“One sunny morning a few months ago, as I stood on a mountain slope among bracken, ling, and furze, and scattered masses of grey...

As names go, the Parque Natural Hoces del Alto Ebro y Rudrón isn’t the snappiest. It’s a spectacular area of deep gorges in Northern...

Seeing 50 species of birds on an early summer day in lowland England isn’t difficult, but on the moors of the Pennines – the...

Seabird cities are always spectacular. The sight, the sound and the smell, coupled with the sheer spectacle of seeing so many birds at once,...

Though the birding around Lake Kerkini may be outstanding, it’s inevitably the lake itself that is the centre of interest. It’s a reservoir, not...

May has long been my favourite month of the year. The days are longer and warmer, flowers fill the meadows, and the birds are...

In my younger days I was very keen on what is generally known as Big Day Birding, or trying to see as many species...

A couple of years ago my friend Martin Tickler called me late on a grey Sunday afternoon. “You won’t believe this, David, but there’s...