Friday, 31 December 2010

Year comes to a close

›
A total of 435 species was recorded in Britain and Ireland during 2010 - making it the second highest annual total of all time. I managed t...
Monday, 27 December 2010

Another garden mega

›
In addition to the first-winter DUSKY THRUSH present in private gardens for two weeks in December, and the overwintering PINE BUNTING on p...
Saturday, 25 December 2010

And now an AMERICAN ROBIN in County Kerry

›
Hard on the heels of a sighting last week comes another AMERICAN ROBIN said to have been present for at least a week in County Kerry at Kno...
Sunday, 19 December 2010

AMERICAN ROBIN in County Sligo (Ireland)

›
The story as I know it is: Yesterday evening Mervyn Gawley opened a silage pit to feed sheep on the ground behind his farmyard, which adjoin...
Wednesday, 15 December 2010

Huge WAXWING gathering in East Kent

›
Just to keep you up to date with the east Kent WAXWING build-up. Get ready for it - there was an incredible number of 1400+ birds in recent...
Monday, 13 December 2010

Putative LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in the Yare Valley, Norfolk

›
Ben Lewis photographed today what he considered to be a Lesser White-fronted Goose at Buckenham Marshes RSPB in East Norfolk. I suspect this...

WAXWINGS today in Belfast City Centre

›
A large flock of WAXWINGS in Belfast today - well over 100 birds. Flocking near the Albert Clock in Belfast City Centre........ Rob McAllist...

Aberdeen WAXWINGS getting around

›
Paul Keene photographed this first-winter male BOHEMIAN WAXWING in Leighton Street, Woburn (Bedfordshire), on 2nd December, where it remaine...
Sunday, 12 December 2010

Frozen continent forces young SEA EAGLE to move west

›
A juvenile WHITE-TAILED SEA EAGLE was discovered at Amberley Wild Brooks SWT in Sussex yesterday afternoon roosting in a distant tree. It r...
Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Vulnerable and rare shark targeted in Egypt after 5 attacks

›
The Oceanic White-tipped Shark is a globally threatened species and after being attracted in small numbers to the coastline off of Sharm el ...
Monday, 6 December 2010

Dark-hooded COMMON GULL resembling Laughing Gull

›
I was checking through the many hundreds of Gulls roosting on the frozen pool at Seaforth NR in Lancashire this evening when my eye caught s...
Sunday, 5 December 2010

BROAD-BILLED ROLLER found dead in Egypt, RED-FOOTED BOOBY for second day in Spanish harbour and BLACK-THROATED ACCENTOR in Finland

›
Click http://rarebirdsinthewesternpalearctic.blogspot.com/ for details
Saturday, 4 December 2010

The south experiences a thaw

›
The snow stopped falling in Britain today for the first time in a week whilst the temperatures recovered to between 5 and 9 degrees C in the...
Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Identification of Lesser and Mealy Redpolls

›
With an influx of MEALY REDPOLLS currently besieging the country, I felt it timely to elaborate more on the differences and identification ...

ASIATIC BROWN SHRIKE in California - first image

›
See http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-365
Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Scottish-ringed BARNIE (BARNACLE GOOSE) makes it to North America

›
http://btoringing.blogspot.com/2010/11/first-barnie-causes-twitch.html
Monday, 29 November 2010

WAXWINGS - one of the most charming bird species on the planet

›
Due to a crop failure in Scandinavia, some 6,000 or more BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS arrived in Scotland in October and have subsequently made their ...
Sunday, 28 November 2010

REDPOLL IDENTIFICATION REVISITED

›
As promised, the article on Redpoll identification has now been uploaded for your perusal http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/arctic-redpoll-id...
Thursday, 25 November 2010

Severe Weather Warning

›
The earliest heavy snowfall since 1993 befell Aberdeenshire, the Border, Northumberland and the North Yorkshire Moors overnight, bringing se...
Tuesday, 23 November 2010

The last surviving captive (free-flying) BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS at Edinburgh Zoo

›
An update on Edinburgh Zoo-derived Black-crowned Night Herons. Thanks to Jo Elliot, Animal Records Keeper at the zoo and formerly Senior Kee...