Britain & Ireland
Tracking down the Peak District Lammergeier
After arriving in Britain in late June, the Bearded Vulture appears to have settled in the Peak District – but catching sight of it remains...
07/07/2020
Britain & Ireland
All our rare bird stories from Britain and Ireland.
Rare birds
Rarity finders: White-crowned Sparrow on Fetlar
Thanks to the sharp eyes of his eight-year-old daughter, Shetland birder Andy Cook was able to add a true mega to his garden list.
06/07/2020
Rare birds
Short-tailed Shearwater in Ireland – a new Western Palearctic species
Full details and photos of the first individual of this Pacific seabird ever recorded in the region.
26/06/2020
Rare birds
Rarity finders: Sooty Tern on Anglesey
Fifteen years after a widely celebrated Sooty Tern at Cemlyn Lagoon, the famous North Walian tern colony produced a remarkable repeat...
23/06/2020
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Asian Desert Warbler in Northumberland
Mike Carr provides the story behind the most twitched bird of 2020, while we take a look at the species' status in Britain and Europe.
21/06/2020
Rare birds
Rarity finders: Green Warbler on North Ronaldsay
Observatory warden George Gay talks through the tentative steps to clinching this subtle Caucasian vagrant.
04/06/2020
Rare birds
Rarity finders: White-chinned Petrel in Orkney
Set to go down as one of the most sensational sightings in British birding history, Robert Foubister tells the tale of his chance encounter...
27/05/2020
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: spring Solitary Sandpiper on Scilly
Bob Flood summarises the tantalising steps involved in clinching another fine Nearctic vagrant for the famous isles.
21/05/2020
Britain & Ireland
Brown Booby in Isle of Wight waters
After 2019's amazing influx, the first booby of summer 2020 has already been seen in north-west European waters.
16/05/2020
Britain & Ireland
Dark-morph Montagu's Harrier in Dorset
Joe Stockwell provides details on a chance encounter with the rare melanistic form of this declining raptor on the south coast in early May.
14/05/2020
Species profiles
Focus on: Kentish Plover
Once a breeding species in Britain, Kentish Plover has gradually declined to the point it is now classified as a rarity. David Callahan...
30/04/2020
General birding
Days to remember: an August fall on Holy Island
Jonathan Farooqi recalls an unforgettable early-autumn day on Holy Island, in his home county of Northumberland.
19/04/2020
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