Bogey Birds: The Sequel

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

UAE Beginnings

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

What could be better than a “Red Letter day”? Perhaps a “Scarlet Letter day”! There are good arguments that South … More

To “dip” on on a bird is to try to see it, but fail. All birders dip from time to … More

We are lucky, living in Adelaide, to be only a 3-and-a-bit hour drive from Gluepot Reserve, a former cattle station … More

Twenty-eight years ago – quite literally, half a life-time – I brought Nikki to WA for a holiday. We’d been … More

Apparently the people of Dubai do not like the Flintstones. But the people of Abu Dhabi do… #dadjoke #illgetmycoat There … More

By the end of 2021 my Australian list was over 600 and there were almost no destinations left where I … More

28 July We had the longest drive of the trip ahead of us today: 7 hours not counting any stops. … More

…continued from part 1 23 July When I left off in Part 1, we were spending the night at Rwakobo … More