Day 10, 21/7/18, “Arfak Mountains, here we come!” Another day that is primarily travel. We are booked on the first … More

Day 6, 17/7/18, “In transit” We leave the highlands behind on a flight that is delayed to 10am. In Sentani … More

On July 11th, 2018, I started an amazing, bucket-list trip to West Papua, a place filled with arguably the most … More

Bialoweiza Forest, 28-30 April 2018 A work trip to the UK afforded the chance of a short spring birding trip … More

My work over the last 5 years has involved me in a crazy amount of travel. As anyone who follows … More

Rectifying a 4 year old dip… In early 2013 I was in Singapore teaching, but had a day to bird … More

In early August I was invited as a “Distinguished Lecturer” at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.  This involved a 2 week … More

Taking the family back to Riviere Bleue, Thursday 6th July When we planned the trip and realized that we would not … More

Parc Provincial de la Riviere Bleue, Wednesday 5th July Wednesday morning I set out from Noumea at 5.15am and followed the … More