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

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

A couple of years ago my friend Martin Tickler called me late on a grey Sunday afternoon. “You won’t...

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

One thing that I have learned from repeated spring visits to Cyprus is that no two years are ever...

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

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

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