24 08, 2022

Thinking rewilding in place. A short trek in the West Caucasuses

By |2022-09-24T19:32:15+00:00August 24th, 2022|birdwatching, Blog, People & nature, Protected Areas, Rewilding|Comments Off on Thinking rewilding in place. A short trek in the West Caucasuses

I have been trekking in the Western Caucuses. Along the way I thought about rewilding and the processes that give rise to the landscape and vegetation. Here is an account which I hope some my find interesting. I welcome any comments, elaborations or corrections. Driving up the foothills from Zugdidi in northwest Georgia, I was struck by the

15 05, 2021

Eye of the Vulture

By |2021-05-15T16:11:06+00:00May 15th, 2021|21st Century conservation, birdwatching, Blog, Ecospace, People & nature, Rewilding, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Eye of the Vulture

During the lockdown summer of 2020 an immature bearded vulture took up residence in a rugged Valley of England's Peak District National Park. On a September Sunday, my birding buddy Steve and I set out at the crack of dawn and programmed WAZE to navigate us North. Three hours later we descended a windy road

22 11, 2017

Photography is transforming British birdwatching

By |2017-11-22T21:15:04+00:00November 22nd, 2017|21st Century conservation, birdwatching, Blog, People & nature|Comments Off on Photography is transforming British birdwatching

This article was first published in British Birds on 15 August 2017 One Sunday last July I strolled down to the hide at RSPB Otmoor, one of my local birding patches in Oxfordshire. Five years ago I might have entered an empty hide. Not anymore. The place was packed with bird photographers, happily chatting as

4 10, 2016

The changing face of British bird watching

By |2017-04-06T13:09:02+00:00October 4th, 2016|21st Century conservation, birdwatching, Blog|4 Comments

A slightly edited version of this article was publish by Geographical Magazine on 26 Oct 2016. It was a bit of a hit and its nice to know that so many people are interested to read about birdwatching.  The face of British bird watching is undergoing a transformation: in the last decade telescope carrying birders

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