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Crowds of birdwatchers have continued to flock to a quiet cul-de-sac for a second day after a rare sighting of a species perched on a garden washing line. The report of the scarlet tanager in ...
Birdwatchers flocked to a residential cu-de-sac after an ultra-rare species was spotted in Yorkshire for the first time.. The bird is believed to be a scarlet tanager, which arrived in Shelf, near ...
The British Birds Rarities Committee (BBRC), established in 1959, is the national bird rarities committee for Britain. It assesses claimed sightings of bird species that are rarely seen in Britain, based on descriptions, photographs and video recordings submitted by observers.
Send your story ideas to channel.islands@bbc.co.uk. More on this story. Rare black-winged kite spotted in Alderney. Rare bird sighting sees twitchers flock to marshes. Related internet links ...
Zebra finch: This bird is extremely common in aviculture, and is a very productive breeder. Small colonies may set up from time to time after a multiple escape, but they rarely last long. Red-billed leiothrix: A brightly coloured subtropical songbird from Southern Asia, most sightings originate from Wiltshire and Somerset. These birds nest ...
Eight sightings of the blue-cheeked bee-eater have been recorded. All individuals were adults, and all but one occurred in mid-summer. St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, 13 July 1921 (this bird was killed and the specimen is in the Isles of Scilly Museum) St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, 22 June 1951; Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, 17 September 1982
First sighting of rare bird for over a century. December 9, 2024 at 8:34 AM. Before the latest discovery, hawfinches had not been recorded in Herefordshire in 140 years [Andy Morffew]
Lee Evans (born October 1960) is a British birdwatcher author on rare birds and bird tour leader. He has seen 594 species of bird in Britain and Ireland; however his principal interest is British Isles yearlisting, where he aims to see over 300 species of bird in the wild in Britain and Ireland each year.