During our recent California trip, I enjoyed some excellent birding. I also developed my latest manifestation of a series of skin infections that I...

The quiet village of Moco-moco in southwest Guyana was the most southerly point of our sojourn into the landlocked country some months ago. Myself...

Male Japanese Paradise Flycatchers pass through Shanghai in mid-May – they do so in autumn as well, but then without the long tail feathers...

I had just been to Wahner Heide (heath) a few weeks ago and covered that visit in my last post, but I found myself...

A couple of years ago my friend Martin Tickler called me late on a grey Sunday afternoon. “You won’t believe this, David, but there’s...

Those who read my posts regularly — and some recent comments have assured me that you are, in fact, out there — will know...

Frankly, Ho Chi Minh City is not a place you would go to specifically for birding. But if you are there anyway (at the...

There are 154 species of cuckoos in the world, and they’re all a fascinating bunch. I reckon I’ve seen around 60 or them, which...