Hi Ross Here now in Thailand. I went for a day tour last Friday with Ike Suriwong. I have birded with Ike before and had great success. His contact is ikeandrosie@gmail.com And his website is www.phuketbirdwatching.com/ Alternatively contact Games on souththailandbirding.com/Home.php Games is an accredited guide and advertises where as Ike is a good birder … Read more
G’day everyone, We’ve got a week’s holiday booked in Phuket next June and I wanted to sneak in a day’s birding with a local guide while we’re over there. Does anyone have any recommendations for local guides to use? Also, any recommendations on a good Field Guide for Thailand? It will be our first time … Read more
Hi BA The enormous, polluting Adani Carmichael coal mine proposal is possibly the biggest threat to our birds and wildlife that we have yet seen. The emissions from this mine will cancel out all our emissions reductions. Basically, everything you’ve ever done to reduce your carbon footprint will be a waste if this mine goes … Read more
I am just reviewing the galley proofs for my forthcoming Field Guide to the Birds of New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago for Lynx Edicions, and I was lucky enough to get a preview of some of the relevant passerine texts in the forthcoming Lynx Passerines Checklist. Now this promises to be a very stimulating … Read more
Sadly Emu has become just another avenue for prospective scientists to build their careers by publishing socio-biology papers, and widening the scope away from Australia was I think a very bad idea, one of the reasons I am not going to resubscribe from 2017. Ditto for Ibis in the UK where the BOU has been … Read more