In the forests of South America, a birder is likely to cross the path of a feeding flock of brown birds represented by Woodcreepers,...

About half way between Brazil’s Sao Paulo and Rio de Janiero, lies a mountain valley containing the Itatiaia National Park. The endemic-rich Mata Atlantica,...

As some of you may be aware, I spend a lot of time on aeroplanes, working my way to exotic locations and then stumbling...

What is it about Owls that casts such a spell over folk? If there is one order of birds that is guaranteed to draw involuntary gasps...

I have never quite made up my mind how this beautiful bush-shrike’s name should be pronounced. I favour stressing the penultimate syllable with a...

What Chat is That? Part 1 To the south of Johannesburg is an isolated mountain which rises from the surrounding plain. It plays host...

As the summer heats up, we birders are already looking ahead to returning passage migrants and waiting impatiently for the cooler temperatures that bring...

Rose-ringed Parakeets (Psittacula krameri) have become the scourge of the householder in the Home Counties of the UK. Their raucous screeching kick-starts more mornings...