David, Ed and Ian catch up on some of the recent big stories, including the Northern Nutcracker irruption and some exciting megas.

A blockbuster period produced a scintillating run of far eastern megas – including Siberian Blue Robin and Sykes's Warbler – while a Sora was in Scilly.

An census of wintering Yellow-breasted Buntings was conducted across six Asian countries between mid-February and mid-March 2026 and has reported more than 187,000 birds.

A decade-long camera-trapping survey has provided the first firm estimate of Pakistan's Snow Leopard population, putting the national total at 155 animals and providing a baseline for future ...

A perfectly timed image of a vagrant Radde's Warbler by Alex Penn wins this week.

A project aiming to re-establish Corncrake in Yorkshire has completed its second season of releases. Some 148 captive-bred Corncrakes have been released at the Lower Derwent Valley NNR this summer, ...

The latest British Birds Rarities Committee (BBRC) annual report for 2025 has been published, with several eye-catching decisions.

Some 190 Yellow-browed Warblers had been recorded in Finland by early September, following an unprecedented August influx.

The species' entire wild population is confined to a single coastal national park, leaving it exposed to natural disasters and other threats.

GPS tracking of 92 young Golden Eagles in the Alps shows that flight ability does not determine when juveniles leave their parents' territory.

The Norfolk rewilding site has achieved an extraordinary 'full house' of England's breeding birds of prey and owls this year.