Before starting Birdingplaces.eu, Chris van der Heijden worked for BirdLife in The Netherlands. During his birding travels through Europe, he came up with the...

Never trust a field guide publisher’s claim of a definitive text, because each new edition is certain to bring more a definitive text than...

The Eastern Mediterranean Sea is what oceanographers call ultraoligotrophic, meaning that it has low primary productivity. Basically there just aren’t enough nutrients to sustain...

What corner of the globe is Cyprus tucked away in? I’m sure a lot of people don’t know. Well, for the uninitiated, Cyprus is...