Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Elegant Tern in Hampshire
Dedicated Hampshire patch-worker Andy Johnson on the discovery of another top-class vagrant at Hayling Island.
09/06/2017
Britain & Ireland
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Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Lesser Kestrel on Shetland
Noss wardens Craig Nisbet and Andrew Denton were pleased eneough to have found what they thought was a Common Kestrel on Shetland; little...
30/05/2017
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Spectacled Warbler in Dorset
Andy Davidson recounts a memorable afternoon at Portland Bill where, among a fall of migrants, he found Britain's ninth Spectacled Warbler.
25/05/2017
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Black-browed Albatross in East Yorkshire
Twelve-year-old Joe Fryer demonstrated great nous to find and identify a Black-browed Albatross at the famous Yorkshire reserve of Bempton...
16/05/2017
Britain & Ireland
Bird of the Week: Pallid Harrier
One of Europe's sleekest birds of prey, displaying on a moor in Lancashire and entertaining the crowds, makes for a fitting Bird of the...
03/05/2017
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Red-winged Blackbird on North Ronaldsay
Simon Davies' persistence during a month of challenging weather conditions on North Ronaldsay paid off with a prize as big as it gets - a...
01/05/2017
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Oriental Turtle Dove in West Yorkshire
A couple of photos passed along by a work colleague alerted Duncan Watson to the presence of a mega eastern dove in West Yorkshire, but the...
27/04/2017
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: American Herring Gull in Suffolk
Pete Wilson's diversion via a local Suffolk pig farm paid off when a rare Nearctic gull emerged from the throng.
25/04/2017
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Hermit Thrush on Shetland
Craig Nisbet, Reserve Warden at Scottish Natural Heritage, clapped his hands in a Shetland island geo and flushed a mega Yank thrush, which...
24/04/2017
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Common Rock Thrush on Scilly
Ansy Boothroyd was teaching her husband some bird identification tips when he noticed a gaudy but unusual bird perched on a wall.
13/04/2017
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Baillon's Crake in Cornwall
One of the only birds Alice Davey saw during a morning at a west Cornwall beach proved to be a mega-rare crake.
22/03/2017
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Glaucous-winged Gull on Fair Isle
A striking Larus found by Fair Isle warden David Parnaby turned out to be Britain's third Glaucous-winged Gull.
13/03/2017
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