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Welcome to the Rare Bird Alert website
Established in 1991 Rare Bird Alert is the longest running instant birdnews service in the UK. Our team of experienced and dedicated birders check and send reports as soon as they break, sixteen hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Ways to get our birdnews
We offer the most comprehensive range of birdnews services to suit all birders. If rarity hunting is your thing, just like to bird locally or only go birding occasionally we have a solution to meet your needs. If you would like any advice or help with any of our services please contact us today.
Pagers
Still the ultimate tool for birders in the field who don't want to miss news.
- Unrivalled reception works in many parts of the country where mobiles don't. Particularly good coverage in rural 'birding' areas
- Flexible change the areas you get news from whenever you want
- Packages to suit all birders
local pagers covering individual counties or entire coverage for the UK, you decide - TRY FOR FREE today
From
£134
per year
Online
- Live birdnews over 100,000 sightings per year, updated all day, every day
- Newsmaps so you can see where the birds are
- Photo Gallery share your photos of birds in Britain
- Previous Records fully searchable database of all the accepted rarities in Britain and Ireland, including maps, stats and photos
- Articles finders' accounts, identification papers, news stories and much more
Only
£59.99
per year
Phones
iPhone and Android App
- Alerts instant alerts on breaking news
- Browse the news search the news using quick links or build advanced filters
- Gallery latest UK bird photos
Text messages
- Instant text alerts to breaking news to any phone
- Great for occasional use
From
£59.99
per year
Latest article
Jon Dunn brings you his weekly birding roundup looking back at the best birds of the last seven days, with headline birds being found in Somerset and Shetland. More here >
A major new perspective calls on ornithologists to correct long-standing male bias in avian research, with real-world consequences for conservation. More here >
New research reveals that violet-blue light, tailored to birds' visual systems, prompts earlier detection and escape responses to approaching aircraft. More here >
New research has shed light on whether the increasing numbers of Siberian Phylloscopus warblers found in Europe during autumn represent genuine migration or mass vagrancy. More here >
New research illuminates the transcontinental journeys of the elusive Sora rail and the precise weather conditions that prompt them to fly. More here >
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