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
All our rare bird stories from Britain and Ireland.
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
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
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
A striking Larus found by Fair Isle warden David Parnaby turned out to be Britain's third Glaucous-winged Gull.
13/03/2017
A genuine mid-winter surprise, the extremely confiding Bluethroat in Lincolnshire is our Bird of the Week.
15/02/2017
The sight of a fly-by orange-billed tern left Jamie Hooper stunned - but fortunately the bird stuck around and its identification was...
10/02/2017
Lightning struck twice spectacularly as a stretch of the River Witham revealed its second White-billed Diver to David Curtis, 21 years...
31/01/2017
Alan Curry details the circumstances surrounding the discovery and identification of what proved to be Northumberland's first Pacific Diver.
29/01/2017
Simon Davies braved the rain on New Year's Day to find a Shropshire first.
09/01/2017
Bridget Jennings had noticed the unusual thrush-like bird in her garden for some time, but it took her internet-savvy son to figure out...
09/01/2017
Mark Stanley's ferry crossing to the hot-spot of Cape Clear was enlivened by a mystery sighting that proved to be a potential Irish first.
17/12/2016
Rachel Jones thought birders were winding her up when she attempted to get an unusual thrush identified online - but it really was a...
14/12/2016