There are 154 species of cuckoos in the world, and they’re all a fascinating bunch. I reckon I’ve seen around 60 or them, which...

One thing that I have learned from repeated spring visits to Cyprus is that no two years are ever the same. This April conditions...

I’ve been a regular visitor to the island of Cyprus for over 25 years, making around a dozen trips during this period, every one...

Last year I bade farewell to an old friend, or, to be more precise, my much-loved Swarovski scope. Technically, it was an ATS 80...

Of all the gulls that occur in Britain, there’s none that is as pelagic as the Kittiwake. It’s a bird that rarely occurs inland,...

With the first three months of the year now gone, it’s time for a review of my birding efforts so far this year. At...

Curlews are birds of serious conservation concern in the UK, with numbers falling sharply this century. As usual, there are a number of reasons...

Just as the make and condition of a car tells you a lot about its owner, so a person’s binoculars tell you a lot...