Is it wrong of me to go birding to get away from the kids now that they are at home all day? August is...

The summer has been glorious in the UK this year. Sun, sun and more sun. How marvellous it was for a couple of weeks,...

1300kms off the coast of East Africa and over 1000kms NE from Madagascar is a tiny speck in the ocean. Zoom in and an...

And so to summer. Traditionally, the slow season, but the beats have mopped their collective brow and outdone their previous efforts. The UK has...

Ladies and gentlemen, the Silly Season approaches. Parliament takes  a summer break and trivial stories fill the slow-news days. For birders, the summer brings...

When a young bird has to compete with the rest of its nest-mates for food they cannot afford to turn up their bill at...

It’s all been happening this month. Just when we thought that the beats deserved a quiet month after the exertions of May, they came...

Common names for birds really suck and should be reviewed to make them universally relevant. Why for example, call a gull with a brown...