Since the 2nd edition of the Collins Bird Guide (published as “Birds of Europe” in the US) from 2009,...

We are stuck. In a world we made. I remember a cartoon showing the prehistoric Earth as a vast...

This is the second post in the Birding crème de la crème series (the first, focused on southern Asia,...

As the year is closing, I am looking back to realise, despite it being such an awful year, it’s...

I don’t know what those so-called meteorologists are doing: they all claim a moderately cold morning, but do not...

If you are old enough, you will remember birding without a phone? Not too long ago, it was the...

For several years I lived and birded in the south of Africa, and still have my battered second edition...

I bought a new rucksack yesterday and the first thing I checked when I brought it home was, how...