As initial sightings go, my first encounter with an Osprey could hardly have been bettered. It took place on...

Earlier this week I spent the best part of six hours sitting in the open air, in which time...

I’m writing this on a hot midsummer’s day with the doors to my study wide open. There’s not much...

There are 19 species of penguins in the world, of which only one, appropriately called the African Penguin, breeds...

Should 10,000 Birds be renamed 11,131 Birds? The new world bird list, called AviList, has been created to replace...

It’s mid June, and the summer birding doldrums have set in. The month with the longest days – it...

My birding trips to North Norfolk are always enjoyable, usually productive. Yesterday’s outing, though, was disappointing. The weather was...

Year-listing is a funny old business: last week I found myself searching for Whinchats on Exmoor, in south-west England, despite...