Earlier this year, Duncan wrote a charming piece about Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens in Cape Town, South Africa. I already buy into the value of such...

A nasty little virus and a failure of my internet at home has left me at another deadline with nothing to show for myself....

The airline business is a competitive and cut-throat arena in which to operate. Emphasis is placed on cost and more importantly, the reduction thereof....

The history of Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa is a slightly unusual one. It was founded as a safe place for refugees from...

In many ways the weaver family is for Africa are similar beasts to the pseudowarblers of North America (sometimes called wood-warblers). There are a...

It can’t have escaped your notice lately that the blog has been overrun with articles about North America’s pseudo-warblers (or wood warblers, as some...

I’m a big fan of the antelopes, a group that is most commonly associated with Africa but which also occurs in Asia and, if...

Birders are, as far as I can tell, not particularly fussy about where they rest at the end of the day. In part this...