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Weekly birding round-up: 21 - 28 Nov
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Jon Dunn looks back on the week's best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic
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Jon Dunn looks back on the week's best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic
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November 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Weekly birding round-up: 21 - 28 Nov
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Jon Dunn looks back on the week's best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...
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Jon Dunn looks back on the week's best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic
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Weekly birding round-up: 14 - 20 Nov
Although a cold snap brought snow to many many parts of the UK Autumn wasn't quite done, as it produced an arrival of Hume's Warblers along the east coast.
Jon Dunn reports www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...
Although a cold snap brought snow to many many parts of the UK Autumn wasn't quite done, as it produced an arrival of Hume's Warblers along the east coast.
Jon Dunn reports www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Weekly birding round-up: 14 - 20 Nov
Although a cold snap brought snow to many many parts of the UK Autumn wasn't quite done, as it produced an arrival of Hume's Warblers along the east coast.
Jon Dunn reports www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...
Although a cold snap brought snow to many many parts of the UK Autumn wasn't quite done, as it produced an arrival of Hume's Warblers along the east coast.
Jon Dunn reports www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...
Weekly birding round-up: 7 - 13 Nov
The autumn's second Siberian Rubythroat, a Pine Bunting in Dorset and a Pallid Swift influx, Jon Dunn reports
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The autumn's second Siberian Rubythroat, a Pine Bunting in Dorset and a Pallid Swift influx, Jon Dunn reports
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November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Weekly birding round-up: 7 - 13 Nov
The autumn's second Siberian Rubythroat, a Pine Bunting in Dorset and a Pallid Swift influx, Jon Dunn reports
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The autumn's second Siberian Rubythroat, a Pine Bunting in Dorset and a Pallid Swift influx, Jon Dunn reports
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Weekly birding round-up: 24 - 30 Oct
Jon Dunn brings you his weekly birding roundup looking back at the best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic.
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Jon Dunn brings you his weekly birding roundup looking back at the best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Weekly birding round-up: 24 - 30 Oct
Jon Dunn brings you his weekly birding roundup looking back at the best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic.
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Jon Dunn brings you his weekly birding roundup looking back at the best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic.
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RBA Weekly Birding Roundup 17-23 Oct
Another big week, where belated news from Shetland, of a first for the Western Palearctic, topped the bill
Jon Dunn brings you his weekly take on the best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the WP
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Another big week, where belated news from Shetland, of a first for the Western Palearctic, topped the bill
Jon Dunn brings you his weekly take on the best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the WP
Read it here www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...
October 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
RBA Weekly Birding Roundup 17-23 Oct
Another big week, where belated news from Shetland, of a first for the Western Palearctic, topped the bill
Jon Dunn brings you his weekly take on the best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the WP
Read it here www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...
Another big week, where belated news from Shetland, of a first for the Western Palearctic, topped the bill
Jon Dunn brings you his weekly take on the best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the WP
Read it here www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...
RBA Weekly Birding Roundup 10-16 Oct
Lingering Megas were combined with new birds from the east
@dunnjons.bsky.social Dunn brings you his weekly takes on the best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic
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Lingering Megas were combined with new birds from the east
@dunnjons.bsky.social Dunn brings you his weekly takes on the best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic
Read it here www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/w...
October 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
RBA Weekly Birding Roundup 10-16 Oct
Lingering Megas were combined with new birds from the east
@dunnjons.bsky.social Dunn brings you his weekly takes on the best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic
Read it here www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/w...
Lingering Megas were combined with new birds from the east
@dunnjons.bsky.social Dunn brings you his weekly takes on the best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic
Read it here www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/w...
Mourning Dove Isles of Scilly (📷 Mark Dowie)
MD: "why does nobody around here look like me?"
CD: "my ancestors asked the same question about 70 years ago, look at us now"
MD: "why does nobody around here look like me?"
CD: "my ancestors asked the same question about 70 years ago, look at us now"
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Mourning Dove Isles of Scilly (📷 Mark Dowie)
MD: "why does nobody around here look like me?"
CD: "my ancestors asked the same question about 70 years ago, look at us now"
MD: "why does nobody around here look like me?"
CD: "my ancestors asked the same question about 70 years ago, look at us now"
Little Bunting — St Agnes (Isles of Scilly) — 14 Oct 2025 📷 © Ted Smith
#LittleBunting #StAgnes #IslesofScilly #birding #UKbirds
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October 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Little Bunting — St Agnes (Isles of Scilly) — 14 Oct 2025 📷 © Ted Smith
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Rose-coloured Starling — St Mary’s (Isles of Scilly) — 13 Oct 2025 📷 © Richard Stonier
#RosecolouredStarling #StMarys #IslesofScilly #birding #UKbirds #RBA
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#RosecolouredStarling #StMarys #IslesofScilly #birding #UKbirds #RBA
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October 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Rose-coloured Starling — St Mary’s (Isles of Scilly) — 13 Oct 2025 📷 © Richard Stonier
#RosecolouredStarling #StMarys #IslesofScilly #birding #UKbirds #RBA
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Harlequin Duck — Bloody Foreland (County Donegal) — 11 Oct 2025 📷 © Victor Caschera
#HarlequinDuck #BloodyForeland #CountyDonegal #birding
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#HarlequinDuck #BloodyForeland #CountyDonegal #birding
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October 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Harlequin Duck — Bloody Foreland (County Donegal) — 11 Oct 2025 📷 © Victor Caschera
#HarlequinDuck #BloodyForeland #CountyDonegal #birding
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Weekly Birding Roundup 3-9 Oct
@dunnjons.bsky.social brings you his weekly birding roundup looking back on quite a stellar week around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic.
Read it here www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...
@dunnjons.bsky.social brings you his weekly birding roundup looking back on quite a stellar week around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic.
Read it here www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...
October 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Weekly Birding Roundup 3-9 Oct
@dunnjons.bsky.social brings you his weekly birding roundup looking back on quite a stellar week around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic.
Read it here www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...
@dunnjons.bsky.social brings you his weekly birding roundup looking back on quite a stellar week around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic.
Read it here www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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October 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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MEGA - White-throated Needletail earlier this pm at Tophill Low, E.Yorks
First mainland record since 1991 😲
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📷 via tophilllow.blogspot.com
First mainland record since 1991 😲
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📷 via tophilllow.blogspot.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
MEGA - White-throated Needletail earlier this pm at Tophill Low, E.Yorks
First mainland record since 1991 😲
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📷 via tophilllow.blogspot.com
First mainland record since 1991 😲
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📷 via tophilllow.blogspot.com
Weekly Birding Roundup 19 - 25 Sept
Autumn arrived...
Brave birders ventured into the swells off the continental shelf in search of mega seabirds - and got their just rewards, whilst back on dry land there was a very nice fall of Siberian vagrants.
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Autumn arrived...
Brave birders ventured into the swells off the continental shelf in search of mega seabirds - and got their just rewards, whilst back on dry land there was a very nice fall of Siberian vagrants.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Weekly Birding Roundup 19 - 25 Sept
Autumn arrived...
Brave birders ventured into the swells off the continental shelf in search of mega seabirds - and got their just rewards, whilst back on dry land there was a very nice fall of Siberian vagrants.
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Autumn arrived...
Brave birders ventured into the swells off the continental shelf in search of mega seabirds - and got their just rewards, whilst back on dry land there was a very nice fall of Siberian vagrants.
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September 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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September 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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🚨Glossy Ibis influx 🚨
Staggering stat from y'days birdnews
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📷 Glossy Ibis flock, Isles of Scilly 9/9/25 © Joe Pender
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📷 Glossy Ibis flock, Isles of Scilly 9/9/25 © Joe Pender
September 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🚨Glossy Ibis influx 🚨
Staggering stat from y'days birdnews
Of 515 messages sent, 100 related to Glossy Ibis!
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📷 Glossy Ibis flock, Isles of Scilly 9/9/25 © Joe Pender
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📷 Glossy Ibis flock, Isles of Scilly 9/9/25 © Joe Pender
Weekly Birding Roundup 29 Aug–4 Sept
Hurricane Erin delivers a Stilt Sandpiper in Co. Wicklow first - a rare Irish record. Elsewhere a Scopoli’s Shearwater was more than notable as it was not from a pelagic off Scilly!
All this and much more here 👉
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Hurricane Erin delivers a Stilt Sandpiper in Co. Wicklow first - a rare Irish record. Elsewhere a Scopoli’s Shearwater was more than notable as it was not from a pelagic off Scilly!
All this and much more here 👉
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September 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Weekly Birding Roundup 29 Aug–4 Sept
Hurricane Erin delivers a Stilt Sandpiper in Co. Wicklow first - a rare Irish record. Elsewhere a Scopoli’s Shearwater was more than notable as it was not from a pelagic off Scilly!
All this and much more here 👉
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Hurricane Erin delivers a Stilt Sandpiper in Co. Wicklow first - a rare Irish record. Elsewhere a Scopoli’s Shearwater was more than notable as it was not from a pelagic off Scilly!
All this and much more here 👉
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...
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August 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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August 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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August 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Weekly birding round-up (1–7 Aug) 🐦
A county first for Suffolk steals the headlines, while pelagics and seawatching delivers an incredible 300+ Wilson’s Petrels.
Full recap from @dunnjons.bsky.social 👇
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A county first for Suffolk steals the headlines, while pelagics and seawatching delivers an incredible 300+ Wilson’s Petrels.
Full recap from @dunnjons.bsky.social 👇
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August 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Weekly birding round-up (1–7 Aug) 🐦
A county first for Suffolk steals the headlines, while pelagics and seawatching delivers an incredible 300+ Wilson’s Petrels.
Full recap from @dunnjons.bsky.social 👇
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A county first for Suffolk steals the headlines, while pelagics and seawatching delivers an incredible 300+ Wilson’s Petrels.
Full recap from @dunnjons.bsky.social 👇
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