If you’re a birder interested in cryptic species and pushing the frontiers of subspecific variation (and let’s be honest,...

I will never tire of banging Kaikoura’s drum as the best place in the world to see albatrosses, and...

My Easter Weekend plans were up in the air until Tuesday evening, which is hardly the best way to...

Kaikoura, in New Zealand’s South Island, is arguably the best place in the world to see albatrosses and petrels....

The giant petrels are aptly named, massive lumbering fulmarine petrels as large as small albatrosses that terrorise the Southern...

This Sunday I will be off the coast of Kaikoura on South Island for the first time since 2008...

Ok, so just to prove that you can do birding anywhere and anyhow, check this out. Two of my...

I’ve been thinking about petrels a lot since last week’s post, probably because I am planning a trip to...