Europe

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…

Before my trip to Austria that bridged January and February, I had never really had that country high on my…

As usual at this time of year, I visited the city landfill to look for gulls. To be honest, mostly…

The entire world, it seemed, was buried under two feet of snow. I was checking weather forecasts for days looking…

I dipped a bird recently – possibly a lifer. While crossing Gramos Mountain in northern Greece, a Dendrocopos woodpecker flew…