Rarity finders: The tale of 'Flora Butterbum'
Emily (12 yrs) and Thomas Power (9 yrs) tell the story of 'Flora Butterbum' - Durham's first Yellow-rumped Warbler, which has made their...
12/02/2014
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Emily (12 yrs) and Thomas Power (9 yrs) tell the story of 'Flora Butterbum' - Durham's first Yellow-rumped Warbler, which has made their...
12/02/2014
Tom Cuffe suspected a dark-mantled gull he found in Galway City was something special, and it was: Ireland's first Slaty-backed!
12/02/2014
John Barnett talks us through his quite unexpected discovery in land-locked South Gloucestershire.
06/02/2014
Dave Suddaby explains the story behind one of the week's most sensational records.
05/02/2014
Liam and Adam Doyle were thrilled by an intimate encounter with a white Gyr in western Ireland.
24/01/2014
Owen Selly details a surprising retrospective find, and we take a look at the (sub)specific identification of the bird in question.
16/01/2014
Simon Eaves on the chance discovery of Scotland's fifth American Coot.
13/01/2014
Steve Duffield on the entirely unexpected discovery of Britain's first-ever winter record of Marsh Sandpiper.
07/01/2014
Graham Gordon on the discovery of the Fair Isle Siberian Rubythroat.
27/12/2013
After several winters of unsuccessfully hunting for rare gulls at Killybegs, Derek Charles finally hit the jackpot with a stunning adult...
20/12/2013
Mark Pearson couldn't quite believe it when Yorkshire's first-ever Brünnich's Guillemot materialized in front of him.
13/12/2013
Ian Thompson relives the discovery of only the second Hebridean American Robin.
05/12/2013