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 (359 photos)Aythya sp./hybrid (28 photos)Bee-eater, European (76 photos)Bittern (356 photos)Bittern, Little (23 photos)Blackbird (230 photos)Blackcap (118 photos)Bluetail, Red-flanked (58 photos)Bluethroat (84 photos)Bobolink (12 photos)Booby, Masked (1 photo)Brambling (309 photos)Brant, Black (76 photos)Brant, Grey-bellied (1 photo)Budgerigar (1 photo)Bufflehead (36 photos)Bullfinch (248 photos)Bullfinch, Northern (15 photos)Bunting, Black-headed (20 photos)Bunting, Chestnut-eared (6 photos)Bunting, Cirl (65 photos)Bunting, Corn (69 photos)Bunting, Cretzschmar's (3 photos)Bunting, Lapland (179 photos)Bunting, Little (84 photos)Bunting, Ortolan (32 photos)Bunting, Pine (14 photos)Bunting, Red-headed (3 photos)Bunting, Reed (293 photos)Bunting, Rustic (21 photos)Bunting, Snow (498 photos)Bunting, Yellow-breasted (12 photos)Bunting, Yellow-throated (2 photos)Bustard, Great (17 photos)Buzzard, Common (332 photos)Buzzard, Honey (45 photos)Buzzard, Rough-legged (33 photos)Canary (2 photos)Canary, Yellow-fronted (3 photos)Canvasback (5 photos)Capercaillie (15 photos)Cardinal, Red-crested (2 photos)Chaffinch (293 photos)Chiffchaff (171 photos)Chiffchaff, Iberian (43 photos)Chiffchaff, Siberian (56 photos)Chough (122 photos)Cisticola, Zitting (5 photos)Coot (259 photos)Coot, American (16 photos)Cormorant (256 photos)Corncrake (23 photos)Courser, Cream-coloured (25 photos)Crake, Little (66 photos)Crake, Spotted (103 photos)Crane, Common (206 photos)Crane, Demoiselle (1 photo)Crossbill sp. (6 photos)Crossbill, Common (173 photos)Crossbill, Parrot (10 photos)Crossbill, Scottish (10 photos)Crossbill, Two-barred (28 photos)Crow, Carrion (90 photos)Crow, Hooded (57 photos)Cuckoo (103 photos)Cuckoo, Great Spotted (38 photos)Curlew (204 photos)Curlew sp. (18 photos)Curlew, Stone (44 photos)Dipper (232 photos)Dipper, Black-bellied (47 photos)Diver, Black-throated (167 photos)Diver, Great Northern (303 photos)Diver, Pacific (93 photos)Diver, Red-throated (180 photos)Diver, White-billed (99 photos)Dotterel (258 photos)Dove, Collared (100 photos)Dove, Diamond (1 photo)Dove, Mourning (19 photos)Dove, Oriental (Rufous) Turtle (7 photos)Dove, Stock (57 photos)Dove, Turtle (78 photos)Dowitcher, Long-billed (134 photos)Dowitcher, Short-billed (26 photos)Duck, Black (27 photos)Duck, Falcated (7 photos)Duck, Ferruginous (85 photos)Duck, Ferruginous x Pochard hybrid (1 photo)Duck, Fulvous Whistling- (5 photos)Duck, Harlequin (11 photos)Duck, Long-tailed (165 photos)Duck, Mandarin (221 photos)Duck, Marbled (17 photos)Duck, Muscovy (5 photos)Duck, Ring-necked (220 photos)Duck, Ruddy (82 photos)Duck, Tufted (206 photos)Duck, White-faced Whistling- (2 photos)Duck, White-headed (19 photos)Duck, Wood (20 photos)Dunlin (303 photos)Dunnock (228 photos)Eagle, Booted (1 photo)Eagle, Golden (37 photos)Eagle, Short-toed (2 photos)Eagle, White-tailed (78 photos)Egret, Cattle (330 photos)Egret, Great White (316 photos)Egret, Little (542 photos)Egret, Snowy (8 photos)Eider (133 photos)Eider, King (116 photos)Eider, Northern (ssp. borealis) (4 photos)Falcon, Gyr (18 photos)Falcon, Lanner (4 photos)Falcon, Peregrine (256 photos)Falcon, Red-footed (207 photos)Falcon, Saker (8 photos)Fieldfare (126 photos)Finch, Citril (8 photos)Finch, Trumpeter (47 photos)Finch, Zebra (5 photos)Firecrest (137 photos)Flycatcher, Alder (8 photos)Flycatcher, Brown (27 photos)Flycatcher, Collared (1 photo)Flycatcher, Pied (179 photos)Flycatcher, Red-breasted (76 photos)Flycatcher, Red-throated (Taiga) (3 photos)Flycatcher, Semi-collared (5 photos)Flycatcher, Spotted (200 photos)Frigatebird, Magnificent (3 photos)Fulmar (187 photos)Gadwall (126 photos)Gannet (359 photos)Garganey (237 photos)Glossy Starling sp. (1 photo)Godwit, Bar-tailed (143 photos)Godwit, Black-tailed (375 photos)Goldcrest (165 photos)Goldeneye (142 photos)Goldeneye, Barrow's (81 photos)Goldfinch (349 photos)Goosander (177 photos)Goose, Bar-headed (22 photos)Goose, Barnacle (85 photos)Goose, Bean (6 photos)Goose, Brent (99 photos)Goose, Cackling Canada (16 photos)Goose, Canada (185 photos)Goose, Dark-bellied Brent (10 photos)Goose, Egyptian (133 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 (131 photos)Goose, Red-breasted (72 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 (20 photos)Grebe, Black-necked (210 photos)Grebe, Great Crested (353 photos)Grebe, Little (248 photos)Grebe, Red-necked (147 photos)Grebe, Slavonian (256 photos)Greenfinch (247 photos)Greenshank (201 photos)Grosbeak, Pine (15 photos)Grosbeak, Rose-breasted (7 photos)Grouse, Black (37 photos)Grouse, Red (113 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 (34 photos)Gull, Baltic (2 photos)Gull, Black-headed (417 photos)Gull, Bonaparte's (165 photos)Gull, Caspian (117 photos)Gull, Common (96 photos)Gull, Franklin's (53 photos)Gull, Glaucous (364 photos)Gull, Glaucous x Herring (3 photos)Gull, Glaucous-winged (8 photos)Gull, Great Black-backed (77 photos)Gull, Grey-headed (1 photo)Gull, Herring (237 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 (101 photos)Gull, Little (235 photos)Gull, Med x Black-headed hybrid (2 photos)Gull, Mediterranean (634 photos)Gull, Mediterranean x Black-headed (1 photo)Gull, Ring-billed (333 photos)Gull, Ross's (145 photos)Gull, Sabine's (130 photos)Gull, Thayer's (16 photos)Gull, Yellow-legged (115 photos)Harrier, Hen (72 photos)Harrier, Marsh (167 photos)Harrier, Montagu's (36 photos)Harrier, Pallid (22 photos)Hawfinch (208 photos)Hawk, Harris's (1 photo)Hawk, Red-tailed (3 photos)Heron, Great Blue (2 photos)Heron, Green (71 photos)Heron, Grey (554 photos)Heron, Little Blue (10 photos)Heron, Night (110 photos)Heron, Purple (67 photos)Heron, Squacco (112 photos)Hobby (165 photos)Hoopoe (285 photos)hybrid (50 photos)Hybrid gull (4 photos)Ibis, Glossy (186 photos)Ibis, Sacred (4 photos)Jackdaw (113 photos)Jay (176 photos)Junco, Dark-eyed (23 photos)Kestrel, American (3 photos)Kestrel, Common (455 photos)Kestrel, Lesser (1 photo)Killdeer (43 photos)Kingfisher, Belted (31 photos)Kingfisher, Common (499 photos)Kite, Black (42 photos)Kite, Black-eared (13 photos)Kite, Red (483 photos)Kittiwake (174 photos)Knot (201 photos)Knot, Great (14 photos)Lapwing (280 photos)Lapwing, Sociable (11 photos)Lapwing, White-tailed (9 photos)Lark, Black (21 photos)Lark, Calandra (10 photos)Lark, Shore (167 photos)Lark, Short-toed (54 photos)Lark, Sky (118 photos)Lark, Wood (68 photos)Laughingthrush, Masked (1 photo)Linnet (176 photos)Magpie (94 photos)Mallard (316 photos)Martin, House (66 photos)Martin, Purple (2 photos)Martin, Sand (103 photos)Merganser, Hooded (26 photos)Merganser, Red-breasted (67 photos)Merlin (73 photos)Moorhen (240 photos)Murrelet, Long-billed (20 photos)Nightingale (90 photos)Nightingale, Thrush (6 photos)Nightjar (37 photos)Nuthatch (379 photos)Oriole, Baltimore (29 photos)Oriole, Golden (16 photos)Osprey (268 photos)Ouzel, Ring (167 photos)Ovenbird (6 photos)Owl, Barn (340 photos)Owl, Dark-breasted Barn (18 photos)Owl, Eagle (32 photos)Owl, Eurasian Scops (19 photos)Owl, Great Horned (1 photo)Owl, Little (202 photos)Owl, Long-eared (151 photos)Owl, Short-eared (340 photos)Owl, Snowy (71 photos)Owl, Tawny (117 photos)Oystercatcher (253 photos)Parakeet, Alexandrine (2 photos)Parakeet, Ring-necked (76 photos)Partridge, Grey (50 photos)Partridge, Red-legged (84 photos)Parula, Northern (1 photo)Pelican, Great White (43 photos)Petrel, Fea's (4 photos)Phalarope, Grey (399 photos)Phalarope, Red-necked (114 photos)Phalarope, Wilson's (117 photos)Pheasant (156 photos)Pheasant, Golden (12 photos)Pheasant, Lady Amherst's (4 photos)Pheasant, Reeves's (5 photos)Pheasant, Silver (1 photo)Pigeon, Feral/Dove, Rock (40 photos)Pigeon, Wood (123 photos)Pintail (99 photos)Pintail, Red-billed (1 photo)Pintail, White-cheeked (6 photos)Pipit, Blyth's (21 photos)Pipit, Buff-bellied (29 photos)Pipit, Meadow (221 photos)Pipit, Olive-backed (18 photos)Pipit, Pechora (26 photos)Pipit, Red-throated (29 photos)Pipit, Richard's (72 photos)Pipit, Rock (135 photos)Pipit, Scandinavian Rock (7 photos)Pipit, Tawny (20 photos)Pipit, Tree (56 photos)Pipit, Water (97 photos)Plover, American Golden (163 photos)Plover, Blacksmith (1 photo)Plover, Caspian (1 photo)Plover, Golden (98 photos)Plover, Greater Sand (26 photos)Plover, Grey (97 photos)Plover, Kentish (40 photos)Plover, Lesser Sand (33 photos)Plover, Little Ringed (174 photos)Plover, Pacific Golden (40 photos)Plover, Ringed (237 photos)Plover, Semipalmated (3 photos)Pochard (139 photos)Pochard, Red-crested (151 photos)Pratincole, Collared (34 photos)Ptarmigan (58 photos)Puffin (267 photos)Quail (6 photos)Quelea, Red-billed (1 photo)Rail, Water (187 photos)Raven (75 photos)Raven, White-necked (2 photos)Razorbill (106 photos)Redhead (20 photos)Redpoll sp. (34 photos)Redpoll, Arctic (89 photos)Redpoll, Common (73 photos)Redpoll, Lesser (202 photos)Redshank, Common (303 photos)Redshank, Spotted (187 photos)Redstart, Black (309 photos)Redstart, Common (245 photos)Redwing (92 photos)Robin (509 photos)Robin, American (139 photos)Robin, Rufous-tailed (3 photos)Roller, European (34 photos)Rook (53 photos)Rosefinch, Common (94 photos)Rosella, Crimson (2 photos)Rosella, Eastern (3 photos)Rubythroat, Siberian (5 photos)Ruff (268 photos)Sanderling (282 photos)Sandpiper, Baird's (103 photos)Sandpiper, Broad-billed (56 photos)Sandpiper, Buff-breasted (219 photos)Sandpiper, Common (171 photos)Sandpiper, Curlew (193 photos)Sandpiper, Green (171 photos)Sandpiper, Least (38 photos)Sandpiper, Marsh (35 photos)Sandpiper, Pectoral (358 photos)Sandpiper, Purple (301 photos)Sandpiper, Semipalmated (95 photos)Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed (31 photos)Sandpiper, Solitary (14 photos)Sandpiper, Spotted (128 photos)Sandpiper, Stilt (41 photos)Sandpiper, Terek (28 photos)Sandpiper, Upland (27 photos)Sandpiper, Western (9 photos)Sandpiper, White-rumped (156 photos)Sandpiper, Wood (167 photos)Scaup (153 photos)Scaup, Lesser (233 photos)Scoter, Black (7 photos)Scoter, Common (63 photos)Scoter, Surf (35 photos)Scoter, Velvet (21 photos)Serin (12 photos)Shag (155 photos)Shearwater, Balearic (7 photos)Shearwater, Cory's (4 photos)Shearwater, Great (23 photos)Shearwater, Manx (49 photos)Shearwater, Sooty (26 photos)Shelduck (146 photos)Shelduck, Cape (14 photos)Shelduck, Ruddy (74 photos)Shoveler (192 photos)Shrike, Balearic Woodchat (9 photos)Shrike, Brown (19 photos)Shrike, Great Grey (361 photos)Shrike, Isabelline (90 photos)Shrike, Lesser Grey (118 photos)Shrike, Masked (41 photos)Shrike, Red-backed (422 photos)Shrike, Steppe Grey (24 photos)Shrike, Woodchat (237 photos)Siskin (260 photos)Skua, Arctic (72 photos)Skua, Great (83 photos)Skua, Long-tailed (45 photos)Skua, Pomarine (52 photos)Smew (198 photos)Snipe, Common (242 photos)Snipe, Great (3 photos)Snipe, Jack (68 photos)Snipe, Wilson's (17 photos)Sora (51 photos)Sparrow, House (198 photos)Sparrow, Savannah (5 photos)Sparrow, Sudan Golden (1 photo)Sparrow, Tree (200 photos)Sparrow, White-crowned (105 photos)Sparrow, White-throated (29 photos)Sparrowhawk (266 photos)Spiderhunter, Streaked (1 photo)Spoonbill (427 photos)Spoonbill, African (6 photos)Starling (290 photos)Starling, Greater Blue-eared Glossy (4 photos)Starling, Purple Glossy (1 photo)Starling, Rose-coloured (194 photos)Starling, Superb (4 photos)Stilt, Black-winged (159 photos)Stint, Little (215 photos)Stint, Red-necked (4 photos)Stint, Temminck's (115 photos)Stonechat, European (506 photos)Stonechat, Siberian (29 photos)Stork, Black (55 photos)Stork, White (210 photos)Storm-petrel, European (52 photos)Storm-petrel, Leach's (48 photos)Storm-petrel, Wilson's (24 photos)Swallow (325 photos)Swallow, Red-rumped (24 photos)Swan, Bewick's (92 photos)Swan, Black (39 photos)Swan, Black-necked (1 photo)Swan, Mute (395 photos)Swan, Trumpeter (10 photos)Swan, Whistling (13 photos)Swan, Whooper (314 photos)Swift, Alpine (54 photos)Swift, Chimney (8 photos)Swift, Common (49 photos)Swift, Little (18 photos)Swift, Pallid (7 photos)Tanager, Scarlet (4 photos)Teal (152 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 (145 photos)Tern, Black (145 photos)Tern, Caspian (31 photos)Tern, Cayenne (12 photos)Tern, Common (380 photos)Tern, Elegant (7 photos)Tern, Forster's (30 photos)Tern, Gull-billed (38 photos)Tern, Lesser Crested (12 photos)Tern, Little (78 photos)Tern, Roseate (108 photos)Tern, Sandwich (152 photos)Tern, Sooty (46 photos)Tern, Whiskered (99 photos)Tern, White-winged Black (152 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 (3 photos)Thrush, Song (117 photos)Thrush, Swainson's (8 photos)Thrush, White's (13 photos)Tit, Bearded (142 photos)Tit, Blue (383 photos)Tit, Coal (183 photos)Tit, Crested (31 photos)Tit, Great (214 photos)Tit, Long-tailed (269 photos)Tit, Marsh (85 photos)Tit, Northern Long-tailed (12 photos)Tit, Penduline (60 photos)Tit, Willow (111 photos)Treecreeper, Common (110 photos)Treecreeper, Short-toed (12 photos)Turnstone (317 photos)Twite (119 photos)unidentified (43 photos)Veery (2 photos)Vireo, Red-eyed (10 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 (96 photos)Wagtail, Grey (200 photos)Wagtail, Grey-headed (7 photos)Wagtail, Pied (237 photos)Wagtail, Spanish (2 photos)Wagtail, White (50 photos)Wagtail, White-faced Pied/Amur (3 photos)Wagtail, Yellow (172 photos)Warbler sp. (1 photo)Warbler, Aquatic (14 photos)Warbler, Arctic (25 photos)Warbler, Barred (99 photos)Warbler, Blackpoll (26 photos)Warbler, Blyth's Reed (26 photos)Warbler, Bonelli's sp. (1 photo)Warbler, Booted (25 photos)Warbler, Canada (10 photos)Warbler, Cetti's (58 photos)Warbler, Dartford (121 photos)Warbler, Dusky (34 photos)Warbler, Eastern Olivaceous (15 photos)Warbler, Garden (58 photos)Warbler, Grasshopper (141 photos)Warbler, Great Reed (21 photos)Warbler, Greenish (41 photos)Warbler, Hume's Leaf (51 photos)Warbler, Icterine (24 photos)Warbler, Lanceolated (14 photos)Warbler, Marsh (28 photos)Warbler, Melodious (62 photos)Warbler, Paddyfield (39 photos)Warbler, Pallas's (81 photos)Warbler, Pallas's Grasshopper (14 photos)Warbler, Radde's (36 photos)Warbler, Reed (150 photos)Warbler, River (2 photos)Warbler, Sardinian (21 photos)Warbler, Savi's (8 photos)Warbler, Sedge (237 photos)Warbler, Spectacled (5 photos)Warbler, Subalpine (54 photos)Warbler, Sykes's (4 photos)Warbler, Thick-billed (4 photos)Warbler, Two-barred Greenish (7 photos)Warbler, Western Bonelli's (13 photos)Warbler, Willow (189 photos)Warbler, Wood (108 photos)Warbler, Yellow (14 photos)Warbler, Yellow-browed (110 photos)Warbler, Yellow-rumped (6 photos)Waterthrush, Northern (4 photos)Waxwing (810 photos)Weaver, Village (3 photos)Wheatear, Black-eared (2 photos)Wheatear, Desert (184 photos)Wheatear, Isabelline (18 photos)Wheatear, Northern (480 photos)Wheatear, Pied (37 photos)Whimbrel (109 photos)Whimbrel, Hudsonian (6 photos)Whinchat (122 photos)Whitethroat, 'Central Asian' Lesser (9 photos)Whitethroat, Common (239 photos)Whitethroat, Desert Lesser (5 photos)Whitethroat, Lesser (59 photos)Wigeon (138 photos)Wigeon, American (102 photos)Wigeon, American x Wigeon hybrid (1 photo)Wigeon, Chiloe (5 photos)Woodcock (17 photos)Woodpecker, Great Spotted (419 photos)Woodpecker, Green (133 photos)Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted (80 photos)Wren (221 photos)Wryneck (279 photos)Yellowhammer (196 photos)Yellowlegs, Greater (8 photos)Yellowlegs, Lesser (303 photos)Yellowthroat, Common (12 photos)
in:	--any area--Aberdeenshire (669 photos)Anglesey (524 photos)Angus & Dundee (165 photos)Antrim (199 photos)Argyll (554 photos)Armagh (46 photos)Ayrshire (594 photos)Bedfordshire (198 photos)Berkshire (263 photos)Borders (45 photos)Buckinghamshire (230 photos)Cambridgeshire (690 photos)Carmarthen (202 photos)Cavan (2 photos)Ceredigion (218 photos)Cheshire (2357 photos)Clare (28 photos)Cleveland (520 photos)Clwyd (279 photos)Clyde (393 photos)Clyde Islands (91 photos)Conwy (366 photos)Cork (350 photos)Cornwall (1484 photos)Cumbria (392 photos)Derbyshire (963 photos)Devon (1226 photos)Donegal (191 photos)Dorset (786 photos)Down (170 photos)Dublin (162 photos)Dumfries & Galloway (321 photos)Durham (614 photos)East Sussex (144 photos)East Yorkshire (1913 photos)Essex (767 photos)Fermanagh (13 photos)Fife (693 photos)Forth (167 photos)Galway (302 photos)Glamorgan (425 photos)Gloucestershire (974 photos)Guernsey (154 photos)Gwent (234 photos)Gwynedd (248 photos)Hampshire (1165 photos)Herefordshire (296 photos)Hertfordshire (337 photos)Highland (754 photos)Isle of Man (329 photos)Isle of Wight (257 photos)Isles of Scilly (537 photos)Jersey (8 photos)Kent (1319 photos)Kerry (97 photos)Lancashire (3407 photos)Leicestershire and Rutland (510 photos)Limerick (1 photo)Lincolnshire (3998 photos)London, Greater (807 photos)Londonderry (136 photos)Lothian (911 photos)Louth (80 photos)Manchester, Greater (1047 photos)Mayo (47 photos)Meath (14 photos)Moray & Nairn (64 photos)Norfolk (4801 photos)North Yorkshire (1582 photos)Northamptonshire (946 photos)Northumberland (1999 photos)Nottinghamshire (807 photos)Offaly (2 photos)Orkney (136 photos)Outer Hebrides (403 photos)Oxfordshire (356 photos)Pembrokeshire (463 photos)Perth & Kinross (119 photos)Powys (859 photos)Roscommon (1 photo)Shetland (731 photos)Shropshire (304 photos)Sligo (18 photos)Somerset & Bristol (584 photos)South Yorkshire (1012 photos)Staffordshire (714 photos)Suffolk (2067 photos)Surrey (146 photos)Tipperary (4 photos)Tyrone (3 photos)Warwickshire (1560 photos)Waterford (14 photos)West Midlands (318 photos)West Sussex (478 photos)West Yorkshire (1215 photos)Westmeath (2 photos)Wexford (168 photos)Wicklow (32 photos)Wiltshire (157 photos)Worcestershire (736 photos)