Rarity finders: Greater Sand Plover at Tacumshin – a new species for Ireland
A short morning visit to his local patch rewarded Killian Mullarney with a long-awaited national first.
27/07/2016
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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
Richard Levett on the unprecedented late-spring discovery of an obliging Nearctic cuckoo.
31/05/2016
Mike Pennington recounts the discovery and identification of Britain's second Green Warbler on the most northerly island in Shetland.
21/05/2016
Calf of Man Ornithological Warden Richard Cope gives the details of the island's first Eastern Bonelli's Warbler.
17/05/2016
Richard Doan recounts how Lincolnshire's second Alpine Accentor interrupted him while he was making some toast.
11/05/2016
Matt Smith on a new addition to the Cypriot bird list.
07/05/2016
A series of unfortunate events led to news of a mega in Kent emerging many weeks after it was first discovered. But reports of the bird’s...
03/05/2016
George Dunbar on the shock appearance of a White-crowned Sparrow at his local ringing site.
03/05/2016
George Else describes the discovery of Hampshire's first Alpine Accentor, and we take a look at the recent influx in northern Europe.
18/04/2016
Brian J Small recounts the twists and turns that led to the identification of a rare Pacific gull at Minsmere.
06/04/2016