Kaz Almighty

It did not escape my attention in moving to Abu Dhabi in September 2023, that UAE is a jumping off … More

Throwback to 2014

For most of my birding trips I try to write a report. Sometimes this might be helpful or vaguely entertaining … More

Little Stints are remarkable, small, sweet calidris waders. Each one weighs about 21 grams but manages a migration of up … More

😥🦉 Owls are amazing, beautiful and charismatic birds; the ultimate stealth predators, using feathers adapted for completely silent flight and … More

The east coast of the UAE peninsula, squeezed between Oman to the south and Oman to the north (yep, there … More

I have just spent Christmas and New Year back in Oxford, where I lived for 24 years and where my … More

Thank you for joining me for the second innings! In the first dig I concentrated on the #1 target of … More

I like Bustards. This interesting-looking family mainly inhabit vast, sparse plains and deserts and includes some of the world’s largest … More

Back in Feb I wrote a blog post entitled “Double Bogey”, describing how I finally connected with two Australian birds … More

In September 2023 I moved from Adelaide to Abu Dhabi. Well, not completely…. I started a new, full-time job at … More