Comment
Bill Oddie: mega memories
The devastating fire at Fair Isle Bird Observatory prompted some reminiscing about days gone by and previous rarities on this most magic of...
22/06/2019
Migration
The journeys undertaken by birds between their summer breeding grounds and wintering quarters are often impressive, but they are also fraught with danger. Find out more about these amazing and awe-inspiring movements.
Travel
Canada: spring spectacular at Long Point
Graham Gordon swapped Scilly for Ontario and was left astounded by the multitudes of stunning birds passing through one of Canada's...
24/05/2019
Migration
The joy of spring birding in Shetland
Stephan Dunstan recounts two of his more successful spring trips chasing rare and scarce migrants on Out Skerries.
17/05/2019
Migration
Vocal nocturnal migrants most likely to collide with buildings
A new study has found birds uttering more nocturnal flight calls appear more likely to lose their bearings.
06/04/2019
Ornithology
Study confirms songbird's 12,500-mile annual migration
New research has for the first time built a complete picture of the epic distances covered by Blackpoll Warblers.
05/04/2019
Articles
A Scilly summary of 2018: Part II
Graham Gordon rounds up his time on the isles from September-December 2018.
29/03/2019
Ornithology
Arctic Tern migration mapped in unprecedented detail
Data reveals how overland migration is an integral part of the species' astonishing annual journey.
28/03/2019
General birding
A Scilly summary of 2018
Graham Gordon recaps on the first half of another great year on the famous archipelago.
22/03/2019
Western Palearctic
Autumn 2018 on Corvo
Peter Alfrey reports back on another phenomenal autumn for Nearctic and Palearctic vagrants on the magical Azorean island.
22/12/2018
Migration
Days to remember: East Yorkshire seawatching epic
The recent northerly blow produced spectacular seawatching off Hornsea on 27-28 October. George Bennett recalls two memorable sessions.
05/11/2018
Ornithology
Marathon Willow Warbler migration uncovered
A new study has documented the astonishing distances covered by Willow Warblers breeding in north-east Siberia each year.
26/10/2018
Migration
The lure of Shetland in late autumn
Stephen Dunstan has been visiting Shetland for over a decade and finds the late October period hard to beat – if the wind is in the east.
13/10/2018
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