Europe

I woke up at 5 am, a good two hours before the sun (and I really hate to be up…

I am preparing for the new census of one of the rarest birds of Serbia, the globally threatened Great Bustard,…

There should be thousands of birds at this time of the year, Dimitris Michalakis from the Karla Lake management authority…

My transition from being a kid interested in all kinds of animals to being a full-on birder happened when I was…

Cover photo: Black-headed Bunting by Mark S. Jobling / Wikimedia Commons This year, the first heat of the season came…

Black Woodpeckers are usually easy to find in Germany. Yes, some birders may frown at this statement. At least one…

Is Belgrade the New Berlin is a question recently raised in Vogue by Marry Holland. Her article starts with a bold…

I have yet to meet a birder who did not consider dippers to be special. Any dipper, any continent, any…

Noisy wing beats, heavy landing behind the stern, water splashing everywhere and then, a hit of a heavy wing on…

May 2009 After a wakeup call at highly uncivilised 3.45 am, at the crack of dawn I am sitting in…