A brace of mega buntings in Finland
Kalle Hiekkanen discusses an extraordinary ringing session on his patch, which saw him discover first and second records for Finland.
14/07/2024
All our rare bird stories from the Western Palearctic.
Kalle Hiekkanen discusses an extraordinary ringing session on his patch, which saw him discover first and second records for Finland.
14/07/2024
Mikkel Høegh Post describes his discovery of an extraordinary first for the Western Palearctic
10/05/2024
A surprising number of African birds have appeared in Spain and Portugal in recent decades, several of which have established breeding...
24/04/2024
Bob Flood summarises the occurrence of this intriguing taxon in the East Atlantic and suggests that it may be visiting WP waters.
17/04/2024
Documentation of a breeding attempt by escaped individuals raises the possibility that the species could become naturalised in Europe.
11/01/2024
Researchers examined more than 3.8 million volunteer hours of eBird and Birdata records.
21/12/2023
Peter Alfrey reports on a historic autumn on the Azorean island which saw incredible numbers of American vagrants recorded.
16/11/2023
Sam Viles takes a look at the history of grackle species occurring on the east side of the Atlantic.
08/11/2023
Julian Bell summarises the extraordinary discovery of an extreme rarity on his local patch.
18/10/2023
Peter Stronach documents the find and tricky identification process of a regional first in the wake of Hurricane Lee.
12/10/2023
Sam Viles debates whether the recent British Yellow-billed Kite has any chance of being of wild origin and looks at previous European...
24/05/2023
Bob Flood documents the sighting of a frigatebird in Cape Verde during April.
11/05/2023