Greetings all and a Happy safe Birding New Year. While doing the rounds on Wed. 4 January 2017 on Greenhill, Thursday Is. I observed 40+ Ft Swifts. They were moving Northerly and at various heights. Some swooping low and feeding. Weather was sunny after a morning rain shower and no breeze. Time 08.48. Also observed … Read more
Further to my birding-aus report of 25 March 2016 (reproduced below) about wader surveys along the Yellow Sea near Shanghai with Zhang Lin, I enclose a recent email from Zhang who is helping organize a birding trip to see a range of interesting birds, including Spoon-billed Sandpiper. Trip details are below. I will be birding … Read more
Surely, birders can do science and scientists can have fun and Twitchathons raise funds for conservation too. But PLEASE enter your records in birdata or, if you prefer, eBird with accurate GPS spatial metadata so it can be used for conservation. Even better do a survey using BirdLife’s standardised methodologies and you will directly help … Read more