Rare birds
Eastern Olivaceous and River Warblers on Fair Isle, June 2019
Warden David Parnaby recounts another remarkable day on the famous island, involving two major rarities and a fascinating identification...
11/07/2019
Britain & Ireland
All our rare bird stories from Britain and Ireland.
Rare birds
Roller takes boat ride off Lundy Island
A European Roller was seen and photographed in the Bristol Channel off the north Devon coastline on Sunday 30 June.
05/07/2019
Identification
Identifying vagrant Mediterranean Flycatchers in Catalunya
Seán Ronayne compiles his thoughts on the prospects of recognising an out-of-range individual of this recently split species and details...
20/06/2019
Rare birds
Rarity finders: Upland Sandpiper in Norfolk
Ashley McElwee details the discovery of Norfolk's first-ever occurrence of this mega transatlantic wader.
30/05/2019
Migration
The joy of spring birding in Shetland
Stephan Dunstan recounts two of his more successful spring trips chasing rare and scarce migrants on Out Skerries.
17/05/2019
Rare birds
Rarity finders: Great Spotted Cuckoo on the Isle of Wight
John Sturt reports on his discovery of one of this year's early spring highlights.
16/05/2019
Rare birds
Rarity finders: Eastern Yellow Wagtail on Scilly
Scott Reid details the discovery and identification of Britain's first-ever spring Eastern Yellow Wagtail.
13/05/2019
Rare birds
Mourning Dove on North Ronaldsay
Simon Davies describes the events surrounding the discovery of Britain's sixth Mourning Dove.
02/05/2019
Rare birds
Rarity finders: Iberian Wagtail in Cheshire
Stan Davidson's long-term patching efforts ultimately paid off with a potential second for Britain.
29/04/2019
Britain & Ireland
American Black Duck: a long-distance love affair
Jonny Rankin describes his infatuation with Britain's longest-staying vagrant, which culminated in two pilgrimages to a small Highland...
12/04/2019
Britain & Ireland
The rise and fall of Ring-billed Gull
Josh Jones looks at the changing status of a familiar transatlantic vagrant in Britain, Ireland and the wider Western Palearctic.
04/04/2019
Rare birds
The story of the Shetland Tengmalm's Owl
Jackie and Erik Moar didn't recognise a small owl perched outside their bedroom window in Shetland's west mainland, but John Coutts was on...
01/03/2019
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