (7 photos)Scoter, Common (55 photos)Scoter, Surf (35 photos)Scoter, Velvet (21 photos)Serin (12 photos)Shag (143 photos)Shearwater, Balearic (7 photos)Shearwater, Cory's (4 photos)Shearwater, Great (23 photos)Shearwater, Manx (43 photos)Shearwater, Sooty (23 photos)Shelduck (144 photos)Shelduck, Cape (11 photos)Shelduck, Ruddy (74 photos)Shoveler (181 photos)Shrike, Balearic Woodchat (9 photos)Shrike, Brown (4 photos)Shrike, Great Grey (345 photos)Shrike, Isabelline (90 photos)Shrike, Lesser Grey (103 photos)Shrike, Masked (41 photos)Shrike, Red-backed (400 photos)Shrike, Steppe Grey (24 photos)Shrike, Woodchat (232 photos)Siskin (260 photos)Skua, Arctic (71 photos)Skua, Great (74 photos)Skua, Long-tailed (44 photos)Skua, Pomarine (52 photos)Smew (198 photos)Snipe, Common (235 photos)Snipe, Great (1 photo)Snipe, Jack (68 photos)Snipe, Wilson's (17 photos)Sora (51 photos)Sparrow, House (195 photos)Sparrow, Savannah (5 photos)Sparrow, Sudan Golden (1 photo)Sparrow, Tree (198 photos)Sparrow, White-crowned (105 photos)Sparrow, White-throated (27 photos)Sparrowhawk (246 photos)Spiderhunter, Streaked (1 photo)Spoonbill (400 photos)Spoonbill, African (6 photos)Starling (276 photos)Starling, Greater Blue-eared Glossy (4 photos)Starling, Purple Glossy (1 photo)Starling, Rose-coloured (184 photos)Starling, Superb (4 photos)Stilt, Black-winged (159 photos)Stint, Little (167 photos)Stint, Red-necked (2 photos)Stint, Temminck's (113 photos)Stonechat, European (486 photos)Stonechat, Siberian (27 photos)Stork, Black (51 photos)Stork, White (210 photos)Storm-petrel, European (52 photos)Storm-petrel, Leach's (47 photos)Storm-petrel, Wilson's (24 photos)Swallow (300 photos)Swallow, Red-rumped (24 photos)Swan, Bewick's (92 photos)Swan, Black (38 photos)Swan, Black-necked (1 photo)Swan, Mute (374 photos)Swan, Trumpeter (10 photos)Swan, Whistling (13 photos)Swan, Whooper (312 photos)Swift, Alpine (53 photos)Swift, Chimney (8 photos)Swift, Common (49 photos)Swift, Little (18 photos)Swift, Pallid (7 photos)Teal (143 photos)Teal, Baikal (11 photos)Teal, Blue-winged (43 photos)Teal, Cinnamon (1 photo)Teal, Green-winged (195 photos)Teal, Green-winged x Teal hybrid (3 photos)Teal, Ringed (5 photos)Teal, Speckled (2 photos)tern sp, orange-billed (5 photos)Tern, American Black (4 photos)Tern, Arctic (140 photos)Tern, Black (130 photos)Tern, Caspian (31 photos)Tern, Cayenne (12 photos)Tern, Common (373 photos)Tern, Elegant (7 photos)Tern, Forster's (30 photos)Tern, Gull-billed (37 photos)Tern, Lesser Crested (12 photos)Tern, Little (78 photos)Tern, Roseate (106 photos)Tern, Sandwich (149 photos)Tern, Sooty (46 photos)Tern, Whiskered (99 photos)Tern, White-winged Black (144 photos)Thrush, Black-throated (73 photos)Thrush, Blue Rock (2 photos)Thrush, Grey-cheeked (52 photos)Thrush, Hermit (4 photos)Thrush, Mistle (78 photos)Thrush, Rufous-tailed Rock (4 photos)Thrush, Siberian (1 photo)Thrush, Song (117 photos)Thrush, Swainson's (5 photos)Thrush, White's (10 photos)Tit, Bearded (120 photos)Tit, Blue (378 photos)Tit, Coal (180 photos)Tit, Crested (31 photos)Tit, Great (210 photos)Tit, Long-tailed (264 photos)Tit, Marsh (78 photos)Tit, Northern Long-tailed (12 photos)Tit, Penduline (60 photos)Tit, Willow (111 photos)Treecreeper, Common (108 photos)Treecreeper, Short-toed (12 photos)Turnstone (292 photos)Twite (119 photos)unidentified (42 photos)Veery (2 photos)Vireo, Red-eyed (5 photos)Vulture sp. (2 photos)Vulture, Turkey (2 photos)Wagtail, Ashy-headed (4 photos)Wagtail, Black-headed (7 photos)Wagtail, Blue-headed (41 photos)Wagtail, Citrine (88 photos)Wagtail, Grey (198 photos)Wagtail, Grey-headed (7 photos)Wagtail, Pied (231 photos)Wagtail, Spanish (2 photos)Wagtail, White (50 photos)Wagtail, White-faced Pied/Amur (3 photos)Wagtail, Yellow (170 photos)Warbler sp. (1 photo)Warbler, Aquatic (14 photos)Warbler, Arctic (23 photos)Warbler, Barred (98 photos)Warbler, Blackpoll (26 photos)Warbler, Blyth's Reed (24 photos)Warbler, Bonelli's sp. (1 photo)Warbler, Booted (25 photos)Warbler, Canada (10 photos)Warbler, Cetti's (58 photos)Warbler, Dartford (118 photos)Warbler, Dusky (34 photos)Warbler, Eastern Olivaceous (15 photos)Warbler, Garden (56 photos)Warbler, Grasshopper (140 photos)Warbler, Great Reed (21 photos)Warbler, Greenish (39 photos)Warbler, Hume's Leaf (51 photos)Warbler, Icterine (23 photos)Warbler, Lanceolated (14 photos)Warbler, Marsh (28 photos)Warbler, Melodious (44 photos)Warbler, Paddyfield (37 photos)Warbler, Pallas's (81 photos)Warbler, Pallas's Grasshopper (9 photos)Warbler, Radde's (29 photos)Warbler, Reed (150 photos)Warbler, River (2 photos)Warbler, Sardinian (21 photos)Warbler, Savi's (8 photos)Warbler, Sedge (235 photos)Warbler, Spectacled (5 photos)Warbler, Subalpine (51 photos)Warbler, Sykes's (4 photos)Warbler, Thick-billed (4 photos)Warbler, Two-barred Greenish (7 photos)Warbler, Western Bonelli's (10 photos)Warbler, Willow (182 photos)Warbler, Wood (107 photos)Warbler, Yellow (13 photos)Warbler, Yellow-browed (91 photos)Warbler, Yellow-rumped (6 photos)Waterthrush, Northern (2 photos)Waxwing (810 photos)Weaver, Village (3 photos)Wheatear, Black-eared (2 photos)Wheatear, Desert (179 photos)Wheatear, Isabelline (18 photos)Wheatear, Northern (434 photos)Wheatear, Pied (37 photos)Whimbrel (108 photos)Whimbrel, Hudsonian (3 photos)Whinchat (113 photos)Whitethroat, 'Central Asian' Lesser (9 photos)Whitethroat, Common (238 photos)Whitethroat, Desert Lesser (5 photos)Whitethroat, Lesser (51 photos)Wigeon (136 photos)Wigeon, American (102 photos)Wigeon, American x Wigeon hybrid (1 photo)Wigeon, Chiloe (3 photos)Woodcock (17 photos)Woodpecker, Great Spotted (407 photos)Woodpecker, Green (124 photos)Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted (79 photos)Wren (217 photos)Wryneck (204 photos)Yellowhammer (193 photos)Yellowlegs, Greater (8 photos)Yellowlegs, Lesser (301 photos)Yellowthroat, Common (12 photos)
in:	--any area--Aberdeenshire (657 photos)Anglesey (513 photos)Angus & Dundee (164 photos)Antrim (195 photos)Argyll (543 photos)Armagh (32 photos)Ayrshire (586 photos)Bedfordshire (192 photos)Berkshire (258 photos)Borders (45 photos)Buckinghamshire (222 photos)Cambridgeshire (666 photos)Carmarthen (201 photos)Cavan (2 photos)Ceredigion (198 photos)Cheshire (2273 photos)Clare (28 photos)Cleveland (506 photos)Clwyd (274 photos)Clyde (393 photos)Clyde Islands (86 photos)Conwy (357 photos)Cork (320 photos)Cornwall (1401 photos)Cumbria (372 photos)Derbyshire (952 photos)Devon (1157 photos)Donegal (190 photos)Dorset (711 photos)Down (168 photos)Dublin (159 photos)Dumfries & Galloway (278 photos)Durham (600 photos)East Sussex (132 photos)East Yorkshire (1781 photos)Essex (734 photos)Fermanagh (13 photos)Fife (652 photos)Forth (167 photos)Galway (286 photos)Glamorgan (421 photos)Gloucestershire (934 photos)Guernsey (146 photos)Gwent (233 photos)Gwynedd (248 photos)Hampshire (1100 photos)Herefordshire (286 photos)Hertfordshire (334 photos)Highland (741 photos)Isle of Man (325 photos)Isle of Wight (253 photos)Isles of Scilly (522 photos)Jersey (8 photos)Kent (1266 photos)Kerry (94 photos)Lancashire (3341 photos)Leicestershire and Rutland (494 photos)Limerick (1 photo)Lincolnshire (3854 photos)London, Greater (770 photos)Londonderry (132 photos)Lothian (883 photos)Louth (80 photos)Manchester, Greater (1034 photos)Mayo (44 photos)Meath (14 photos)Moray & Nairn (64 photos)Norfolk (4543 photos)North Yorkshire (1555 photos)Northamptonshire (927 photos)Northumberland (1915 photos)Nottinghamshire (802 photos)Offaly (2 photos)Orkney (126 photos)Outer Hebrides (398 photos)Oxfordshire (329 photos)Pembrokeshire (426 photos)Perth & Kinross (119 photos)Powys (812 photos)Roscommon (1 photo)Shetland (686 photos)Shropshire (265 photos)Sligo (18 photos)Somerset & Bristol (546 photos)South Yorkshire (978 photos)Staffordshire (701 photos)Suffolk (1964 photos)Surrey (145 photos)Tipperary (4 photos)Tyrone (3 photos)Warwickshire (1413 photos)Waterford (11 photos)West Midlands (317 photos)West Sussex (441 photos)West Yorkshire (1211 photos)Westmeath (2 photos)Wexford (161 photos)Wicklow (31 photos)Wiltshire (148 photos)Worcestershire (683 photos)