When: February 2025 Weather: Cool 12 to 22C Nikon P900 and Sony RX10.4 It was a 2.5 hour drive getting to NE and we arrived in good time for lunch at the lovely hilltop Galway Heights Hotel…again olde world feel … Continue reading
When : February 2025 Weather: Hot 25 to 30C Nikon P900. Sony RX10.4 Our last morning in Sinharaja, the viewing pavilion at Forest Edge had many birds showing at eye level and we spent a happy hour shooting them before … Continue reading
When: February 2025 Weather: Hot 25 to 30C Nikon P900 Sony RX10.4 With 22 out of 35 endemics so far, we were under no illusions that the remaining 14 birds would be easier….so it was that on the third day, … Continue reading
When: February 2025 Weather: Hot 25 to 30C Nikon P900 Sony RX10.4 A 5am start on day 2 in Sinharaja led us on a bumpy ride up to the house of a local birder, Rath Nasiri who kindly allowed us … Continue reading
When: February 2025 Weather: Perfect with nary a drop of rain 25 to30C Leica P900, Sony RX10.4 I managed to squeeze a week out of my packed schedule for 2025 to join 3 birding pals on a week long expedition … Continue reading
When: December 2024 Weather: cool 20C Nikon P900, NikonP950 Our next morning outing with guide Weng Chun started at 730am…it didn’t look good…misty+++ damp in the air….we got to the rendezvous point at the entrance to Bishops Trail only slightly … Continue reading
When: December 2024 Weather: Cool, 20C Nikon P900, Nikon P950 Our group of six, 3 birders, 3 newbies, engaged Weng Chun Cheong to guide us over a two day period that we were in Fraser’s Hill. Having spend the first … Continue reading
When: December 2024 Weather: Cool 15-25C Nikon P900, Nikon P950 Not having been back to Fraser’s more than 5 years, this was a long overdue visit to my old happy birding grounds…this time a friend had recommended we try an … Continue reading
When: November 2024 Weather: COLD.. zero C Nikon P900 A kind birder whom I’d met at London Wetland Centre had suggested Rainham Marshes in Purfleet as a worth visiting location as I was staying in Tower Hill, London. So I … Continue reading
When: November 2024 Weather: Cold 8C Nikon P900 I got to London a few days before my meeting began and discovered that there was a wetland park in London that was rated as a very good birding site. Only catch … Continue reading
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