Urban birding, Soho-style
Our Soho Square bird list is nothing to boast about. Just 25 species in 11 years! But then we are in central London, without a blade of grass for miles …
Seeking skulkers
Small, drab, dull-brown birds that like to skulk deep in the undergrowth are of disproportionate interest to large swathes of the birding community …
A sticky situation
One of my favourite Sri Lankan endemics, the scarce and rather beautiful Red-faced Malkoha …
A birder in government
Not many people know this, but the newly appointed Deputy Chief Whip in the coalition government is a birder.
The tale of the elusive robin
This week, a guest blog from ace wildlife photographer Ramesh Anantharaman, introducing the amazing and beautiful region of Sikkim, and an encounter with a very special bird indeed …
Flower focus
I must admit I’ve never really been interested (at all) in flowers, but I was inspired to look down at the ground for once …
Sailing the Seven Seas (for seabirds)
Bloomsbury author, fearless adventurer and probably my favourite ornithologist …