Review of the Week: 26 September-2 October
Foula produced an extraordinary brace of American sparrows, while other headliners included River Warbler, Brown Shrike and Stilt...
03/10/2018
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Foula produced an extraordinary brace of American sparrows, while other headliners included River Warbler, Brown Shrike and Stilt...
03/10/2018
A steady week of birding ensured that the extraordinary discovery of a Beluga Whale became the main talking point. Avian highlights...
26/09/2018
With a westerly airflow dominating, new arrivals were at a premium, although a handful of Fea's-type Petrels were seen in Co Cork and there...
19/09/2018
Arrivals from both east and west made for an exciting September week, with the rarest birds including White-throated Sparrow, a new...
12/09/2018
A Sykes's Warbler in Cornwall was the rarest find, though it failed to linger for the masses. Meanwhile, classic drift migrants flooded...
05/09/2018
With American Black Tern, Stilt Sandpiper and contentious Marbled Duck on offer among increasing numbers of migrant passerines, plus a...
29/08/2018
The week offered a great precursor to the coming autumn, with migrant passerines and waders on the move. David Campbell reports on the...
22/08/2018
A reasonable week produced a smattering of seabirds, gulls and passerines, including the year's first Aquatic Warbler. Josh Jones reports.
15/08/2018
The Sooty Tern disappeared from Aberdeenshire but a steady supply of scarce waders and seabirds, plus an influx of Pied Flycatchers,...
08/08/2018
A change in the weather delivered improved birding around Britain and Ireland, with Trindade Petrel and Barolo Shearwater providing the...
01/08/2018
The Sooty Tern relocated from Northumberland to Aberdeenshire, where it finally gave itself up. Other highlights included Franklin's Gull...
25/07/2018
Yorkshire produced both Audouin's Gull and Greater Sand Plover in another very warm and largely dry week. Just across the North Sea, a...
18/07/2018