Rare birds
Rarity finders: Black-and-white Warbler on St Martin's
Mick Knight reports on discovering the first in a fine run of mega-rare American landbirds on the Isles of Scilly in early October 2019.
13/10/2019
Britain & Ireland
All our rare bird stories from Britain and Ireland.
Rare birds
Least Bittern – a new species for Ireland
Anthony O'Connor details the sad story behind the discovery of a moribund Least Bittern in Co Kerry on 7 October 2019.
09/10/2019
Rare birds
Yellow-billed Cuckoo found dead in East Sussex
Full details of the discovery of a deceased American visitor on the south coast.
02/10/2019
Rare birds
Rarity finders: Short-toed Treecreeper in Kent
Jamie Partridge couldn't believe his luck when he found an extremely rare Continental visitor clinging to a metal fence above the Port of...
26/09/2019
Rare birds
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
Rare birds
New World warblers: the ultimate rarities
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
Rare birds
Rarity finders: White-crowned Sparrow on Islay
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
Rare birds
Rarity finders: a second Brown Booby in Cornwall
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
Rare birds
Rarity finders: Brown Booby at St Ives
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
Rare birds
Rarity finders: American Cliff Swallow on Skye
Sam Langlois and Ella Benninghaus cashed in when they found a first for Scotland while on a camping holiday.
03/09/2019
Britain & Ireland
Cape Gull: coming soon to Britain?
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
Britain & Ireland
Apparent Brown Booby in Kent
A potential British first passing along the North Kent coast left three fortunate observers stunned. Geoff Burton tells the tale.
28/08/2019
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