Swallow-tailed Kite in the Azores – a Western Palearctic fourth
Josh Jones details the latest blockbuster vagrant to reach the mid-Atlantic isles and takes a look at previous WP records.
18/03/2021
All our rare bird stories from the Western Palearctic.
Josh Jones details the latest blockbuster vagrant to reach the mid-Atlantic isles and takes a look at previous WP records.
18/03/2021
A close shave with the Israeli navy didn't deter Noam Weiss and Amir Ben Dov from confirming the identity of a national third.
14/11/2020
In light of two recent Scandinavian records, Josh Jones takes a look at this Central Asian finch and contemplates whether it might one day...
12/11/2020
Sylvain Reyt and Sébastien Roques' persistence with an unusual shearwater paid off with what they believed to be a first for France –...
25/10/2020
Cape May and Black-and-white Warblers made for a sensational day in western Scandinavia.
27/09/2020
American birds are among the most hotly anticipated vagrant species to turn up in Britain or Ireland, having battled their way across the...
11/09/2020
The sensational record comes hot on the heels of the first for the Western Palearctic, which was seen in Ireland in June.
13/08/2020
Susana Simião reports on the discovery of another stunning seabird in the North Atlantic this summer.
09/08/2020
Full details and photos of the first individual of this Pacific seabird ever recorded in the region.
26/06/2020
Venke Ivarrud tells the story behind her astonishing images of this extreme Western Palearctic rarity.
12/06/2020
Steve Grimwade provides full details and a series of photos of a bird thought by some to possibly be a Horus Swift.
02/03/2020
We provide the full details on the recent occurrence of a mega-rare Pacific alcid in the North Atlantic islands.
31/01/2020