Valentine’s Pelagic

Just under a month back I had managed to book myself onto the first Port Mac pelagic of the year…

January 2021

I managed to cram in more birding in January 2021 than in the whole of the covid-affected 2020. Ebird tells…

2020 has been a poor year for most birders. I’m no great exception, and had a planned trip to Peru…

Western Whipbird is one of the so-called BIG THREE of south-west WA birding, the other two being Western Bristlebird and…

Part 2: The adventure bit (continued from the wildlife bit)… 18-19 November We added the walk to the top of…

Part 1: The wildlife bits… I am regularly on the lookout for activities and destinations that I might be able…

In 2007 I visited South Australia as a birder for the first time. I was here to give a keynote…

…continued from Part 2… Day 7 We began the day with a superbly scenic walk up the escarpment at Victoria…

…continued from Part 1… Day 4 The start of the day was structured around a pre-booked activity, a cruise on…

7-16 Aug 2020 Preamble Six or seven years into our Australian sojourn I still had a few birds to collect…