To say that an update of John MacKinnon’s “A Field Guide to the Birds of China” (2000) has been highly anticipated by birders interested...

Julius Caesar apparently once said “I love treason but hate a traitor”. My feelings with regard to a birding-related topic are similar – I...

Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package! Re-evaluate the songs Double-pack with a photograph Extra track (and a tacky badge) So sing The Smiths in “Paint a vulgar...

The Spring Festival – or Chinese New Year – is a big period for traveling in China. While not on the scale of bird...

A comparatively short report this month, as I spent some time away from Shanghai and was afraid of venturing around too much and accidentally...

It is now almost exactly two years that I last was outside of China. At some point, my stock of memories of birds seen...

“Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t know.” This is how blog posts would ideally start. Unfortunately, they rarely do. Nor do they...

The Salon des Refusés was an art exhibition held in Paris in 1863 to show work that had been refused by the selection committee...