What happens when you put a naturalist in a kayak, adrift in Africa? ‘There are no crocs around here,’...

I hope you will forgive my rather lurid title. No, I am not going to tell you about some...

David Sibley’s sketch of an Atlantic Puffin. I sat down at my dining room table, its wooden surface covered...

I can’t recall a year when birders were as thrilled to see the month of May pass as we...

Two weeks ago I mentioned that we rarely got rain at this time of year. However, sometimes it does...

It has often been said that a murmuration of starlings is one of the most spectacular sights in nature....

Don`t worry – after having written about birding Shanghai in April a few weeks ago, I will not continue...

There aren’t many places on the planet where one can mention the words ‘forest’ and ‘flamingo’ together. Far less...