Well, Kai Pflug has beaten me again. I had spent a couple of weeks vaguely contemplating the need to write about my first wetland...

Around this time of the year, the first few waders are back in Shanghai from their breeding grounds far further up north. Generally, being...

As we all know, birding is very much a lottery. Visiting the same place repeatedly delivers a different cast of characters each time. Such...

Apparently, there is a traditional Chinese saying that seeing one pheasant in the wild is better than seeing ten other birds. While this already...

Over the past week I have continued to keep an eye out for the Mistletoebirds that are breeding in the bush not far from...

Careful readers of my recent posts, and surely there must be at least one or two, will note that I have had some pretty...

That first field trip to Djerdap Gorge National Park, eight years ago, was made as a part of an ecotourism potential evaluation project. And...

For some reason that I do not quite understand myself – given that I really rather dislike children and am not too positive about...