April is one of my favourite bird months, as it witnesses the arrival here in the UK of a...

The Long-tailed Rosefinch was split relatively recently based on a taxonomic revision. Three of the previous subspecies are now...

As I have mentioned before, my absolute favourite birds are hummingbirds. My next favourites are the other flying jewels:...

Eurasia is a vast stretch of land – the distance between the westernmost point in Europe (Cape Roca, Portugal)...

I have had very little time to bird lately, which is reflected in my lack of recent posts on...

This article was originally published on my blog but given the positive response I decided to share it here....

Much as I try to write posts about certain groups of birds of a specific location (“Woodpeckers of Hokkaido”,...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the lekking display of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda). A month has...