The UK’s only official desert is dotted with shipping containers and paraphenalia discarded by the crab fishermen who call...

eBird have applied their new taxonomy as of July/August 2019. What a boon for listers. Desk-top birders have been...

“GREBE sp!!” “What?” “GREBE sp!! Get a picture!” This time of year makes great demands on Lady Helen’s patience....

Perhaps just once in a decade, the UK experiences an invasion of Painted Ladies, Vanessa (Cynthia) cardui. Painted Ladies...

During July, 11 beats birded 12 countries (USA, UK, Ireland, Australia, Spain, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Japan, UAE, Mexico,...

“It will never catch on” said the producers of the proposed radio programme. “Birdwatching..? On the wireless..? Everyday..? Are...

On a recent trip to India, a non-descript tree caught my attention. It was overlooking the butterfly garden in...

Here comes summer. The beats have been embracing the benign weather and cruising gently into the crazy, hazy, lazy...