Rare birds
Rarity finders: Short-toed Snake Eagle in Kent
A sudden fly-over from a mega raptor left Richard Bonser and Jamie Partridge speechless.
14/09/2022
Britain & Ireland
All our rare bird stories from Britain and Ireland.
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Lesser Sand Plover in Kent
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
Patch birding
Regional round-up: August 2022
August is always reliable for the local birder and 2022 was no different, as bumper Pied Flycatcher and Garganey numbers were enjoyed along...
02/09/2022
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Cape Gull in Cambridgeshire
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
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Harlequin Duck in Shetland
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
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: White-throated Needletail at sea off Caithness
Christophe Gouraud tells the story of a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with a mega Asiatic visitor.
03/08/2022
Britain & Ireland
Regional round-up: July 2022
An exceptionally dry July was memorable for small influxes of White-rumped Sandpiper and Purple Heron, as the early cogs of autumn began to...
02/08/2022
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Blue Rock Thrush in Essex
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
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Red-tailed Shrike in East Yorkshire
Trevor Charlton's dedicated patch efforts paid off in style when he found an eighth for Britain.
06/07/2022
Patch birding
Regional round-up: June 2022
Early signs of a bumper Cory's Shearwater summer were witnessed in the South-West, while easterlies produced some surprises during the...
05/07/2022
Britain & Ireland
Focus on: Ascension Frigatebird
On the ninth anniversary of the astonishing record on Islay, Ed Stubbs profiles this restricted-range seabird.
05/07/2022
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Greater Sand Plover in Co Waterford
Prioritising scanning his local wader flock over making dinner had big consequences for Arlo Jacques, who found Ireland's first twitchable...
04/06/2022
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