Ruili is a Chinese city right on the border to Myanmar, and a major border crossing. When I last visited the town almost 10...

When waiting it felt like ages, but once I heard them it felt like they had returned way too early: Firecrests singing in our...

Most weeks, I can blog about going somewhere a bit more exotic, and seeing something a bit more unusual for me. But this week,...

Last year I bade farewell to an old friend, or, to be more precise, my much-loved Swarovski scope. Technically, it was an ATS 80...

To be honest, I never cared too much for swans. On the one hand, they are very easy to see in Germany, swimming in...

Of all the gulls that occur in Britain, there’s none that is as pelagic as the Kittiwake. It’s a bird that rarely occurs inland,...

Most weeks, I use a recent outing to inspire my weekly post. This week, however, we had visitors, and I had a bird-free Monday....

In Portland, Oregon, the Golden-Crowned Kinglet is fairly common in appropriate habitat, particularly during migration and in winter. The eBird bar chart for the...