This post starts like every birding blog post should start – by showcasing some bulbul species. (Yes, I am joking. According to the highly...

I spent a weekend in Munich recently to visit my girlfriend and my brother. As South Germany always has different birds on offer to...

With the first three months of the year now gone, it’s time for a review of my birding efforts so far this year. At...

Two months ago, I wrote about seeing one of Mexico’s really special endemic birds: the Aztec Thrush. This bird beauty is quite subtle. But...

Birding Shanghai has its own specific annoyances apart from birds not showing up. One is the continuing destruction of much of its environment. Any...

Curlews are birds of serious conservation concern in the UK, with numbers falling sharply this century. As usual, there are a number of reasons...

Back in 2016 one very unexpected bird appeared in the Mexican highlands: an American Flamingo. It took up residence for part of each year...

The millions of stars and galaxies twinkling over the Rupununi Savanna in Guyana seem to reluctantly fade into a gradually lightening sky as the...