Rarity finders: The love affair continues - Red-billed Tropicbird in Cornwall
Martin Birch recounts the discovery of a lifetime off the Cornish seawatching hot-spot of Porthgwarra.
01/09/2015
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Martin Birch recounts the discovery of a lifetime off the Cornish seawatching hot-spot of Porthgwarra.
01/09/2015
Dermot Breen was in the right place at the right time to discover Ireland's first Hudsonian Godwit on one of his local patches.
28/07/2015
Tor Olsen dodged kite surfers and nudists to find Norway's first Pacific Diver at the southernmost tip of the country.
18/07/2015
An unusual bird in Carolyn Simpson's Shetland garden proved to be the archipelago's fourth Eyebrowed Thrush.
04/07/2015
George Kinnard realised his long-time ambition to find a mega-rarity before his 18th birthday - and in his home county of Sussex, too.
26/06/2015
A weekend camping in the New Forest resulted in an unexpected find for Gary Howard, and triggered a major twitch for a much-wanted eastern...
19/06/2015
Fair Isle Bird Observatory Warden David Parnaby recounts the in-depth identification of the island's third Moltoni's Warbler, while up to...
13/06/2015
The discovery of Britain's 11th Veery ensured that Gavin Woodbridge's summer holidays started with a bang.
03/06/2015
Dave Suddaby describes the remarkable discovery of Ireland's first spring Grey-cheeked Thrush.
27/05/2015
Josh Jones spoke to Anton Meenan, who last week found of a pair of Hooded Mergansers on Tory Island, Co Donegal.
26/05/2015
Alex Clamens describes the sensational discovery of the first Kurdish Wheatear to be seen in France and Western Europe.
22/05/2015
Shetland resident Donald Robertson saw an unusual bird the first time he looked out of his window at Toab one morning this week ...
13/05/2015