Handsome but never flashy, the Old World Buntings are a fascinating family of birds. There are no fewer than 45 of them, of which...

There is a German word, fernweh, which, according to the internet, literally translates to “farsickness,” but it is used to describe the feeling of...

The Datang area stretches North from Tengchong, with basically just one road (G219) having less and less traffic before it eventually peters out in...

The outside temperature in the shade reads 47 degrees Celsius and I’m about to enter a hide to photograph birds. At times like these,...

“Bit of a twitcher, are ye?” That’s what my high school biology teacher asked, a grin on his face, when he found out I...

As I have mentioned repeatedly over the past months, life this spring has gone topsy-turvy in central Mexico, as we experience what has certainly...

Six months of the year have now slipped by, so time to review the state of my bird lists – my UK list, and...

Sometimes, patience and determination are rewarded. This is what happened to the hapless pair of Red-tailed Hawks who were nesting on the nearby hospital’s chimney’s catwalk. On...