Rarity finders: American Yellow Warbler in Co Cork
A routine trip to Mizen Head for Peter Dillon-Hooper and his son Eugene turned into something special when he spied a bright yellow bird in...
25/08/2017
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A routine trip to Mizen Head for Peter Dillon-Hooper and his son Eugene turned into something special when he spied a bright yellow bird in...
25/08/2017
Dedicated Hampshire patch-worker Andy Johnson on the discovery of another top-class vagrant at Hayling Island.
09/06/2017
Noss wardens Craig Nisbet and Andrew Denton were pleased eneough to have found what they thought was a Common Kestrel on Shetland; little...
30/05/2017
Andy Davidson recounts a memorable afternoon at Portland Bill where, among a fall of migrants, he found Britain's ninth Spectacled Warbler.
25/05/2017
Twelve-year-old Joe Fryer demonstrated great nous to find and identify a Black-browed Albatross at the famous Yorkshire reserve of Bempton...
16/05/2017
One of Europe's sleekest birds of prey, displaying on a moor in Lancashire and entertaining the crowds, makes for a fitting Bird of the...
03/05/2017
Simon Davies' persistence during a month of challenging weather conditions on North Ronaldsay paid off with a prize as big as it gets - a...
01/05/2017
A couple of photos passed along by a work colleague alerted Duncan Watson to the presence of a mega eastern dove in West Yorkshire, but the...
27/04/2017
Pete Wilson's diversion via a local Suffolk pig farm paid off when a rare Nearctic gull emerged from the throng.
25/04/2017
Craig Nisbet, Reserve Warden at Scottish Natural Heritage, clapped his hands in a Shetland island geo and flushed a mega Yank thrush, which...
24/04/2017
Ansy Boothroyd was teaching her husband some bird identification tips when he noticed a gaudy but unusual bird perched on a wall.
13/04/2017
One of the only birds Alice Davey saw during a morning at a west Cornwall beach proved to be a mega-rare crake.
22/03/2017