Migration
Focus on: White Wagtail
With spring migration on the horizon, Ed Stubbs takes a look at one of the first – and perhaps most underappreciated – migrants of the...
01/03/2021
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.
General birding
A season on Bardsey Island
George Dunbar shares his experiences of life as an Assistant Warden on the Welsh island in 2020.
21/02/2021
Rare birds
Time to reconsider: part II
In the second instalment of our analysis of those species that are currently assigned to Categories D or E of the British list, Dan Rouse...
19/02/2021
General birding
A season on Fair Isle
Dan Gornall shares his experience of life as an Assistant Warden on the fabled island in 2020.
31/01/2021
Rare birds
Time to reconsider: part I
Tantalisingly untickable, there are surely some species languishing in Category E of the British list that are ripe for a rethink. In the...
16/01/2021
General birding
No Scilly, no problem: autumn birding on Ouessant
When Anna Hughes's annual trip to Scilly was cancelled, she came up with a backup plan that turned out superbly.
06/12/2020
Patch birding
Love local
The lockdown that we're currently experiencing is forcing us all to reassess our birding. Ed Stubbs extols the virtues of patchwatching and...
07/11/2020
Migration
Look out for colour-ringed Yellow-browed Warblers
A team of French ornithologists outlines an ongoing project exploring the migration of an autumn favourite.
06/11/2020
General birding
Massive Redwing movement in East Yorkshire
Keith Clarkson and Craig Thomas describe an astonishing day of thrush migration at Flamborough Head.
22/10/2020
Migration
Extreme seabirding at Estaca de Bares
The full story behind a sensational few days' seawatching at the Galician hot-spot over the weekend of 28-30 August 2020.
02/10/2020
Britain & Ireland
Days to remember: 'Super Sunday' on Fair Isle
Ian Lycett shares his recollections of the most exhilarating day's birding he has experienced in Britain – 2 October 2016 on the famous...
20/09/2020
Migration
Inter-Peninsula Bird Race 2020
Spurn's Kieran Lawrence summarises the results from the inaugural Inter-Peninsula Bird Race.
18/09/2020
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Three-banded Plover
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