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
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
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
General birding
I don't want to miss a thing: the benefits of continuous sound recording
While noc-mig has taken off in Britain, routine daytime sound recording isn't widely practised. But it's well worth giving it a go, says Ed...
17/09/2020
Rare birds
What next from the West?
American birds are among the most hotly anticipated vagrant species to turn up in Britain or Ireland, having battled their way across the...
11/09/2020
General birding
Birding while you sleep: a year of noc-migging in Catalonia
Seán Ronayne discusses the surprising species detected by nocturnal sound recording from his Barcelona apartment, as well as out in the...
10/08/2020
General birding
A British record day for Common Swift passage
Ben Ward was in the thick of the action at Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire, when a movement of unprecedented scale took place.
04/07/2020
Latest Rarities
|
19/04/2024 22:15 |
Purple Heron
Anglesey Details |
|
19/04/2024 21:33 |
Western Subalpine Warbler
Dorset Details |
|
19/04/2024 21:04 |
Western Bonelli's Warbler
Famagusta Details |
|
19/04/2024 20:54 |
Lesser Yellowlegs
Louth Details |
|
19/04/2024 20:54 |
Black Brant
Louth Details |
* Bird News Pro and Bird News Ultimate subscribers receive full sighting details.
