Day 17, 28/7/18, “Welcome home, Benny” We have – by the standards of the last few weeks anyway — a…
West Papua, part 3: Arfak Mountains
Day 10, 21/7/18, “Arfak Mountains, here we come!” Another day that is primarily travel. We are booked on the first…
West Papua, part 2: Nimbokrang
Day 6, 17/7/18, “In transit” We leave the highlands behind on a flight that is delayed to 10am. In Sentani…
West Papua, part 1: Snow Mountains
On July 11th, 2018, I started an amazing, bucket-list trip to West Papua, a place filled with arguably the most…
Winter on the Fleurieu
It’s not often I have a whole day (or most of it at least) at my disposal for birding, but…
Cheeky Poland
Bialoweiza Forest, 28-30 April 2018 A work trip to the UK afforded the chance of a short spring birding trip…
Three months, three continents, three mega owls
DECEMBER Barred Eagle Owl in Malaysia, a day trip from Singapore while en route to UK. JANUARY A workshop in…
Hedwig
My work over the last 5 years has involved me in a crazy amount of travel. As anyone who follows…
Barred Eagle Owl
Rectifying a 4 year old dip… In early 2013 I was in Singapore teaching, but had a day to bird…
Sooty and Sweep
Sooty Owls are beautiful, enigmatic Tytos that I have “craved” seeing since moving back to Australia. I’ve had several chances…