While I will later certainly regret not keeping this sighting for my regular monthly post on Shanghai birds (it can be difficult to find...

The Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus has been one of my favourite birds since I was little. Look at it close up and it does...

Seabird cities are always spectacular. The sight, the sound and the smell, coupled with the sheer spectacle of seeing so many birds at once,...

I hereby confess that last week I failed to write a post, although I should do so each week. In my defense, I spent...

Though the birding around Lake Kerkini may be outstanding, it’s inevitably the lake itself that is the centre of interest. It’s a reservoir, not...

Originating from the word “Rapon” which translates to Black-bellied Whistling Duck in the Makushi language, the Rupununi River flows north and then east, where...

May is the month in which spring migration basically comes to an end in Shanghai. The month starts with many birds and ends with...

I left my previous article asking what of the Yellow-legged gulls that had alerted me to the presence of migrating vultures over Gibraltar? Yellow-legged...