Day: April 8, 2014

Having previously participated in George Swann’s late-October Ashmore Reef birding trip, I’m very excited about the prospect of the upcoming 20-27 October trip. As usual, George, Rohan Clarke and Mike Carter will be on board to combine roles of guiding and collecting data for Rohan’s fascinating research projects. George tells me that at this stage, … Read more

I’ve published the report from our trip to the Southern Molucca and Tanimbar islands of Indonesia. We were the first group of birders visiting these far-flung islands to see Blue-eared Lory on Seram and only the second group to see the very rare Black-lored Parrot on Buru. Nice seabirds included Grey-backed Tern and Matsudaira’s Storm-Petrel. … Read more