There is nothing better than waking up to the sound of rain, especially when it has been so many months without rainfall. At 1:30am...

A Happy New Year to you all. December in the UK has been the mildest on record with even Lady Helen venturing from the...

What was your first bird of the year this year, 2022? Here’s hoping it was something memorable, awesome, exciting, or some other positive adjective....

As sad as I am to say it, I must: 2021 was one of my worst years for birding since I started looking at...

As this holiday week advanced and my Wednesday deadline approached, I was torn between two post themes. One was to piggyback on Patrick O’Donnell’s...

My last trip to Balangshan was in July 2021 – now I was back, three months later. Yes, I know you are not interested...

Although the official paperwork has not been completed with the Rarities Committee it appears that we have the honour of a Ringed Plover in...

Given the strict covid prevention measures here in China, I have not left the country in almost 2 years now. Fortunately, China still has...