Rare birds
Rarity finders: Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin in Cornwall
Hard patch graft paid off in spectacular fashion for Dougy Wright, with the monster discovery of a 10th for Britain.
26/08/2021
Britain & Ireland
All our rare bird stories from Britain and Ireland.
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Western Sandpiper in Norfolk
Searching the masses of waders at Snettisham proved fruitful for Chris Kelly, who discovered a mega North American shorebird.
05/08/2021
Britain & Ireland
American Black Tern summers in Northumberland
Sam Viles looks at circumstances surrounding Britain's first breeding-plumaged adult of this Nearctic subspecies.
29/07/2021
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Short-billed Dowitcher in Co Cork
Christopher O'Sullivan had dipped the last Irish record of this mega-rare shorebird, so was ecstatic to find one on his local patch.
23/07/2021
Rare birds
Britain's first Soft-plumaged Petrel
Alan Tilmouth discusses the find and subsequent identification of this Southern Atlantic Pterodroma.
21/07/2021
Britain & Ireland
An incoming armchair tick?
As a major review of the British status of Ruddy Shelduck is taking place, Sam Viles takes a look at the history of the species in the UK...
15/07/2021
Rare birds
Rarity finders: Elegant Tern on Anglesey
A national mega was a surprise midsummer find for Mark Sutton at the famous Cemlyn Bay tern colony.
08/07/2021
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Red-winged Blackbird in Co Mayo
Dave Suddaby was in for a shock when a routine monitoring walk at one of his patches produced a first for Ireland.
29/06/2021
Rare birds
Rarity finders: Calandra Larks in Shetland
Fair Isle was treated to no fewer than two of the mega larks during May, as Alex Penn – finder of both birds – reports.
25/06/2021
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Sulphur-bellied Warbler in Devon
David Price, Paul St Pierre and Dean Jones discuss the monumental discovery of a first for Britain on Lundy.
22/06/2021
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Red-necked Stint in Northumberland
Alan Curry scored one of the birds of the spring when he found a mega East Asian calidrid on his local patch.
11/06/2021
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: River Warbler in Somerset
Mainland Britain's first twitchable River Warbler since 2010 was a prize find for Dave Hughes during a visit to the Avalon Marshes.
08/06/2021
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