When: January 2026 Weather: Warm 25-28C OM1 mk2 150-400mm Zuiko Pro I’d last visited Brunei about a year and a half ago and hadn’t seen any special birds as I couldn’t get a guide then…my last words of the post … Continue reading
When: December 2025 and January 2026 Weather: warm 27C OM1mk2 Zuiko 150-400mm Pro Not having birded at the Chinese Garden in Jurong for many years, I went there on 3 occasions as there were consistent reports of several cuckoos and … Continue reading
When: December 2025 Weather: warm 27C OM1mk2 150-400mm Zuiko Pro A couple of hours in Dairy Farm starting from CarPark B at 0730…fairly quiet but a few gems… So just a few birds for this morning walk but very colourful … Continue reading
When: Christmas Day 2025 Weather: Cool 23C and perfectly overcast OM1mk2 Zuiko 150-400mm Pro Having been tweaking our OM1 mk 2s to try and optimise our exposure combinations, we headed back to the unexpectedly lovely Marina Grove pond to put … Continue reading
When: December 2025 Weather warm 25C at 8am OM1mk2 150-400mm Zuiko Pro Having a bit more time, we returned to this little patch of green to get more practice in with our OM1s. The crowd was bigger being a sunday … Continue reading
When: December 2025 Weather: Hot 26C OM1mk2 150-400mm Zuiko Pro The birding fraternity here in Singapore had been buzzing with the willow warbler for a few weeks but I wasn’t really drawn to yet another similar looking warbler…but then there … Continue reading
When: December 2025 Weather: Cool 15C Nikon P900 Back in Hangzhou Intercontinental Hotel in the new city area for a meeting. I’d never found the birding in hangzhou particularly good, and especially now in winter…so instead of bringing my OM1mk2 … Continue reading
When: November 2025 Weather: Warm 27C OM1 mk 2 100-500mm Zuiko Pro and Canon R6.1 100-500mm Having recently acquired the OM system we were considering what to get for our second body….another OM1mk2 for convenience and lens sharing or go … Continue reading
When: November 2025 Weather: warm 27C OM1 mk2 Zuiko 150-400mm Pro West Coast Park in Singapore was supposed to have the black capped kingfisher near the canal so I took a walk there this morning….it’s the one near the 24 … Continue reading
When: November 2025 Weather: Hot 28C OM1 mk2 150-400Zuiko F4 Wanted to try out Lightroom Classic so went out to shoot a few birds in my neighbourhood…..
The Natural Traveller 