Review of the Week: 8-14 August
A reasonable week produced a smattering of seabirds, gulls and passerines, including the year's first Aquatic Warbler. Josh Jones reports.
15/08/2018
Articles
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Photo of the Week
Photo of the Week: 8-14 August
It's peak seabird season and a pristine image of a Cory's Shearwater wins this week's award for Joe Pender.
15/08/2018
Species profiles
Focus on: Aquatic Warbler
Ed Stubbs takes a look at Aquatic Warbler, a secretive and highly desirable early autumn visitor to our shores.
14/08/2018
Western Palearctic
First confirmed breeding of Golden Nightjar in the Western Palearctic
Josh Jones reports of the discovery of breeding Golden Nightjars in northern Mauritania in spring 2018.
10/08/2018
Review of the Week
Southbound migrants fly at great heights
New research has revealed that some passerines migrate at altitudes of up to four kilometres on their way south to Africa.
09/08/2018
Review of the Week
Review of the Week: 1-7 August
The Sooty Tern disappeared from Aberdeenshire but a steady supply of scarce waders and seabirds, plus an influx of Pied Flycatchers,...
08/08/2018
Photo of the Week
Photo of the Week: 1-7 August
A beautiful Little Swift image ensures that Helge Sorensen wins our Photo of the Week award for the second time in 2018.
08/08/2018
Ornithology
How to preserve biodiversity among oil palm plantations
Protected riverbank habitats within areas of oil palm cultivation can play a key role in reducing the negative impacts on tropical bird...
07/08/2018
Travel
A Caspian Gull photo-fest in Romania
Jamie Partridge visited Romania's Black Sea coast to get his fill of young Caspian Gulls, but was also thrilled by how generally 'birdy'...
06/08/2018
Ornithology
Red Knot breeding habitat mapped in Canadian Arctic
A new study has identified suitable breeding habitat for the declining rufa subspecies of Red Knot, in turn highlighting the risk that...
03/08/2018
Rare birds
Trindade Petrel in Cornwall – a potential first for Britain
Martin Elliott summarises the observation of a Trindade Petrel from the Cornish seawatching hot-spot of Porthgwarra on 29 July.
02/08/2018
Review of the Week
Review of the Week: 25-31 July
A change in the weather delivered improved birding around Britain and Ireland, with Trindade Petrel and Barolo Shearwater providing the...
01/08/2018
Photo of the Week
Photo of the Week: 25-31 July
Jon Evans' Common Moorhen and Adder image is an opportunistic and unique winner, says Steve Young.
01/08/2018
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