Migration
Visible migration at Spurn: autumn 2021
Jacob Spinks rounds up another exciting season of visible migration at the East Yorkshire hot-spot.
22/12/2021
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.
Migration
Spring migration in Saudi Arabia, part one
Graham Gordon was drafted in to spend several weeks surveying in the Arabian desert earlier this year, where migrant birds enthralled him...
18/12/2021
Ornithology
New study details previously unknown migration hot-spot on Pacific flyway
Two years of observations at Bear Divide has revealed it to be a spectacular place to watch 'vis-mig'.
13/11/2021
Britain & Ireland
Shetland 2021: shattered dreams
Birding in the Northern Isles isn't always the rarity-filled procession it might appear from afar, as Dan Brown ably demonstrated this...
04/11/2021
Ornithology
Westward migration of Richard's Pipit documented for first time
GPS trackers were used to confirm migration routes and European wintering grounds used by the Asian breeder.
27/10/2021
Patch birding
North Ronaldsay photo diary: September
North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory Assistant Warden Dante Shepherd shares a selection of images from an exciting September on the island.
09/10/2021
Britain & Ireland
A magical autumn on North Ronaldsay
Dante Shepherd recounts his 2020 season as Assistant Warden at the Orcadian bird observatory, which produced a series of stunning finds and...
15/09/2021
Migration
Predicting Nearctic passerines in autumn
Laurence Pitcher provides real-life examples to demonstrate how theories presented by Elkins, Lees and Gilroy have merit and that we can –...
08/09/2021
Rare birds
North Ronaldsay photo diary: August
North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory Assistant Warden Dante Shepherd shares a selection of images from the island as autumn migration clicks...
04/09/2021
Ornithology
New UK Barnacle Goose study gets underway
The naturalised, resident population is rapidly expanding, but remains poorly known. Kane Brides introduces a new project that aims to...
02/09/2021
Ornithology
'Major seabird hot-spot' identified in North Atlantic
Satellite tracking has helped to discover an area used by up to 5 million birds from more than 50 different colonies.
04/08/2021
Ornithology
Migrating Great Snipe logged at unprecedented heights
A study found a cruising altitude of 6 km to be common, with one reaching almost 9 km.
14/07/2021
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