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...

Endangered. Extinction. Research. Conservation. These are the words that define so much of our conversations about the natural world today. The chapter titles of...

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

My company has an office in Monterrey so my trip wasn’t the first time to this industrial city, nor will it be the last....

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