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The results have come in for Bermuda’s latest Christmas Bird Count: 8,640 total birds across 93 species — as always, with a few special guests. The first spotting of an eider duck topped the highlights, with a ruby-throated hummingbird, snow goose an...

The first longtails of 2017 were spotted along South Shore on Sunday, according to the president of the Bermuda Audubon Society. Andrew Dobson said the four birds were observed off Warwick Long Bay. “Four keen birdwatchers were looking along South ...

An American professor has embarked on a study looking at the lives of crows in Bermuda. Paul Hackett has joined forces with the Bermuda Audubon Society in a bid to gather over a year’s worth of data on crows with the help of local birdwatchers. The r...

You thought the recent weather was cold by Bermuda’s standards? This little auk probably thought so too. The dovekie, right, which is related to puffins and breeds in Iceland and Greenland, was found at Ferry Point Park by a group of American student...

A grey-headed swamphen has been recorded in Bermuda for the first time, according to the Audubon Society. The bird was spotted at Somerset Long Bay last week by Audubon member Tim White and several local residents. “The bird has been confirmed as t...

Hurricane Nicole brought more than winds to the island, with remarkably high numbers of Blackpoll Warblers making an appearance. In the days after the storm, the Bermuda Audubon Society said it has been inundated with sightings of the small yellow bi...

Special needs charity WindReach is appealing for help after its cockatoo Cheesy went missing yesterday afternoon. Cheesy is described by the Warwick-based charity as a friendly bird who “loves having his head scratched”. If you have seen him, call 2...

Birdwatching seems tame until the cops show up. One day, Andrew Dobson was using binoculars to look at shorebirds on the LF Wade Airport runway when he was stopped by a police officer. The avid bird-watcher quickly pointed to the whimbrels he’d been ...

This osprey was photographed soaring in the skies above Fort Scaur on Sunday. Keen photographer Roland Tear snapped the photo of the osprey, a species occasionally spotted in Bermuda over the winter. Mr Tear has been taking photos for more than ten...

Birdwatchers were treated to a rare first sighting of a new species for the Island courtesy of the Bermuda Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count. The Eurasian Marsh Harrier, a bird of prey that crossed the Atlantic to get here, was spotted on Decemb...

A seabird native to an island off the coast of Brazil was recently spotted off the coast of Bermuda, flying with a group of cahows. According to the Bermuda Audubon Society’s winter newsletter, a small group taking part in bird-banding studies on Non...

The Bermuda Audubon Society has recently released two new bird identification cards to help new birdwatchers. One card features all of Bermuda’s breeding birds with migratory land birds on the reverse side, while the second card features Bermuda’s se...