Britain supports a wide variety of species found nowhere else on Earth. But many of these are seldom celebrated and in some cases barely known. James Harding-Morris, who has just written a new book, ...

A juvenile Common Cuckoo has become the latest mega vagrant to entertain birders in New York. The bird was discovered at a golf course in Suffolk County on 23 October. The find represents only the ...

The Saving Wildcats project in the Cairngorms has released 46 Scottish Wildcats in recent years, marking a major step towards restoring the species declared functionally extinct. But following Brexit, ...

Iceland has enjoyed a spectacular trio of North American vagrants in late October 2025, with a juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird, ...

This field guide first appeared in 2000 and was the first to cover Cuba exclusively. The authors were the leading birders in the country, although Orlando Garrido (who sadly died a few months ago aged ...

Thirty-five years after his last trip to the Isles of Scilly, Chris Powell's recent visit to the archipelago produced a ...

Pomarine Skua and Leach's Storm Petrel were seen at Rutland Water after Storm Benjamin in October 2025, while a wildlife ...

Black-winged Kite has bred in Denmark and Hungary for the very first time this year, marking a significant northward advance ...

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Sam Viles reports on the best birds in Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic during the week of 20-26 October 2025. A ...