Responsible and Respectful Birding/Bird Photography in 2025: I was not planning to write a post on this topic, but a few days ago I...

Almost every year, Shanghai seems to have one or several Verditer Flycatchers. This year, one made the mistake of visiting a relatively accessible park...

New Year’s resolutions are my Achilles’ heel: I have no vices to quit. I don’t drink much on Tuesdays, I don’t smoke, and I...

Ask any British birdwatcher to name their least favourite birds and the chances are high that the Common Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus, will top the...

Serious birders may have an obsessive interest in birds, but as we all know one thing they don’t like are birds which, they believe,...

It is not true that voting is not allowed in China. I asked about 10 Chinese birders about the best Chinese provinces for birding...

The migration of North America’s Monarch Butterflies (Danaus Plexippus Plexippus) is one of the wonders of the natural world. Unlike our feathered friends’ migration,...

Going along with the concept of making promises at this time of year, here are 25 of the birdiest resolutions I could come up...