A personal account of the rare and scarce birds seen in Britain in 2010 and 2011. Features many major rarities including Oriental Turtle Dove, White-throated Robin, Greater Yellowlegs, Eastern Black Redstart, Western Sandpiper, Spanish Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Waterthrush, Thayer's Gull, Cream-coloured Courser and American Buff-bellied Pipit. For a complete list of species see below. Total running time: 2 hours and 27 minutes.
Featured species: 2011
Black-throated Diver - Ryder's Mere, West Midlands - January
Iceland Gull - Stubber's Green, West Midlands - January
Glaucous Gull - Kingswood, Staffordshire - February
Oriental Turtle Dove - Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire - March
White-throated Robin - Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland - June
Greater Yellowlegs - Druidge Bay, Northumberland - November
Eastern Black Redstart - Holy Island, Northumberland - November
Western Sandpiper - Cley, Norfolk - December
Coues's Arctic Redpoll - Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk - December
Featured species: 2012
Spanish Sparrow - Calshot, Hants - January
Dark-eyed Junco - Hawkhill Inclosure, Hants - January
Common Yellowthroat - Rhiwderin, Gwent - March
Northern Waterthrush - Lower Moors, Isles of Scilly - April
Night Heron - Kenidjack, Cornwall - April
Thayer's Gull - Elsham, Lincolnshire - April
Long-billed Dowitcher's - Meare Heath N.R. Somerset - April
Pied Flycatcher - Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire - May
Squacco Heron - Blagdon Lake, Somerset - May
Bluethroat - Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire - May
Cream-coloured Courser - Bradnor Hill, Herefordshire - May
Nightjar - Ladywalk NR, West Midlands - May
Western Orphean Warbler - Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland - May
European Roller - Aldbrough, North Yorkshire - June
White Storks - Dingestow, Gwent - June
Rose-coloured Starling - Rhos-on-sea, North Wales - June
Little Swift - New Brighton, Cheshire -June
Sabine's Gull - Startop's End Reservoir, Buckinghamshire - July
Caspian Tern - Strumpshaw Fen RSPB, Norfolk - July
Stilt Sandpiper - Low Newton by the Sea, Northumberland - August
Terns - Alnmouth, Northumberland - August
Bairds Sandpiper - West Angle Bay, Pembrokeshire - August
Great White Egret - Grimley, Worcestershire - August
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Marazion Beach, Cornwall - September
Short-billed Dowitcher - Lodmoor RSPB, Dorset - September
Spotted Crake - Greylake RSPB, Somerset - September
Baillon's Crake - Rainham Marsh RSPB, London - September
Paddyfield Warbler - Church Cove, Cornwall - October
Red-backed Shrike - The Lizard, Cornwall - October
Fair Isle trip report - Presented by Peter Walsh - October
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler - Kilminning, Fife - October
Hoopoe - Sand Point, Somerset - October
Slavonian Grebe - Shustoke Reservoir, Warwickshire - October
Bee-eater - Seaburn, County Durham - November
Hooded Merganser - Pagham Harbour LNR, West Sussex - November
Red-breasted Goose - Farlington Marshes HWT, Hants - November
Ring-billed Gull - Gosport, Hants - November
Desert Wheatear - Rhyl, Denbighshire - November
Waxwings - Rhuddlan, Denbighshire - November
Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll - Aldeburgh, Suffolk - December
American Buff-bellied Pipit - Queen Mother Res, Berkshire - December
