Budapest Birding
by Gerard Gorman
My local patch is an urban one and a place that I can get to in ten minutes from home... the deciduous woods of the Buda Hills. ...
Bucharest Birding
by Gerard Gorman
There can't be many European capital cities in which a Globally Threatened bird species occurs, but that is the case with Bucharest. The bird...
The American Robin
by Michael Fritz-Graham
I'll take Manhattan!... and they have, by storm and popular demand. Possibly the most famous and loved bird in the USA, the American Robin…
Monk (Quaker) Parakeets in New York City
by Michael Fritz-Graham
How The Quakers Landed. Urban legend has it (now documented) that c.1967 a large, live shipment of monk parakeets left their...
Urban birding in Paramaribo
with Jan Dolphijn
In northern South America, just to the left of Venezuela is a small country of which 80% consists of undisturbed rainforest. This nation is...
Chimney Swifts
by Michael Fritz-Graham
What Is That? Twittering, chattering little acrobatic cinders with wings have been swooping in and out of your chimney stack. They're not bats. ...
Buenos Aires. Carnival Birding!
by German Pugnali
The vibrant capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires, is one of the largest cities in Latin America. Sophisticated tango dancing, superb steaks...
The Uncommon “Common” Nighthawk
by Michael Fritz-Graham
There is something incredibly sad, even tragic about a summer night in New York City without that magic spirit of the starry sky, ...
Mount Auburn Cemetery. Cambridge, MA, USA
with Andrew Culshaw
For me, birding has always been primarily about covering a local patch, mainly in urban or suburban locations. One of the most …
Holland Park, London
with David Jeffreys
If you were travelling westwards along either of two major routes out of London, you would probably see the well known open space of ...