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This North American cousin of the Goldcrest is an extremely rare visitor to our shores, typically crossing the Atlantic after getting caught in fast-moving storms.Following a handful of Western ...
Wilfrid set off in earnest on 1 July, and in just a couple of days had swiftly covered around 800 km (500 miles), making his way from Suffolk to the banks of the Gironde estuary in southwestern France ...
Garden Warbler is one of Britain's most nondescript birds earning it the true moniker of little brown job.A warbler of dense scrub understorey and woodland edge, the Garden Warbler is more often ...
We'll take a walk around RSPB Marwick Head taking in all the sights, sounds (and smells!) of our amazing seabirds. Learn more about identifying them on their colonies, on the sea, and in flight. We'll ...
The Yellow Wagtail is a summer visitor, breeding primarily in southern and eastern Britain.This is a strongly migratory species, wintering in trans-Saharan Africa and returning from early April to ...
The Turtle Dove's purring song is a quintessential sound of the summer, but one that is getting harder to hear. This summer visitor arrives in late April, after spending the winter months in West ...
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This small hirundine is a familiar bird due to its habit of nesting in small colonies under the eaves of our homes.Migrating to the UK & Ireland in early spring, House Martins construct nest cups from ...
PLEASE NOTE: The table below is based on the BOU's 9th edition of the British List published in 2020. In addition to the common and scientific names, the table indicates its status in Britain and BTO ...
Only separate publications which cover the entire county and provide more or less comprehensive detail (as it was known) on all birds in the county have (mostly) been listed. Many more works have been ...
Commonly referred to as the UK Red List for birds, the status of birds has now been reviewed five times, covering the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. The latest review was published in December ...
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