Recent reports coming out from the United Kingdom suggest a Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) irruption, although at a smaller scale...

Gulls aren’t everyone’s cup of tea it seems but I find them a fascinating group, highly adaptable and capable...

Just two thrushes breed across much of the Iberian Peninsula: The Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) and the Mistle Thrush...

I’m publishing this article later than usual but it’s the subjects themselves that are responsible. Since the 1970s I...

Time’s almost up for the Scopoli’s (Calonectris diomedea) and Cory’s (Calonectris borealis) Shearwaters to leave for waters in the...

Back in June, I wrote about the birds of the Macaronesian islands – Azores, Madeira, the Canaries and Cape...

The winter months are dark in the boreal forest. Hours of available hunting are low and temperatures are extremely...

The boreal forest belt that runs from Scandinavia right across to the Pacific and beyond holds some resilient bird...