I was amused to read Sara Jentsch’s recent diatribe on gulls: Why I despise Seagulls: A Tale of Humiliation. It was encouraging to discover...

Take a quick look at the breeding distribution of European birds and you will see that there are a surprising number of species that...

Some birds are especially exciting, because they are so hard to see. Others are unusually beautiful, or perhaps, just plain unusual. And a few...

While visiting the city of Corpus Christi in Texas in November 2023, we were told about a rare bird in the heart of the...

Having been to New York City on many occasions, I had never had the opportunity to visit Central Park, all of my trips over...

July is the least interesting month for birding in Shanghai – it is too hot, and there is pretty much no migration. A good...

There are two questions I get asked a lot. Do you take pictures of the birds you see? Are you a bird-watcher then? The...

I have mixed feelings about ranking different bird species. One of my ornithologist friends appears to be happy counting House Sparrows and Eurasian Collared...