Rarity finders: Black-billed Cuckoo on Shetland
Rory Tallack fulfilled a lifetime ambition when he came across an American cuckoo on his old patch in west mainland Shetland.
25/09/2017
Articles
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Conservation
Threat of marine plastics to seabirds is 'global environmental issue'
A new report has highlighted the threat that marine plastic pollution poses to wildlife in the north-eastern Atlantic region, as...
23/09/2017
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Siberian Thrush on Unst
Brydon Thomason’s intuition that a small fall of Yellow-browed Warblers might have rarer company was confirmed when he stopped to explore...
22/09/2017
Review of the Week
Review of the Week: 13-19 September
A thrilling week of rarities proved that the autumn migration season is well and truly upon us.
20/09/2017
Photo of the Week
Photo of the Week: 13-19 September
Jack Morris's Leach’s Storm Petrel shot at the traditional New Brighton site is this week's Photo of the Week.
20/09/2017
Conservation
Report your colour-ringed Twite sightings this winter
Jamie Dunning of the Pennine Twite Project provides a timely update on the monitoring scheme and reissues an appeal for birders to submit...
19/09/2017
Advice
How to set up Filters and Alerts on the BirdGuides website
A summary of how to tailor our bird news services to your specific needs.
17/09/2017
Ornithology
Song analysis reveals 21 possible new Neotropical birds
A new study has recommended that as many as 21 populations of Neotropical birds should be recognised as distinct species.
16/09/2017
Ornithology
Ruddy Shelduck migrates at record heights
New research has found that Ruddy Shelduck routinely climb to extraordinary altitudes as they cross the Himalayas during migration.
14/09/2017
Review of the Week
Review of the Week: 6-12 September
An American Redstart on Barra was the highlight of a busy autumn week that also included a massive movement of Leach's Storm Petrels.
13/09/2017
Photo of the Week
Photo of the Week: 6-12 September
Another rare American vagrant takes the Photo of the Week laurels, this time for Yvonne Benting.
13/09/2017
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Hudsonian Whimbrel in Co Sligo
Séamus Feeney scored a mega-rare Nearctic shorebird along his favoured stretch of Sligo coast.
12/09/2017
Ornithology
Will Mallards hybridise their cousins out of existence?
New research shows how a little-known cousin of the familiar Mallard is threatened by habitat loss and hybridisation with its widespread...
09/09/2017
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Grey Phalarope
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