As usual at this time of year, I visited the city landfill to look for gulls. To be honest,...

The entire world, it seemed, was buried under two feet of snow. I was checking weather forecasts for days...

Out of just under 200 bird species I observed this year in SE Europe, there are 6 threatened species....

How many species have I observed this year? The malicious eBird answers: only 186! Yuck! Yes, I know, I’ll...

Can you remember any birding movie before Schrodinger’s Cat? Probably not. For me, the only “birding” movie that I...

Late last month, while searching for bears, woodpeckers and spirits of Greece, I deliberately avoided checking any news, especially...

I dipped a bird recently – possibly a lifer. While crossing Gramos Mountain in northern Greece, a Dendrocopos woodpecker...

In the most of Europe, Brown Bear is a mythical creature that lives only in mediaeval tapestries and folk...