General birding
Days to Remember: 15-21 August 1999 – Cape Clear
Cape Clear in Co. Cork has been home to many fantastic memories for birders over the years. For Irish birder Owen Foley, his first visit in...
06/07/2006
General birding
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Britain & Ireland
Days to Remember: a bunting in the garden
Many of us peer hopefully into our gardens on a daily basis hoping for something unusual. Devon birder Paul Boulden got a massive shock...
16/05/2006
General birding
Days to Remember: Common Nighthawk, Bryher 28th October 1999
Patrick Baglee recounts an exceptionally close encounter with a Common Nighthawk on the Isles of Scilly.
21/09/2005
General birding
Days to Remember: Whitby, Yorkshire, 21st October 1990
Russell Slack recalls a period when there was an exceptional east coast fall. Rarities were turning up along the east coast, but could a...
04/08/2004
General birding
Days to Remember: Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, 30th April 2003
National Trust warden Mark Cornish was certainly in the right place at the right time this week as he enjoyed some superb birds on Dunwich...
01/05/2003
General birding
Days to Remember: a twitch for Varied Thrush in Cornwall, November 1982
Pre-Birdlines, pagers, web pages, what was a twitch like in the 1980s? Chris Wormwell recounts the tale of travelling to see one of the...
12/11/2002
General birding
Days to Remember: Spurn, 27th September 1998
Few sites can compare with Spurn in East Yorkshire when it comes to rare and scarce birds, as teenager Paul Suter found during a memorable...
03/09/2002
General birding
Days to Remember: Cornwall (or was it Spain!), 29th March 2002
Late March 2002 produced an exceptional spell of Iberian overshoots for the southwest. Devon birder Steve Waite managed to see a good...
09/08/2002
General birding
Days to Remember: 19 June 2002 - a typical summer day in southern England
Often the best days birding come not from travelling from one rarity to the next, but from steadily working your local patch. Join Russell...
21/06/2002
General birding
Days to Remember: birding in East Africa - Lesser Kestrels and Red-backed Shrikes
Birding abroad can often be an eye-opener, in terms of culture, scenery and unfamiliar birds. However, it can also provide some fantastic...
28/05/2002
General birding
Days to Remember: Devon, 28th May 1990
Phil Palmer recalls an amazing chance encounter off the North Devon coast
18/05/2002
General birding
Days to Remember: Lesser Kestrel on Fair Isle...15 years ago!
With just 17 accepted records, Lesser Kestrel is on most listers' 'most wanted'. Tynemouth birder Adrian Pitches takes us back 15 years to...
15/05/2002
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