Growing up in Britain gives Pied Avocets something of a air of royalty, birdwise. They are, after all, the symbol of the RSPB, a...

Kaikoura, in New Zealand’s South Island, is arguably the best place in the world to see albatrosses and petrels. Whereas much pelagic birding involves...

Conservation was in the news again in the last few weeks here in New Zealand, and unfortunately not in a good way. The subject...

This piece follows on from Part One. After a successful morning’s birding and a very fine lunch, Peter and I made our way to...

The giant petrels are aptly named, massive lumbering fulmarine petrels as large as small albatrosses that terrorise the Southern Ocean. There are two species,...

Back in January of last year I said in my list for the year that I’d be happy if I hit 300 birds in...

At the time this post goes live I’ll be wandering around Hong Hong in a bemused state of mind trying to identify not only...

In contrast to last year, when I began my year in tropical Cairns in Queensland, Australia, I began this year’s birding in my parent’s...