Review of the Week: 28 November-4 December 2022
December arrived and there was an increasingly wintry theme to the birding across Britain and Ireland, with a King Eider in Teesside one of...
05/12/2022
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December arrived and there was an increasingly wintry theme to the birding across Britain and Ireland, with a King Eider in Teesside one of...
05/12/2022
A Myrtle Warbler on Scilly showed there was still some life in the autumn. Meanwhile, Irish birders caught up with a long-overdue Hooded...
28/11/2022
The arrival of a Purple Gallinule in north Somerset left birders green with envy, while stormy weather produced excellent seawatching from...
21/11/2022
Ireland was in the headlines with a Swinhoe's Storm Petrel and two Bufflehead, while an arrival of late autumn Sibes took place in some...
14/11/2022
Rare wheatears dominated the headlines, but news of a Red-breasted Nuthatch in Germany left many British and Irish birders feeling gripped.
07/11/2022
The 20-year wait for a twitchable Alpine Accentor ended in style, while the unprecedented influx of Pallid Swifts picked up pace.
31/10/2022
An action-packed week of epic migration included a record-breaking arrival of Redwings, as well as megas like Blue Rock Thrush, Siberian...
24/10/2022
The epic run of American rarities continued, with Scilly producing a contender for bird of the year. Meanwhile, Kent produced a Sibe not...
17/10/2022
An astonishing seven days saw both Britain and Ireland register national firsts, with an illustrious supporting cast of Nearctic landbirds...
10/10/2022
A contender for bird of the autumn came in the form of a Common Nighthawk in Oxfordshire. Elsewhere, an impressive arrival of American...
03/10/2022
It was a quieter week by recent standards, but a small arrival of American waders took place and the European Roller in Devon gave...
26/09/2022
A steady autumn week was livened up by a couple of mega-rare Irish visitors and further impressive seawatching.
20/09/2022