A few days ago, I saw a Yellow Bittern trapped in a fishing device. The bird got very nervous when I approached, trying to...

Summer in Shanghai is not the best season for birding – most birds seem to agree with me that it is too hot. And...

Don`t worry – after having written about birding Shanghai in April a few weeks ago, I will not continue this theme for longer –...

Winter is not the greatest time for birding in Shanghai, and this year, there was no escaping to Southeast Asia due to Covid-19. In...

At Nanhui, all bird parents are working parents – with all the stress that this brings. This Long-tailed Shrike probably thinks that China`s one-child...

By some measures, Shanghai is the most populated city in the world. That does not make it sound like a very promising or important...

Well, a somewhat obvious title for a blog post from China these days, particularly from somebody who pretends to have at least a basic...

I feel that like most bird families (with the obvious exception of pheasants), buntings are somewhat underrated. They lack both the flashiness larger birds...