Solar-powered GPS tags show no detectable harm to Kentish Plovers www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/S...

Male pheasants pay a hidden price for their finest feathers www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/M...

Tracking reveals precise blueprint for Red-backed Shrike migration www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/T...

Intertidal shellfish farming sustaining migratory shorebirds in China Large-scale research shows that intertidal mariculture along China's coast has become an essential food source for migratory shorebirds. www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/I...

When seabirds take flight, sharks follow www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...

Why some bird songs sound like water dripping www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...

Fourth White-tailed Eagle 'disappears' - RSPB Offers £10k reward The newly revealed disappearance adds to three earlier cases involving satellite-tagged birds now under police investigation. www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/F...

Griffon Vulture Numbers in Sardinia More Than Double Since 2020 A record island-wide census reveals rapid population growth, rising breeding success, and the long-term impact of coordinated conservation work www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/G...

Season's Greetings from everyone at Rare Bird Alert Thanking you all for another year sharing your sightings, photos, videos. Wishing you great birding in 2026 www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/H...

Finders in the Field: Scops Owl, Killay, Glamorgan Whilst topping up her garden bird feeders, Jess Benyon came face to face with a very unexpected and rare visitor. www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/F...

Sandwich Terns have best breeding season for decades at Scottish reserve www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/S...

First year of Wildcat reintroduction project hailed a success NatureScot-backed research confirms that breeding and release has delivered high survival and early breeding success for Scotland’s Wildcats www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/F...

Rare butterfly has good year at well-managed sites www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/R...

Conservationists rescue oldest known wild Bearded Vulture The oldest Bearded Vulture ever recorded in the wild was recently rescued in the French Alps by some of the same conservationists who released him 37 years ago. www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/C...

Satellite tags cut off as three White-tailed Eagles disappear www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/S...

Snowy Owl declared regionally extinct in Sweden www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/S...

Great Indian Bustard numbers edge up as breeding programme shows early promise www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/G...

%Oxon Black Redstart fem/1w.male Oxford at Christ Church College late morning @c51.7499,-1.2559

%N'hants/Leics Caspian Gull ad Stanford Resr in roost late a'noon @c52.4250,-1.1007

&Highland KING EIDER 1w.drk y'day Dornoch offshore @c57.8786,-4.0078

Cornwall Ring-necked Duck fem north of Camborne still at Tehidy Ctry Park on lake +showing well @c50.2421,-5.3005

Shetland Tundra Bean Goose juv Fair Isle still @c59.5287,-1.6317

%Beds Siberian Chiffchaff Roxton GPs by River Great Ouse in vegetation c52.17093470753427, -0.3035272732829144

N'hants/Leics Glossy Ibis Stanford Resr still at settling pond c52.4250,-1.1007

%Cornwall Water Pipit Hayle Estuary RSPB still by Birders Bistro on saltmarsh @c50.1761,-5.4370

%Anglesey 3.Scaup (1.drk) Inland Sea at 11.01am @c53.2842,-4.5882

Co.Donegal 2.Ring-necked Ducks (both fem) Dunfanaghy New Lake c55.175750791069966, -7.992486723317749

%Norfolk c20.Snow Buntings Winterton still on beach by car park @c52.7179,1.6982

%E.Yorks Red-necked Grebe ad Easington on sea@ c53.6527,0.1175

W.Isles 4+White-beaked Dolphins Lewis off Port Nis (not Killer Whales) @c58.4950,-6.2156

%W.Isles Sooty S'water Lewis off Port Nis c58.4928,-6.2274

%Pembrokes Russian White-fronted Goose Dowrog Common adjacent to St.David's Tip in field with Canada Geese @c51.8952,-5.2419

%Pembrokes 2.Siberian Chiffchaffs west of Fishguard still at Aber Mawr behind Aberbach beach along footpath@ c51.97285099856425, -5.08143574122064

Angus c30.Waxwings Monifieth still at west end of Riverview Caravan Park at 11.30am tho mobile @c56.4799,-2.8125

%London Water Pipit Rainham Marshes RSPB still @c51.4949,0.2204 @Park at @c51.4872,0.2277@

*Co.Wexford NORTHERN HARRIER juv Tacumshin again at Lingstown @c52.2076,-6.4821

&Cornwall 2.PACIFIC DIVERS Mousehole on sea @c50.0823,-5.5350

%W.Sussex Black-necked Grebe Pagham still at Pagham Lagoon at west end at 10.30am @50.763,-0.749@: @Park at @50.7706,-0.7464@ Acccessed via @c50.7644,-0.7495@

%Shetland Siberian Chiffchaff Mainland at Hoswick@ c59.9985,-1.2561

*Cornwall LESSER YELLOWLEGS juv Truro still in channel NE of Tesco @50.2616,-5.0465@. Viewed from @50.2613,-5.0466@

Dorset Glossy Ibis Poole Harbour in Wareham Channel @c50.7076,-2.0515

%Norfolk Siberian Chiffchaff Titchwell RSPB still at Fen Trail 52.9636,0.6058. @Park at @c52.9629,0.6063@

%Norfolk 1+Hawfinches Lynford Arboretum still at paddocks this a'noon c52.5103, 0.6805. Park at 52.5163,0.6844

%S.Yorks Caspian Gull 1w Old Moor RSPB still c53.5147,-1.3636@

%Notts 2.Russian White-fronted Geese (both ads) between Girton +Besthorpe still in field west of The Fleet with Grey[]lag Geese at 3.28pm c53.1807,-0.7709

%London Smew ad.drk King George V.Resr still at South Basin by pontoons near sailing club +Great Northern Diver drk.Scaup. Access by permit only, obtained from Thames Water E4 7PX c51.6560,-0.0154

*Lincs FERRUGINOUS DUCK ad.drk SW of Langtoft still at West End GPs viewed from Greatford Cut 52.6832,-0.3566. Viewed from 52.6824,-0.3553

Norfolk 2.Glossy Ibises Cley NWT flew east over Pat's Pool +landed near North Pool at 2.45pm@ 52.959,1.0563: Viewed from 52.9578,1.0546

*Co.Kerry BUFFLEHEAD ad.drk NE of Killarney still 2pm at Kilbrean Lake c52.0847,-9.4542

%Suffolk Great Northern Diver juv Aldeburgh still on River Alde c52.1432,1.5940