Species profiles
Focus on: Pomarine Skua
David Callahan explores the biology of this enigmatic and piratical passage migrant.
01/05/2022
General birding
Covering everything from birding by public transport to those species found the London area, you'll find information on just about every bird-related topic under the sun.
General birding
Regional round-up: February 2022
A wild month of weather produced storm-blown Kittiwakes and Little Gulls, while yet more Ring-necked Duck were found across Britain and...
03/03/2022
General birding
Rise of the velo-birder
Birding on two wheels instead of four is slowly being taken up by British birders as the reality of the climate crisis sinks in. Nick Moran...
23/02/2022
Patch birding
A big year in Sunderland in 2021
Andrew Kinghorn shares the highs and lows of a major local birding effort in the North-East.
15/02/2022
Patch birding
A North Tyneside 'Big Day'
Jack Bucknall set himself the ambitious target of 100 species for his January 'Big Day'.
15/02/2022
Patch birding
A New Year's 'Big Day' in Essex
Glyn Evans covered 25 km on foot around his hometown of Wivenhoe on 1 January, smashing his target of 100 species.
23/01/2022
Patch birding
#LocalBigYear: celebrating the joy of local birding
In January 2022 we launched a new friendly contest to encourage you to make the most of your local area and enjoy the birds on your...
29/12/2021
General birding
Wild goose chase
Swirling flocks of geese are a fixture of winter birding, with huge numbers of familiar species heading to the UK to spend the colder...
24/11/2021
Britain & Ireland
Shetland 2021: shattered dreams
Birding in the Northern Isles isn't always the rarity-filled procession it might appear from afar, as Dan Brown ably demonstrated this...
04/11/2021
Travel
Patching in paradise: locking down in the Colombian Andes
A trip of a lifetime to Colombia turned upside down for Sam Jones when the country announced a lockdown during his stay. However, after...
02/10/2021
Conservation
Red Kite breeds in Cornwall for first time in 170 years
Mark Grantham outlines this summer's exciting discovery and summarises the raptor's current breeding status in south-west England.
16/09/2021
Conservation
Up and away
In a recent addition to the New Naturalist series, Professor Ian Newton tackles the subject of Britain's uplands and the birds that make...
17/07/2021
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