A barnstorming few days peaked with Black-capped Petrel, Chestnut Bunting, Double-crested Cormorant and Greater Yellowlegs. Sam Viles rounds up the action.

A voluntary bird protection area has been established at Ryde Beach after declining numbers of wintering Sanderlings were linked to disturbance from people and dogs.

For the second week running, a shorebird features in Photo of the Week – this time, though, it's a surfing Grey Phalarope at the Oxfordshire hot-spot of Farmoor Reservoir. This species is well known ...