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
Marina Grove (2)
Tag Archives: birdwatching
Marina Grove Singapore reclaimed land birding!
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
Hangzhou revisited and the Mandarin Duck
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
A new birding journey: OM1 micro fourthirds
When: October 2025 Weather: Hot and humid as always in Singapore. 30C OM1 mkII 150-400mm Pro For more than ten years, I have been using my old faithful, the Nikon Coolpix P900 and 950 for all my bird photography; light … Continue reading
Birding Utterslev Mose, Copenhagen
When: September 2025 Weather: Sunny and warm 18C OM1mk2 150-400mmg Pro We were scheduled to bird in the morning but the gale force winds and rain put paid to that…the sun finally came out in the afternoon and we set … Continue reading
Dungarpur birding(2)
When: August 2025 Weather: Warm 25-30C
Nikon P900
so both inside the palace and outside the palace we had a great couple of days birding…highly recommended…and of course the palace itself was chramingly quaint.
Dungarpur Birding
When: August 2025 Weather: Hot 25-30C Nikon P900 We were taken on a 3 hour journey by road from the Leela Hotel in Gandhinagar, Gujarat to the palace called Udai Bilas in Dungarpur, Rajasthan. The palace which is still in … Continue reading
Seoul Forest Park birding and a bit more…
When: July 2025 Weather: Warm 27C Nikon P900 Stayed at the Dragon City Novotel Hotel in Seoul for a meeting but there were precious few green patches near the hotel for my usual morning bird ramble….a local friend suggested the … Continue reading
Piddling around Pattaya
When: July 2025 Weather: Hot 25 to 30C Nikon P900 In Pattaya for 24 hours doing a recce for our meeting here next year, I found Chaloem Phra Kiat Park as my next ‘little patch of green’ birding locations near … Continue reading
Sun Moon Lake: Lalu Hotel Birding
When: June 2025 Weather: Hot 25-32C Nikon P900, P950, Leica Q, Leica M11 35 summilux We arrived at the beautiful Lalu Hotel on the northern peninsula of the Sun Moon Lake; so called because part of the lake looks like … Continue reading
The Natural Traveller 