This is peak time for the migration of Western Marsh Harriers (Circus aeruginosus) across the Strait of Gibraltar. These birds are heading south-west, many...

It is funny the lengths that some of us choose to go to see birds.  You may have heard tales of “big year birders”...

Dr. Roberta L. Bondar is globally recognized for her pioneering contributions to space medicine research, fine art photography, and education on the environment. Aboard...

Preparing this post after just having returned from Sulawesi and Halmahera – where many species proudly wear their island location as part of their...

We are always looking for interesting guest posts for 10,000 Birds. So if you have something to share about birds, birding trips, bird conservation,...

Most of us have bogey birds – certain species that for one reason or another elude us for years. Forty years ago my bogey...

Selecting my Top Ten Breckland birds should have been easy, but there was one crucial decision to be made. Should my Top Ten be...

So my birding buddy who is a botany professor lives on his family’s seven hectares (17 acres), a mere ten minutes’ drive from my...