Rare birds
Pied Wheatear at Meols – a first for Cheshire
Allan Conlin summarises the recent occurrence of a well-twitched Pied Wheatear on his North Wirral patch, which represented a new species...
13/11/2018
Britain & Ireland
All our rare bird stories from Britain and Ireland.
Rare birds
Rarity finders: Baltimore Oriole on Barra
Stuart Rivers had always hoped to find a North American oriole on his beloved island of Barra and, after almost three weeks of hard graft...
30/10/2018
Migration
The lure of Shetland in late autumn
Stephen Dunstan has been visiting Shetland for over a decade and finds the late October period hard to beat – if the wind is in the east.
13/10/2018
Rare birds
Rarity finders: Green Warbler on Lundy
When Tim Davis and Tim Jones glimpsed a bright Phylloscopus, they were delighted to have found what they thought was a Greenish Warbler....
12/10/2018
Rare birds
Rarity finders: White-crowned Sparrow on Foula, September 2018
After a spell of westerly gales, Chris Turner, Michael McKee and Pete Forrest scored heavily with Foula's second White-crowned Sparrow in...
08/10/2018
Rare birds
Rarity finders: Yellow-breasted Bunting on Whalsay
On the back of westerly winds, John Lowrie Irvine wasn't expecting to find a Critically Endangered Siberian bunting on his home isle.
26/09/2018
Rare birds
Rarity finders: White-throated Sparrow on Foula
Geoff and Donna Atherton were thrilled to clinch their second North American sparrow on Foula within the space of a year.
10/09/2018
Migration
Focus on: Nearctic waders in autumn
North American waders are highly prized by British and Irish birders each autumn. Josh Jones summarises what to look out for, as well as...
07/09/2018
General birding
A special Scilly seabird season
Bob Flood reports on the 2018 pelagic season in Scilly waters, which once again proved a memorable affair.
29/08/2018
Britain & Ireland
American Black Tern – a first for Kent
Stephen Message describes the discovery of a transatlantic mega at Dungeness on 21 August.
28/08/2018
Species profiles
Focus on: Aquatic Warbler
Ed Stubbs takes a look at Aquatic Warbler, a secretive and highly desirable early autumn visitor to our shores.
14/08/2018
Rare birds
Trindade Petrel in Cornwall – a potential first for Britain
Martin Elliott summarises the observation of a Trindade Petrel from the Cornish seawatching hot-spot of Porthgwarra on 29 July.
02/08/2018
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