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Migration - that extraordinary time of the year when the world’s animals are on the move, when we’re reminded that international borders mean nothing to the rest of the planet’s lifeforms, that while we complain about cramped seats on a jumbo jet and how tired we feel after a ten-hour flight there are bundles of [...]

Long-tailed Shrike Lanius scach scach
Hong Kong, 10 November 2006

The Long-tailed Shrike Lanius scach has a huge breeding area, from central Asia to the Chinese Pacific coast, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea. It is normally a scrub species associated with lightly wooded country, cultivated areas, and gardens. Generally a bird of lowland areas the nominate form [...]

Nanning People’s Park, GuangXi, China
November 12th and 16th 2006
 

 
November 12 2006: Nanning People’s Park, Guangxi, China

In mid-November Jo (my girlfriend) and I went on a rather special trip to China to adopt a baby girl. Much of our time was spent in the relatively undeveloped city of Nanning in the Province of GuangXi in the [...]

Grey Thrush Turdus cardis
Nanning, China. November 2006
 

 
On a recent short trip to China I found the Grey Thrushes in the photos below tucked away in a sheltered herb-garden within the Nanning People’s Park (photo above). Like most Asian thrushes (and unlike many European species) they were extremely wary, and difficult to see well: there were [...]