Showy American Herring Gull in Cornwall
The first-winter bird has been performing well at Newlyn Harbour since it was found in mid-March.
24/03/2021
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The first-winter bird has been performing well at Newlyn Harbour since it was found in mid-March.
24/03/2021
The 'Garden of England' hosted a backyard mega this winter, with a county first gracing Norman McCanch's local area for more than six weeks.
22/03/2021
In the second instalment of our analysis of those species that are currently assigned to Categories D or E of the British list, Dan Rouse...
19/02/2021
The last British record of this North American species came more than three decades ago.
06/02/2021
A curious-looking buzzard over Hillwell in 2019 left Tom Gale perplexed, with the bird later identified as a first for Britain.
25/01/2021
A striking-looking gull turned a quick local patch visit for Dominic Mitchell into a heart-stopping search for a new British bird.
20/01/2021
Tantalisingly untickable, there are surely some species languishing in Category E of the British list that are ripe for a rethink. In the...
16/01/2021
A loud rattle alerted Patrick Lyne to the presence of a stunning American vagrant in a secluded West Cork bay.
29/12/2020
Having recently moved to live in western Ireland, US birder Mike Sylvia soon scored his first major find – in the form of a familiar...
27/12/2020
Seamus Enright's homework on an extremely rare North American visitor paid off spectacularly during a work trip to Ballylongford.
21/12/2020
While working near Kilkee, John Murphy's lunch break produced a species not seen in Ireland for 130 years.
04/12/2020
Joel Savill was treated to a stunning encounter while out on a lockdown walk with his wife and newborn son at their local nature reserve.
21/11/2020