A wonderful Grey Phalarope image takes the latest Photo of the Week crown: bit.ly/3U7r45r

Bonus podcast! With now the peak time to enjoy visible migration, David Campbell takes a look at typical flight calls of autumn thrushes, from Redwing to Ring Ouzel: bit.ly/4k5tvjs

Diggers have moved into former arable fields at Speechly's Farm in Cambridgeshire as work begins to create 136 ha of new wetland habitat – an area almost the size of Hyde Park: bit.ly/47iI4sG

Reintroduction programmes in Austria and Germany are successfully returning Ural Owl to parts of its former range, with released birds now breeding in the wild and populations becoming established: bit.ly/4zrLd5d

A new study has found that shorebirds breeding in the High Arctic tundra return to previous breeding sites far less often than those in other habitats: bit.ly/47YJBUN

Five Hen Harrier chicks found dead in their nest on a grouse moor in Durham in June 2024 had injuries consistent with being stabbed, it has emerged: bit.ly/4hOeFN0

American vagrants, Europe's best birding cities, Musselburgh Lagoons, Lapland Bunting, Italy's rarity island, the rise of Black-faced Bunting and birding for busy lives all feature in this month's Birdwatch, out now! bit.ly/4yThlyU

Puffin numbers in Britain and Ireland could decline dramatically by 2050 as a result of climate change, the BTO has warned, as a new book explores the life and uncertain future of one of the country's most familiar seabirds: bit.ly/4ylLzth

The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch will return from 29-31 January 2027, with hundreds of thousands of people across the UK being anticipated to spend an hour counting birds in their local green spaces: bit.ly/4zv7dw2

Rarity finders: Sykes's Warbler in Aberdeenshire Rob Minshull describes the discovery and identification of a mega warbler at Girdle Ness, including detailed notes on its plumage, structure and behaviour: bit.ly/4zup6uZ

The Government has opened an evidence review into gamebird shooting in England: bit.ly/47QADZN

Rarity finders: Yellow-throated Vireo in Iceland A holiday in Iceland produced the find of a lifetime for Meg Nicklin and Dan Watson: bit.ly/4zsJSLI

Welcome to the 16th episode of The BirdGuides Podcast! Today the guys are talking about Georgia, a country at the crossroads of Europe and Asia that is renowned for dramatic alpine landscapes, massive raptor migration and rare regional endemics: bit.ly/4rWW30A

Toucans, Toucanets & Araçaris: Biology, Ecology, Behaviour review This title brings together more than 20 years of new research and hands-on experience, writes Keith Betton: bit.ly/4ykkMO6

Blackbirds have been recorded catching live fish to feed their young, with observations from across Europe suggesting the behaviour may be more widespread than previously recognised: bit.ly/4yEv64k

A new nature reserve on the Lincolnshire coast has officially opened to the public: bit.ly/4AUdjrr

Review of the Week: 5-11 October 2026 A second Sora and a Rose-breasted Grosbeak arrived from the west, as a Eurasian Scops Owl and a Black-faced Bunting headlined from the east: bit.ly/4igcQZd

A dynamic image of a beach-trotting Sanderling wins Photo of the Week: bit.ly/4ydGC5O

A new rewilding project has been announced at Herstmonceux Castle Estate in East Sussex: bit.ly/3VAPAwf

Some 350 captive Orange-bellied Parrots have been vaccinated to protect them from bird flu: bit.ly/3TNF3xg