One of the joys of going home to my parent’s house in the UK is the array of bird feeders outside their kitchen. Standing...

I’m a big fan of the antelopes, a group that is most commonly associated with Africa but which also occurs in Asia and, if...

Birders are, as far as I can tell, not particularly fussy about where they rest at the end of the day. In part this...

Two weeks ago it was the Easter long weekend, four days of relaxing, exploring and doing whatever the hell I wanted. You might imagine...

Last weekend I finally caved and bought a new laptop to replace the one that swan-dived off my bed last November. My desktop simply...

Another year, another year list. I have to confess to an increasing ambivalence about year lists. On the whole I kind of enjoy the...

In the light of the (worrying) news that Corey is writing a field guide (yes, I’m up to date now), it struck me as...

Birding after long flights is a double-edged sword. On the one hand you’ve flown halfway across the world, or all the way across the...