Rarity finders: Long-toed Stint in West Yorkshire
Steve Cribbin, David Hunter and Julian Pickering tell the story behind the stunning discovery of the most popular bird of the autumn.
19/10/2021
All our rare bird stories from Britain and Ireland.
Steve Cribbin, David Hunter and Julian Pickering tell the story behind the stunning discovery of the most popular bird of the autumn.
19/10/2021
Initially thinking he'd discovered a Yellow-browed Warbler, David Bevan was in for a shock when his bird turned out to be a 10th for...
17/10/2021
John Bowler couldn't believe his eyes when another mega North American landbird visited his garden.
10/10/2021
The first twitchable White-tailed Lapwing in Britain for a decade was one of the finds of August. Stuart Taylor recounts the momentous...
06/10/2021
Alex Penn tells the tale of a magical day on the famous island at the end of September.
03/10/2021
September started with a bang after careful fieldwork allowed James McCallum and Kayn Forbes to confirm the identity of a mega warbler in...
29/09/2021
It was a North American landbird that got peak Shetland season underway, as David Cooper scored yet another mega find on Unst.
27/09/2021
This autumn, what migrants should be getting your heart racing: those gems from the east, affectionately known as 'Sibes', or those...
23/09/2021
Dante Shepherd recounts his 2020 season as Assistant Warden at the Orcadian bird observatory, which produced a series of stunning finds and...
15/09/2021
The bird is the first twitchable individual of its kind on mainland Britain.
10/09/2021
Niall Keogh provides the full story behind a new species for Ireland, with an in-depth look at the bird's identification.
09/09/2021
Laurence Pitcher provides real-life examples to demonstrate how theories presented by Elkins, Lees and Gilroy have merit and that we can –...
08/09/2021