Review of the Week: 14-20 October 2020
Britain's first Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin in 40 years caused many to dash to the north Norfolk coast, while another Masked Shrike was in...
21/10/2020
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Britain's first Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin in 40 years caused many to dash to the north Norfolk coast, while another Masked Shrike was in...
21/10/2020
An enviable collection of Nearctic passerines included Black-and-white Warbler, Common Nighthawk and Philadelphia Vireo, while more rare...
14/10/2020
A staggering week saw a new Tennessee Warbler, mainland Siberian Thrush and no fewer than 16 brand new mega alerts. Sam Viles and the team...
07/10/2020
Britain's first Tennessee Warbler in 25 years was the week's big find, but a Two-barred Warbler popped up in Northumberland and multiple...
30/09/2020
Ireland's fourth Bobolink popped up in Co Donegal and Tiree's star Yellow-bellied Flycatcher lingered, while the Bearded Vulture headed...
23/09/2020
Tiree scored the big one with an American flycatcher – a British and Western Palearctic first – while a Sora graced Lundy and there was an...
16/09/2020
Orkney delivered Britain's fifth Semipalmated Plover and a bonus Wilson's Phalarope, while Britain's largest-ever flock of Blue-winged Teal...
09/09/2020
Scarce drift migrants busied birders on the east coast and Northern Isles, while an early Isabelline Wheatear was a shock on Anglesey. Sam...
02/09/2020
Seabirds delighted in the South-West, while Eleonora's Falcon and Turkestan Shrike were the clear rarity highlights. Sam Viles and the team...
26/08/2020
Britian's third Scopoli's Shearwater made a reappearance off Norfolk and a European Roller was a brief visitor to East Yorkshire amid a...
19/08/2020
A shearwater in the Firth of Forth morphed into Britain's third Scopoli's, while early autumnal migrants along the east coast made for a...
12/08/2020
Another vintage summer week produced a first for Britain in the shape of Zino's Petrel, as well as a trio of wandering rare terns and the...
05/08/2020