Part 4 is dedicated to the largest wader family, calidris, all migratory birds of the coast. There’s an awful lot…
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…
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…
Lockdown waders, part 1
A few weeks into worldwide lockdown the Facebook group #birdthefeckathome started a great thread that attempted to compile a complete…
Paper birds
Lockdown has done strange things to people. I like to think I have carried on pretty much as normal, and…
Birdlife National Twitchathon, 12 hour “Big Day” race
27/10/19 It’s been a more than a month since the 2019 Twitchathon but I’ve either been flat out at work…
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.…
Whiskers and Flames, Part 1
A cheeky trip to Luzon… I’ve been to the Philippines 3 times, so I’ll start this blog-post with some flashbacks…
A pair of dips (bracketing some nice birding) in SEQ
Two separate meetings in Brisbane, one on Thurs/Fri and one on Mon/Tues meant I would either have to stay in…
Port McDonnell Pelagic
It’s not been a productive year for pelagics out of Port MacDonnell. Six trips – around one a month –…