Because I lived in South Africa for most of my youth, I have seen a large portion of the huge variety of species in...

During my vacation with friends close to Cannes in southern France, my priority was of course to catch up and spend some quality time...

While spending nearly two weeks in southern France for a vacation with my university friends, I could not resist the temptation to sneak away...

Having spent several days on a birding and hiking trip in the Alps, my two buddies and I had two more days remaining. The...

Continuing our hike from the Karwendel (covered in my last post), my friends and I descended into the Isar river valley and hiked up...

One of the highlights of my summer holidays was a week-long hiking trip with two birding friends I met last year while volunteering at...

After having explored some vineyards above the village of Rüdesheim am Rhein recently, I decided to go birding in a similar area closer to...

“Bit of a twitcher, are ye?” That’s what my high school biology teacher asked, a grin on his face, when he found out I...