Western Palearctic
Corvo 2023: a record-breaking season
Peter Alfrey reports on a historic autumn on the Azorean island which saw incredible numbers of American vagrants recorded.
16/11/2023
Western Palearctic
All our rare bird stories from the Western Palearctic.
Western Palearctic
Grackles in the Western Palearctic
Sam Viles takes a look at the history of grackle species occurring on the east side of the Atlantic.
08/11/2023
Western Palearctic
Rarity finders: Dark-sided Flycatcher in Norway
Julian Bell summarises the extraordinary discovery of an extreme rarity on his local patch.
18/10/2023
Western Palearctic
Mourning Warbler on Corvo: a Western Palearctic first
Peter Stronach documents the find and tricky identification process of a regional first in the wake of Hurricane Lee.
12/10/2023
Rare birds
Yellow-billed Kite: wild or escape?
Sam Viles debates whether the recent British Yellow-billed Kite has any chance of being of wild origin and looks at previous European...
24/05/2023
Western Palearctic
Rarity finders: Magnificent Frigatebird in Cape Verde
Bob Flood documents the sighting of a frigatebird in Cape Verde during April.
11/05/2023
Western Palearctic
Is Black-capped Petrel breeding in the Western Palearctic?
A chance encounter in 2020 led Peter Stronach down a rabbit hole chasing an enigmatic North Atlantic Pterodroma.
12/04/2023
Western Palearctic
Western Palearctic form of Dark Chanting Goshawk feared extinct
There have been no sightings of the enigmatic Moroccan taxon since 2007.
01/12/2022
Western Palearctic
Rarity finders: Black-capped Petrel in the Canary Islands
Steve Copsey reports on the discovery of a mega Pterodroma off La Palma in early November.
18/11/2022
Britain & Ireland
Focus on: Ascension Frigatebird
On the ninth anniversary of the astonishing record on Islay, Ed Stubbs profiles this restricted-range seabird.
05/07/2022
Migration
Yellowthroat found in Spain catches boat back to America
The bird pitched up in Galicia, before hopping aboard another ship and reaching Florida via the Caribbean.
01/07/2022
Western Palearctic
Western Palearctic's first Horned Puffin identified in Norway
The bird was photographed in Finnmark as long ago as August 2009, with its true identity only recently realised.
18/01/2022
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