Black-winged Stilts, Little Egrets and more in Slovenia’s only marine lagoon – and the northernmost salt pans in the Mediterranean world.
Continue readingBirding at the Strunjan Landscape Park, Slovenia
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Embouchure du Var Birding Report #6 – July 2026
A Chimango Caracara and Cinereous Harrier, in a Mid-Flight Tussle
Embouchure du Var Birding Report #5 – June 2026
A monthly review in 27 photos: Kentish Plovers, Eurasian Moorhen, Black-winged Stilts, a Mute Swan family and more.
Continue readingStrolling With Magellanic Penguins on Martillo Island
A visit to an island colony that’s the seasonal home for more than 3,000 pairs of mating Magellanic Penguins.
Continue readingEmbouchure du Var, Nice – Birding Notebook #4, May 2026
Where the Var River meets the Mediterranean. This month: Whimbrels, Squacco Herons, Stilts and more.
Continue readingLausanne Birding: 90 Minutes at Ouchy Port
Red-crested Pochards, Great Crested Grebes, a pair of Eurasian Coots, Carrion Crows, a Greater Cormorant, Yellow legged Gulls and a Mute Swan on the Lake Geneva shore line.
Continue readingMiejski Park, Torun – Early Spring Birding Report
Park Miejski in the central Polish city of Toruń has two claims to fame: it is one of the oldest public city parks in Poland and was, prior to the First World War, the largest recreational area in West Prussia. It now has a third: the sight where I spotted my first Mandarin Duck.
Continue readingTacen Sava River Loop – Ljubljana Birding
Parc Naturel Departemental de Vaugrenier – Birding Notebook
Embouchure du Var Birding Notebook #3 – 6-7 December 2025
Embouchure du Var Birding Notebook #2 – 22 November 2025
Three months, almost to the day, had passed since my last (and first) visit to what is undoubtedly the best birding spot in southeast France. I won’t let that happen again.
Continue readingThe Embouchure du Var: an Introduction to the Best Birding Hotspot in Nice
The Embouchure du Var, or mouth of the Var River, the best birding hot spot in southeastern France.
Continue readingBirding in Zurich – Limmat Vogelinsel
The Limmat is a river in Switzerland, with its headwaters in Zurich’s southern end at Lake Zurich. A Vogelinsel is a ‘bird island’; this one is about 4km northwest from the river’s headwaters.
Continue readingLaguna Nimez Reserve, El Calafate – The Best 90-Minute Birding Experience in Patagonia
A richly diverse sanctuary in southern Argentina that provides remarkably easy access to a phenomenally wide array of Andean and Patagonian birdlife.
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