Review of the Week: 17-23 June 2020
A new Western Palearctic bird headlined in Ireland, while Shetland enjoyed a rarity quartet, but the Asian Desert Warbler moved on. Sam...
24/06/2020
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A new Western Palearctic bird headlined in Ireland, while Shetland enjoyed a rarity quartet, but the Asian Desert Warbler moved on. Sam...
24/06/2020
A fantastic week with several new megas found, not least Britain's first twitchable Asian Desert Warbler for 20 years. Sam Viles and the...
17/06/2020
Pink invasion! Rosy Starlings flooded in, while birders were kept on their toes by a good spread of scarce Acrocephalus warblers. Sam Viles...
10/06/2020
An entertaining late spring week, full of classy finds ... but it was a wader in Sweden that had birders truly green with envy.
03/06/2020
The volume of news dropped off significantly as a UK-wide lockdown was enforced, but there were nonetheless plenty of signs of spring. Josh...
25/03/2020
Lesser Kestrel and Short-toed Treecreeper got the spring rarity discoveries off to a super start, while south-coast patchers were treated...
18/03/2020
Northern Wheatears, Sand Martins and even Willow Warblers heralded the arrival of spring – and there were a couple of great gull finds,...
11/03/2020
The first signs of spring appeared in a steady week, during which the biggest news came from Azerbaijan. Josh Jones and the BirdGuides news...
04/03/2020
A steady but nonetheless interesting week on home shores was eclipsed by an exciting week for holidaying birders in the Canary Islands....
26/02/2020
This week's script involved plenty of wind, rain and interesting North American gulls. Josh Jones and Daniel Owen sum up the state of play.
19/02/2020
Despite Storm Ciara blowing through these isles, it was an owl from the Continent that provided the biggest news during a fun week. Alan...
12/02/2020
A curious gull threatened to explode midwinter into life, while another Black-throated Thrush was found during a decent week. Ed Stubbs and...
05/02/2020