Category: Birds

Birds, Conservation, News, Politics, Species Spotlight

Species Spotlight: Rose-ringed Parakeets

December 20, 2024 by Peter 4 Comments

My very first Rose-ringed Parakeet was sitting in my dad’s plane tree in the middle of “the winter of discontent”. The Iron Lady was...

Birding, Birds

A confusion of wagtails

by David T 1 Comment

Few birds are as confusingly named as the three species of wagtails we see regularly in Britain. The best-named is the Pied Wagtail, the...

Birds

One of a kind?

December 14, 2024 by a Guest 3 Comments

By Dominic Mitchell Dominic Mitchell’s earliest birding memory is of seeing an Atlantic Puffin off the Bass Rock, in Scotland’s Firth of Forth, in...

Birding, Birds, Mammals

Otter vs. Heron

December 11, 2024 by Leslie Kinrys 1 Comment

The dark, sinuous body slipped up and down, through the patch of water lilies. I watched as it surfaced, with a large fish in...

Birding, Birds

Cinereous Vulture on Chongming Island, Shanghai

December 7, 2024 by Kai Pflug 5 Comments

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

Birds, Conservation, Reviews

Excuse me, this wine has cork…

by Peter 3 Comments

One of the most annoying qualities of sustainability-conscious people – lovingly called “unwashed, long-haired greenies” by right-wing politicians – is the tendency to tell...