I’m taking a three month break from writing to recharge (I can’t promise this will improve what I produce...

It’s that time of year where I complain about the Austral winter, which arrived suddenly yesterday and has been...

It sometimes feels like being a conservationist is like being a punching bag, blow after blow of bad news...

Tomtits are not a species I have ever talked much about on this blog. This isn’t because I don’t...

The English language, or at least the adherents thereof with more time on their hands than sense, has bestowed...

As I said last week, I’ve decided to try and knock off a few of the New Zealand endemics...

One of my ambitions for this year is to do more birding around New Zealand, and in particular try...

I almost missed it, but New Zealand lost another endemic species recently. Now I’ve written before about how careless...