Species profiles
Focus on: Pomarine Skua
David Callahan explores the biology of this enigmatic and piratical passage migrant.
01/05/2022
Species profiles
There could be as many as 35 crossbill species, and most Shore Larks are found anywhere but on the beach. Take an indepth look at these and many more species.
Britain & Ireland
Never again: Ipswich Sparrow in Dorset
On the 40th anniversary of the Western Palearctic's only Ipswich Sparrow, Sam Viles takes a closer look at the extraordinary occurrence.
13/04/2022
Species profiles
Focus on: Greenish Warbler
Greenish Warbler is a prize find when the wind blows from the east in early autumn. Ed Stubbs documents the life and times of this...
24/08/2021
Species profiles
Focus on: Water Pipit
David Callahan reveals the hidden life of the scarce Continental songbird visitor that – unusually – migrates from the mountains west for...
23/03/2021
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
Species profiles
Focus on: Eurasian Woodcock
Secretive, cryptic and yet widespread in winter, Woodcock is often stumbled across by mistake rather than discovered deliberately. Rob...
03/01/2021
Species profiles
Focus on: Black Redstart
Black Redstart colonised Britain after World War II, apparently exploiting the post-war wreckage as a simulation of its mountain habitats;...
16/10/2020
Species profiles
Focus on: Eurasian Spoonbill
Eurasian Spoonbill is one of several large waterbird species usually associated with the Mediterranean which has recently colonised England...
02/07/2020
Species profiles
Focus on: Kentish Plover
Once a breeding species in Britain, Kentish Plover has gradually declined to the point it is now classified as a rarity. David Callahan...
30/04/2020
Species profiles
Golden Pheasant in Britain: going, going, gone?
With a tiny handful of birds thought to remain, this introduced species is destined to become extirpated in Britain and consequently the...
17/02/2020
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
Rare birds
Birds on the brink: Orange-bellied Parrot
With a population numbering just a few tens and breeding at a single location in remote Tasmania, a migratory parrot teeters on the edge of...
05/10/2019
Latest Rarities
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Pectoral Sandpiper
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Surf Scoter
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