Rare birds
Refinding the Shetland Tengmalm's Owl
Acting on two-month-old news of the apparent reappearance of the Shetland Tengmalm’s Owl, Phil Harris successfully pinned down this now...
13/02/2020
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
Autumn 2019 on Corvo, Azores
Peter Alfrey summarises an autumn of contrasts on the famous mid-Atlantic island.
31/12/2019
Patch birding
Patch birding: Woolston Eyes
Daniel Owen provides insight into his local patch near Warrington, famed for its breeding Black-necked Grebes and long list of rarities.
29/12/2019
General birding
A young birder's trip to Cornell
Alex Chapman was this year's benefactor from a Cameron Bespolka Trust scholarship. Here he reflects on a memorable trip Stateside.
17/12/2019
Species profiles
Focus on: Snow Bunting
A very scarce breeding species and much more widespread in winter, Snow Bunting has a long history in Britain, but could find itself pushed...
08/11/2019
General birding
Rarity finders: Steller's Eider in Orkney
Don and Sandra Otter were in for a major surprise when their local patch became a temporary home for an extremely rare Arctic duck.
01/11/2019
General birding
Apparent hybrid Grey × Purple Heron in Western Sahara
Very few examples of this mixed pairing have been fully documented in the past.
31/10/2019
Migration
Major Pine Grosbeak invasion gathers pace
Thousands of the spectacular finches are on the move across Scandinavia – is a British bird imminent?
30/10/2019
Ornithology
Cox's Sandpiper: the species that never was
A rare wader described from Australia was at the heart of a puzzle that took decades to solve. David Callahan tells the story of the rise...
10/09/2019
Identification
Identifying vagrant Mediterranean Flycatchers in Catalunya
Seán Ronayne compiles his thoughts on the prospects of recognising an out-of-range individual of this recently split species and details...
20/06/2019
Rare birds
A magical week on Out Skerries
Bethan Clyne, Darragh Hudson, Michael McNaghten and Jacob Spinks enjoyed a terrific trip to Out Skerries in May, finding heaps of migrants...
09/06/2019
General birding
Yorkshire record breakers: an epic May day
Jono Leadley tells the tale as his team embarked on a mission to break a 20-year-old Yorkshire bird race record.
25/05/2019
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