Rarity finders: Collared Pratincole in Co Donegal
Robert Vaughan couldn't believe his luck when an early start resulted in the discovery of a fourth national record.
19/09/2019
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Robert Vaughan couldn't believe his luck when an early start resulted in the discovery of a fourth national record.
19/09/2019
Although vagrants from all points of the compass get the pulse racing, few can claim to have a more emotive impact on European birders than...
11/09/2019
When her bird-loving husband left for work, the last thing Bonnie Wood expected was to discover an extremely rare American vagrant in her...
08/09/2019
After dipping the St Ives bird, David Collins couldn't believe his luck when he stumbled across a Brown Booby of his own at one of his...
07/09/2019
Phil Snaith and Kester Wilson independently had tantalising views of a mystery Sulid off St Ives on 26 August, which Kester suspected to be...
06/09/2019
Sam Langlois and Ella Benninghaus cashed in when they found a first for Scotland while on a camping holiday.
03/09/2019
Josh Jones takes a look at the increasing occurrence of the African subspecies of Kelp Gull in the Western Palearctic and suggests that...
30/08/2019
Paul Connaughton describes a brief encounter with a potential mega Pterodroma, which would be an Irish first.
21/08/2019
A year on from a Sooty Tern lingering in Aberdeenshire, Will Scott discovered one heading north past Bempton Cliffs. Could it have been the...
18/08/2019
Tom Whiley was the only birder to see a radiant tropical wanderer pass right under the noses of assembled seawatchers – luckily he had his...
18/08/2019
This summer's success came despite the severe decline of many Common and Sandwich Tern colonies in the region.
16/08/2019
Dave Cooper, Brydon Thomason & Rob Fray summarise 2019's unprecedented arrival of Two-barred Crossbills to the archipelago, assessing the...
12/08/2019