I have just finished writing this blog and it’s now end of Jan 2026, some 5 months after my short…
Hawaii
The last time I went to the International Conference on Computer Vision was a decade ago. Dec 2015, in Santiago,…
Fiji: Birding and Diving
Family holidays and birding are like oil and water, not mixing well. Nevertheless, like old Italian nonnas working out that…
Georgia On My Mind
There’s no cock like snowcock A decade ago, Oxon-birding friend Tom Bedford made a solo trip to the Caucasus Mountains…
Q8
Kuwait. Odd place for a birding trip, right!? But a weekend away from Abu Dhabi in the small country, most…
Post-cruise Durban
I left you, dear reader, on the docks at Durban where the MSC Musica had just pulled up following a…
Flock 2 Marion
Twelve months ago, in July 2024, I was in The Butchers Arms enjoying a pint with Tom Bedford, and he…
Galapagos of the Indian Ocean
The island of Socotra, 100km east of the horn of Africa, is sometimes referred to as the Galapagos of the…
Maroc
As an academic I have been fortunate to travel to lots of places for conferences, and much of my world…
Lord Howe Island
Family, friends, birds and music… Avid readers of this blog (are there any?) will know that throughout my birding career…