Photo of the Week
Photo of the Week: 13-19 November 2023
Flying Short-eared Owls against an airport backdrop win this week's accolade for Dave Foker.
20/11/2023
Articles
A range of authoritative information and comment from some of birding's best known experts on identification, conservation, wildlife photography, garden birding, taxonomy and more. Brush up your birding skills, read fascinating species profiles or plan your next birding trip. You can also read our Review of the Week and find out who won Photo of the Week.
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Cape May Warbler in the Isles of Scilly
Minutes after stepping off the boat and arriving on Bryher, Scott Reid discovered the find of a lifetime.
20/11/2023
Ornithology
Behaviour the secret to range-expansion success
A study found that Great-tailed Grackles at the edge of the population were more persistent and adaptable compared to birds from the core...
19/11/2023
Western Palearctic
Corvo 2023: a record-breaking season
Peter Alfrey reports on a historic autumn on the Azorean island which saw incredible numbers of American vagrants recorded.
16/11/2023
Britain & Ireland
Rarity finders: Baltimore Oriole in Fife
An unfamiliar garden visitor left Rab Boyd mystified until it was identified as a mega visitor from across the pond.
15/11/2023
Review of the Week
Review of the Week: 6-12 November 2023
Yet more exciting Nearctic vagrants, including Canvasback, Cape May Warbler and Rose-breasted Grosbeak, were discovered in another...
13/11/2023
Photo of the Week
Photo of the Week: 6-12 November 2023
An immaculate Merlin image by Jeremy McClements takes top spot this week.
13/11/2023
Ornithology
Shrikes store prey for healthier chicks
Blood tests on young shrikes have shown they tend to be in better condition in their parents store prey in larders.
12/11/2023
Garden birds
Kingsyard nest boxes
In the United States, any prospective box-nesting bird could do worse than consider utilising the boxes provided by Kingsyard.
12/11/2023
Comment
Alan Tilmouth: birding origins
Our columnist wanders down memory lane to recount some of his birding 'trigger points'.
09/11/2023
Western Palearctic
Grackles in the Western Palearctic
Sam Viles takes a look at the history of grackle species occurring on the east side of the Atlantic.
08/11/2023
Review of the Week
Review of the Week: 30 October-5 November 2023
The Solitary Sandpiper gave itself up in Kent, southern counties experienced an incredible influx of Leach's Storm Petrels as Storm Ciarán...
06/11/2023
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