Rarity finders: Persian Shearwater in Israel
A close shave with the Israeli navy didn't deter Noam Weiss and Amir Ben Dov from confirming the identity of a national third.
14/11/2020
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A close shave with the Israeli navy didn't deter Noam Weiss and Amir Ben Dov from confirming the identity of a national third.
14/11/2020
As the season draws to a close, Will Langdon rounds up the month's Lepidoptera highlights from across Britain.
13/11/2020
In light of two recent Scandinavian records, Josh Jones takes a look at this Central Asian finch and contemplates whether it might one day...
12/11/2020
Belted Kingfisher and Little Swift in Co Cork, Greater Yellowlegs in Suffolk and Hudsonian Godwit in Fife show there's plenty of life left...
11/11/2020
A wonderfully composed image of a confiding wader wins this week's award for Tate Lloyd, while divers, waders and owls all feature among...
11/11/2020
Alex Berryman summarises the findings of a recent study into a familiar Indonesian pitta, and explains where birders are most likely to...
09/11/2020
The lockdown that we're currently experiencing is forcing us all to reassess our birding. Ed Stubbs extols the virtues of patchwatching and...
07/11/2020
A team of French ornithologists outlines an ongoing project exploring the migration of an autumn favourite.
06/11/2020
Mark and Linda Sutton were left stunned when they came across a first for Britain while taking a sandwich stop on the last day of their...
05/11/2020
Mourning Dove and Hermit Thrush offered some end-of-season excitement in south-west Ireland, while a surprise Black-headed Bunting was on...
04/11/2020
An unforgettable image of a Great Northern Diver on the Northern Irish coast is this week's winner.
04/11/2020
Every birder should use a notebook, right? Wrong, as Dominic Mitchell discovered when he kicked a habit of 43 years and downloaded an app...
01/11/2020