The beginning of August raises all kinds of mixed feelings, especially if you live in a temperate zone north of the Equator. Are we...

We walk our neighbours’ dogs during the week to our two local parks, which are Brolga Park and Cygnet Park. It gives the dogs...

Heatwaves, floods, lockdown, football and Olympics. It’s a wonder that any of the beats managed to get out and wave their binoculars at birds...

 Nordmann’s Greenshank on the Cairns Esplanade [Adrian Walsh] Down here in Australia one can be a birder for a long time without experiencing a...

For a second time in a month, we have a new double India Pale Ale featuring a species of bird famous for its appearance...

I settled into the wooden rocking chair on my parents’ porch at about 8 in the morning, early for some but hopelessly late for...

Balangshan is a mountainous area in Sichuan complete with a pass at an altitude of 4500 meters. And it is a great place for...

Shorebirds – or “shorbs” for the cuteness factor (as if that needed any enhancement) – remain one of the most fascinating families of birds...