Review of the Week: 31 March-6 April 2021
Bitterly cold conditions hampered the arrival of spring, but a few quality migrants managed to sneak through – and some reliable old...
07/04/2021
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Bitterly cold conditions hampered the arrival of spring, but a few quality migrants managed to sneak through – and some reliable old...
07/04/2021
Sam Viles and the team provide the inaugural review of 2021, with Northern Mockingbird, American Herring Gull and Desert Wheatear in...
31/03/2021
An Eastern Black Redstart and another Irish Bufflehead were the rarest finds of a decent festive fortnight. Sam Viles and the team round up...
06/01/2021
Co Cork's third Bufflehead was the star find, but a number of major rarities remained on show and plenty of grey geese were still around,...
23/12/2020
The Double-crested Cormorant remained on show in Co Kerry and there was belated news of an American Bittern in Lincolnshire. Sam Viles and...
16/12/2020
Northern Ireland scored its first Bufflehead, while the Belted Kingfisher and Double-crested Cormorant remained and England's big influx of...
09/12/2020
Double-crested Cormorant in Co Kerry, Sociable Lapwing in Cornwall and Dark-eyed Junco in London continued the exceptional run of rarities....
02/12/2020
News broke of Britain's first Ruby-crowned Kinglet in the Outer Hebrides, while there were also two Eurasian Crag Martins and an east coast...
25/11/2020
Two Belted Kingfishers were in western Ireland, while a White-bellied Storm Petrel was claimed off the north Norfolk coast. Sam Viles and...
18/11/2020
Belted Kingfisher and Little Swift in Co Cork, Greater Yellowlegs in Suffolk and Hudsonian Godwit in Fife show there's plenty of life left...
11/11/2020
Mourning Dove and Hermit Thrush offered some end-of-season excitement in south-west Ireland, while a surprise Black-headed Bunting was on...
04/11/2020
The exceptional autumn spell continued with an Indigo Bunting heading up a fine late arrival of North American landbirds in the Isles of...
28/10/2020