Before this lovely June weekend began, I bemoaned the evident end of spring migration. What I failed to recognize were all the great things...

Purple Herons Ardea purpurea are an old world element of the Ardeidae and range widely throughout sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and parts...

Xena is a Eurasian Eagle Owl. Normally she would be living somewhere in Europe or Asia, but she was born and raised in captivity...

Keep your eyes to the skies. Maybe you’ll get lucky and see the bird that may some day be called Pacific Fulmar! What happened?...

One brightly coloured male Common Redstart is patrolling a nearby hedge, while a pair of Common Ravens is circling the valley. Driving on a...

Learning bird calls is essential to improve your bird watching skills. But sometimes it’s not a matter of learning different species, but learning the...

Splits, splits, splits. Birders, for the most part, love them. While many of us anxiously await the AOU’s decisions on some recently proposed splits...

No need to draw this question out. Many of us are still enjoying the final weekend of May, so let’s cut to the chase...