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The twitching grapevines soon ramped up in the desperate hope of finding a viable option to reach the island. Alas, gale-force winds soon put paid to that idea, with the inclement weather seeing ...

Josh Jones rounds up the best birding action during the week of 17-23 February 2025. A Wallcreeper report had birders' pulses raising as milder air delivered the first spring migrants of the year, ...

June 2025 is fast becoming one for the ages in rarity terms, with the past week seeing no fewer than 20 new rarities unearthed across Britain and Ireland. While scarce overshoots dwindled to a trickle ...

The Welsh Government has introduced a new environmental bill allowing the public to challenge bodies over issues such as pollution. It mandates local nature-recovery plans and creates an oversight ...

During a settled week of cold, overcast January weather, the month's midpoint had a surprise or two in store. Cornwall was the destination for plenty of British twitchers, while the spectacular ...

Josh Jones rounds up the best birds seen in Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic between 27 January and 2 February 2025. The Dutch Spectacled Eider and English Booted Eagle continued to draw in ...

A spell of rather settled conditions made for a steady midwinter period that nevertheless had a surprise or two in store. Thursday 12th brought the return of Somerset's adult drake Baikal Teal for a ...

A sprinkling of Waxwings and yet more Swedish Lesser White-fronted Geese headlined the mid-February period.

A sensational period of seawatching stole the headlines, including a record Wilson's Storm Petrel count off Scilly and a flurry of megas past Bridges of Ross.

With the continuing high pressure fixed in position, and the breezy, chilly north-easterly that has dominated most of Britain and Ireland only sometimes abating, the slightly odd – or at least ...

Sam Viles looks back at the rare and scarce birds seen in Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic during the week of 10-16 March 2025. A Dark-breasted Barn Owl was found in Lincolnshire and spring ...