Rare birds
Pied Crow: wild or escape?
Sam Viles takes a look at historical records of Pied Crow around the Western Palearctic and assesses whether the wide-ranging 2018 bird has...
26/12/2018
Western Palearctic
All our rare bird stories from the Western Palearctic.
Western Palearctic
Autumn 2018 on Corvo
Peter Alfrey reports back on another phenomenal autumn for Nearctic and Palearctic vagrants on the magical Azorean island.
22/12/2018
Western Palearctic
Tracking down a sapsucker in Iceland
Yann Kolbeinsson tells the tale of how, weeks after a series of mysterious holes were found in trees outside Þorsteinn Sigurðsson's family...
06/10/2018
Travel
Madeira: pelagics and endemics
The combination of a pleasant climate with spectacular, mountainous scenery and endemic wildlife makes Madeira an attractive destination...
31/08/2018
Western Palearctic
First confirmed breeding of Golden Nightjar in the Western Palearctic
Josh Jones reports of the discovery of breeding Golden Nightjars in northern Mauritania in spring 2018.
10/08/2018
Rare birds
A curious infatuation with swans
Josh Jones recently visited the Wadden Sea island of Sylt, Germany, where he was left fascinated by the behaviour of the returning...
04/05/2018
Rare birds
Rarity finders: Kelp Gull in northern France
Thibaut Chansac and Stanislas Wroza endured a testing day on a Paris landfill, eventually clinching an elusive 'black-backed gull' as...
10/03/2018
Rare birds
Presumed 'East Siberian Wagtail' in Abu Dhabi
Jamie Partridge tells the story of his discovery of a potential first for the Western Palearctic.
27/01/2018
Western Palearctic
Autumn 2017 on Corvo, Azores
David Monticelli summarises the exceptional run of Nearctic vagrants on Corvo, Azores, during September and October 2017.
02/01/2018
Rare birds
White-winged Crossbill in Iceland – a Western Palearctic first
Details, including photos and sound recordings, of the Western Palearctic's first 'White-winged Crossbill', found in south-west Iceland.
16/11/2017
Western Palearctic
Rare Western Palearctic birds: Magnificent Frigatebird
Josh Jones outlines the precarious status of Magnificent Frigatebird as a Western Palearctic bird.
15/04/2016
Western Palearctic
Rare Western Palearctic birds: Golden Nightjars in Western Sahara
Richard Moores reports with arguably the most anticipated Western Palearctic birding news of 2016.
08/04/2016
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