If your holiday plans include the Christmas Bird Count and there are kids in your life, considering getting a copy of the picture book BIRD...

The Uckermark is located about 80 km northeast of Berlin. This area is easy to reach from Berlin by train. Interesting bird species can...

Yes, I know. You are wondering how I can always come up with such inspiring and attractive blog post titles. I am afraid it...

The Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti) is a raptor that I am familiar with. It is a large eagle, only smaller than the Golden...

Juvenile Cinereous Vultures are wimps, or to use a German word, “Warmduscher”. While the breeding adults stay near their nest all year, the juveniles...

Made it with 30 days to spare: on 1 December I notched up my 200th species of the year in the UK, a handsome...

I vaguely remembered how cuteness works, but to be sure, I asked ChatGPT: “Why are humans attracted to cuteness?” “Humans are drawn to cuteness...

So I haven’t had much birding excitement to write about in the past couple of weeks. But I have been able to enjoy going...