Rarity finders: Harlequin Duck in Co Cork
Mark Stanley's ferry crossing to the hot-spot of Cape Clear was enlivened by a mystery sighting that proved to be a potential Irish first.
17/12/2016
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Mark Stanley's ferry crossing to the hot-spot of Cape Clear was enlivened by a mystery sighting that proved to be a potential Irish first.
17/12/2016
Rachel Jones thought birders were winding her up when she attempted to get an unusual thrush identified online - but it really was a...
14/12/2016
The diligence of Steve Piotrowski and Eric Patrick in troubling to count late swallows at Minsmere paid off in style.
09/11/2016
Ross Moore's casual dog-walk in a country park produced an astonishing find among the local Robins.
08/11/2016
Mark Telfer lost his mega rare thrush almost as soon as he'd found it, but clinching images remained on his trusty superzoom.
05/11/2016
Sussex birder Clive Saunders regularly visits remote Barra to search for rarities, but this time his perseverance truly paid off with a...
03/10/2016
Tor Olsen scored heavily on the Norwegian island of Kvitsøy when he came across the country's first Empidonax flycatcher.
30/09/2016
Séamus Feeney's search for rare American waders paid off with something even more special, and Davey Farrar was in the right place at the...
27/08/2016
A trip to Suffolk to see Honey Buzzard really paid off for Frank Clark when he discovered a potential first for Britain.
08/08/2016
A short morning visit to his local patch rewarded Killian Mullarney with a long-awaited national first.
27/07/2016
Paul Kelly discovered Ireland's fifth Western Sandpiper as part of an astonishing run of quality shorebirds at Co Wexford's birding...
26/07/2016
Martin Elliott had the foresight to snap a few record shots of a 'scoter' that flew past the Scillonian III – with no idea of the mega...
13/06/2016