When I left off recounting the tale of my 2021 birding saga, I had just completed a trip up to … More
Category: Foreign birding
Video-scoping
I am first and foremost a birder, not photographer, even though I do take photos. Video comes a fairly distant … More
Father/Daughter Rangas
Part 1: The wildlife bits… I am regularly on the lookout for activities and destinations that I might be able … More
Lockdown waders, tringa to pratincoles (the final stretch)
And so, plover-lovers, we finally come to the end of my wade through waders, peek at peeps, my stint writing … More
Lockdown waders, Dowitchers to Phalaropes
The penultimate post in this series, taking you on a whirlwind tour of my wader birding and twitches. Maybe not … More
Lockdown waders, Calidris
Part 4 is dedicated to the largest wader family, calidris, all migratory birds of the coast. There’s an awful lot … More
Lockdown waders, Hooded Plover to Turnstones
Continuing my blog-journey through all the waders I have seen around the world. Buckle up — there are some belters … More
Lockdown waders: Vanellus to Charadrius
The second installment of my journey through waders past and present. Today I look at plovers: ones that used to … More
Lockdown waders, part 1
A few weeks into worldwide lockdown the Facebook group #birdthefeckathome started a great thread that attempted to compile a complete … More
Whiskers and Flames, Part 2
continued from part 1 Once the rain had cleared we headed out again late afternoon, but it was rather unproductive. … More