Colonists and vagrants in Iberia: the northward shift of African birds
A surprising number of African birds have appeared in Spain and Portugal in recent decades, several of which have established breeding...
24/04/2024
All our rare bird stories from the Western Palearctic.
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
A chance encounter in 2020 led Peter Stronach down a rabbit hole chasing an enigmatic North Atlantic Pterodroma.
12/04/2023
There have been no sightings of the enigmatic Moroccan taxon since 2007.
01/12/2022