Focus on: Kentish Plover
Once a breeding species in Britain, Kentish Plover has gradually declined to the point it is now classified as a rarity. David Callahan...
30/04/2020
There could be as many as 35 crossbill species, and most Shore Larks are found anywhere but on the beach. Take an indepth look at these and many more species.
Once a breeding species in Britain, Kentish Plover has gradually declined to the point it is now classified as a rarity. David Callahan...
30/04/2020
With a tiny handful of birds thought to remain, this introduced species is destined to become extirpated in Britain and consequently the...
17/02/2020
A very scarce breeding species and much more widespread in winter, Snow Bunting has a long history in Britain, but could find itself pushed...
08/11/2019
With a population numbering just a few tens and breeding at a single location in remote Tasmania, a migratory parrot teeters on the edge of...
05/10/2019
Hugo Touzé summarises the sad and rapid demise of a species that was common across much of the country just a century ago.
08/08/2019
Once a ubiquitous bird of Britain's gardens, found in town and country alike, Common Starling is one of Britain's fastest-declining...
26/07/2019
With a Baillon's Crake influx shaping up on the near continent, Ed Stubbs takes a look at this diminutive rallid, which could be coming...
11/06/2019
Josh Jones looks at the changing status of a familiar transatlantic vagrant in Britain, Ireland and the wider Western Palearctic.
04/04/2019
Seán Ronayne found that a February visit to the Romanian capital was the perfect place to become well-versed in Caspian Gull identification.
19/02/2019
Sam Viles takes a look at historical records of Pied Crow around the Western Palearctic and assesses whether the wide-ranging 2018 bird has...
26/12/2018
A scarce winter visitor from the far north, Rough-legged Buzzard is a perennial favourite among birders. Ed Stubbs takes a closer look at...
02/11/2018
North American waders are highly prized by British and Irish birders each autumn. Josh Jones summarises what to look out for, as well as...
07/09/2018