The definition of the term Blue Moon comes under scrutiny this week. There is a popular definition doing the rounds which states that a...

There is a Trivial Pursuit question which asks the colour of a Bougainvillea flower. The answer caught me out first time round as I...

The beautiful landscape that would one day become Pilanesberg National Park, was formed when a volcano collapsed in on itself, leaving concentric rings of...

Apologies to amphibian-lovers everywhere. The scene that unfolded in Kent Ridge Park in Singapore was quite gruesome to watch. A pair of White-crested Laughingthrushes, Garrulax...

A close encounter with a couple of White Rhinos gave me a good opportunity to get a proper look at some Red-billed Ox-peckers Buphagus Erythrorhynchus that...

The Red-browed Finch, Neochima temporalis, is a small, sociable finch of eastern Australia with a north/south divide between two accepted races. This flock was...

The main flow of the North American wood warbler migration has passed me by again and I have had to visit the far reaches...

Mike’s comments regarding his recent stopover in Japan struck a chord that has been resonating within me for a week or two. Redgannet was...