In this week's podcast episode, the guys catch up on the recent big stories in birding, from species splits and rare British breeders, to jet-lagged shearwaters and a terrific spell for eastern warblers, wheatears and buntings in Britain: bit.ly/4iMwqvo

A study of Titicaca Grebe in Peru and Bolivia has found mixed evidence for claims that the Endangered birds compete with local fishers for declining fish stocks, potentially helping to inform conservation efforts: bit.ly/4BYb6fi

AI has enabled scientists to complete Britain's largest-ever survey of woodland bats, analysing 98 million calls recorded across 310 woodlands over three years: bit.ly/4iGjQO3

The Animals of Ancient Egypt: Then and Now

David Callahan says this title works well for anyone fascinated by the changing status of wildlife since ancient times: bit.ly/486n1da

Manx Shearwaters can be thrown off course by a form of jet lag when their internal body clocks become misaligned with local time, according to research by scientists at the University of Oxford: bit.ly/4zdod9Q

The RSPB has given up management of a popular nature reserve in Hertfordshire: bit.ly/4zdo5XU

Spain's Critically Endangered Marbled Duck has continued its recovery, with 172 breeding females and 1,427 chicks recorded in 2025: bit.ly/47I0WBx

Review of the Week: 2-8 November 2026

What a week! Easterly winds delivered an exhilarating spell of late autumn birding that included a record-breaking influx of Hume's Leaf Warblers. Josh Jones reports: bit.ly/4BS6t6b

A phenomenal Eurasian Woodcock flight shot wins the Photo of the Week award for Peter Howlett. bit.ly/4sQ9Jeb

Arabian Sea Humpback Whales may warrant recognition as a fourth subspecies after new genetic research found the population is highly distinct from other Humpback Whales: bit.ly/4C31fF5

The future of the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland has been secured for nature conservation after The Wildlife Trusts and Northumberland Wildlife Trust completed its purchase following a £30-million fundraising campaign: bit.ly/4zz51nO

The confidence gap

Having found that the birding world can be intimidating for young women, Tasha Noble and Alicia Hulland have created a space that thrives on curiosity: bit.ly/3UfmuT1

Sightings of Wood White have increased by 922% in only two years following its reintroduction to Fineshade Wood in Northamptonshire: bit.ly/4iyWjyC

The RSPB's Bird of the Year competition has returned for a second year, with five species shortlisted for the public vote: bit.ly/4z4LZVl

The known range of Grey-necked Rockfowl has been extended by more than 390 km following the first confirmed records in the Democratic Republic of Congo: bit.ly/4eRmv6t

Invasive Egyptian Goose are making use of agricultural food sources as well as parks and other urban habitats, while carrying a diverse range of parasites, according to a study conducted in central Germany: bit.ly/4kyFt5v

Black-winged Kite has bred in the Netherlands for the first time this year: bit.ly/4iEQj7B

In the latest episode of The BirdGuides Podcast, David and Josh are joined by Arjun Dutta, Bioacoustics Support Officer at the British Trust for Ornithology, to discuss bird acoustics, sound recording, noc-mig, the BTO's Acoustic Pipeline and much more. bit.ly/3Wigtpb

A new paper has documented the surprising extent of hybridisation between Cape Verde Petrel and Black-capped Petrel in Cape Verde: bit.ly/4sE89Ml

Malta has reopened a season permitting the capture of migratory finches under a research derogation, despite previous European court rulings against the country's trapping schemes: bit.ly/4eGWVRC