Technically, we were in the Orinoco River Basin of wider Amazonia. Yet, unlike the black shoe-sucking mud of Amazon further south, this is Amazonia...

Have you ever birded a place so young that birds still have no names? …– part 2 –After I have finished writing this, with...

Have you ever birded a place so young that birds still have no names? Ten days ago, I was sitting in a boat in...

Collins Birds of the World is “a must for the travelling birder,” as the BBC Wildlife Magazine reviewer has put it. And I cannot...

In Belgrade, Serbia, winter months offer surprisingly good birding possibilities. Winter is a season of extremes – opt for the very top and the...

In my early birding years, rucksacks were of no importance and any could do. I would be leaving it behind anyway, in my kayak...

When it comes to tropical birding, field guides regularly deal with well over a 1000 birds and tend to be on the hefty side....

When you bird afar and wander wide, you carry a field guide to the birds of the region you are exploring, a pair of...