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Pied-Billed Grebe, RSPB Ham Wall

My 292nd British tick. Eight to go to put me in the 300 Club. What will they be? [...]

American Robins, 2001

December 23rd at Fremont Older OSP in Cupertino. Or is it Saratoga? [...]

Adelaide Aliens & Listing, 2008

Since the mid-1970s shooters and trappers have had to stop the advance of our starling into the west [...]

Hoopoe for the British List

About ten miles away from home a splendid specimen dropped into Sand Bay, North Somerset [...]

Turkey Wishlist

Surprisingly high on the list of top sites is Istanbul itself [...]

Greece, 2007

Birds were unmissable . The journey out had its highlights too. [...]

2008: Goodbye, Perth (Western Australia)

A little further on from Subiaco is Bold Park and the western headquarters of Birds Australia. [...]

Arastradero, 2001

A three-hour turn round one my favourite preserves finally located the male Lawrence’s goldfinch. [...]

The Crack, Let the Time Come

In his distraction Manny tripped and the flasks tottered and swayed. [...]