Rarity finders: Black-capped Petrel in the Canary Islands
Steve Copsey reports on the discovery of a mega Pterodroma off La Palma in early November.
18/11/2022
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Steve Copsey reports on the discovery of a mega Pterodroma off La Palma in early November.
18/11/2022
A late October morning of ringing turned into a day to remember for Mike Fraser.
03/11/2022
The story of one of the birds of 2022 ultimately had a sad ending, though for Charlie Birtles and Paul Baker their epic discovery will live...
30/10/2022
A mega-rare American warbler was the latest thrilling vagrant to pitch up on Skokholm, as Richard Brown and Richard Dobbins report.
25/10/2022
Perhaps the best-looking mega of the autumn was a monumental find for Lundy Assistant Warden Angus Croudace.
19/10/2022
Persistent patch work by Mark Coller resulted in a sensational inland find in late August.
28/09/2022
A sudden fly-over from a mega raptor left Richard Bonser and Jamie Partridge speechless.
14/09/2022
A seventh for Britain was a huge find for Gus Wilson, though sadly the bird didn't hang around for the masses.
07/09/2022
An African gull never seen before in Britain left finder Richard Patient in a daze as the biggest twitch of the year unfolded around him at...
31/08/2022
The first mega alert of the autumn sounded on Unst, where that man David Cooper added another monster find to his collection.
10/08/2022
Christophe Gouraud tells the story of a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with a mega Asiatic visitor.
03/08/2022
Hundreds of hours of patchbirding this spring finally paid off for Darrell Stile, when he came face to face with a Mediterranean mega.
10/07/2022