Birding is arguably the most bookish outdoor hobby. We need field guides, ornithological papers and books, checklists, “where to...

“One sunny morning a few months ago, as I stood on a mountain slope among bracken, ling, and furze,...

Curlews are birds of serious conservation concern in the UK, with numbers falling sharply this century. As usual, there...

Birdwatchers love making lists, with the year list one of the most important. In my younger days I always...

Here are some of the questions that were running through my mind as I read Owls of the Eastern...

From its boreal forest to steppes which once trembled under the hooves of Genghis Khan’s hordes, and from the...

I consider myself fortunate that I learned to love summer birding before I ever knew what the summer doldrums...

One field guide, seven countries. It actually makes a lot of sense, the geographic features of the isthmus between...