The Highlights It’s official, there is no longer a “safe” time to leave the county. The previous two months proved that and then some, whi...

The Highlights Welcome back to the monthly Oxon birding review. The summer months usually consist of dedicated county birders flitting ...

The Highlights Not to be outdone by the previous two months May delivered on the unexpected and continued the fine form of 2026. For inla...

On Monday the news broke that a young satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagle had ‘disappeared’ in suspicious circumstances on a grouse shooting estate in the North York Moors National Park…

The government's nature agency said growing interest in rewilding projects involving storks had raised

The Highlights 2026 continues to deliver on its excellent form and for the second time in as many months I find myself writing about a co...

The Highlights After a period dominated by visitors from the East, March provided some much-needed variety with several rarities from the ...

The Highlights As is often the case, December started off as a quiet and mundane affair, with genuinely very little to discuss in the first...

If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…

Highlights October continued the county’s excellent run of rarities, with three standout highlights punctuating an otherwise fairly quiet ...

Highlights I set out on a somewhat dispirited version of the highlights section in late September , pointing out the lack of rarities and ...

Natural England has finally got around to publishing the data for the 2025 Hen Harrier breeding season, which demonstrate very clear differences between areas managed for conservation and those man…

Highlights One of the many great joys of birding is the appearance of a total wildcard. A totally unexpected species that not even the mos...

Highlights After our usual summer break, I had hoped to be discussing a local mega disrupting this usually very relaxed birding period. In...

A pair of Montagu's Harrier, Britain’s rarest breeding bird, have successfully raised four chicks at a secret site in England, the first UK nesting success since 2019. Monitored by the RSPB and a farmer, the rare birds' return offers hope for the species' future in Britain.

Highlights Well well, where to begin?! May is the magical month where things happen, spring migration reaches full throttle and with any l...

Highlights I think we can all agree that the early part of spring had not exactly got the gears going. Inland birding can often be bleak a...

Highlights Quite often birding can hang on the ones that got away. This is especially true of county birding, where gaps between records a...

Highlights With such a great start to 2025 it is not surprising that February was a somewhat quieter affair, mostly consisting of long-stay...

Highlights After 2024 somewhat underperformed, 2025 got off to a flyer, bringing some hope that this year might do a little better on the ...

Highlights Firstly, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our readers – I hope you have managed a good break and maybe even caught...

South Yorkshire Police have issued the following press release (dated 9 December 2024): WITNESS APPEAL AFTER BIRD SHOT IN PEAK DISTRICT We are appealing for information after a protected bird was r…