Bright Eyes Last weekend I was mist-netting birds at Mongo National Park with Anthony Overs. Two of the species we caught struck me as havin...

Autumn Pond It is autumn now in Canberra - a very fine time to be there. The above photograph received an honourable mention in a recent fun...

Lord Howe Island I have just spent a week on Lord Howe Island; birding, walking and snorkeling. The snorkeling was wonderful; easy as there...

Merlin papers I have two scientific papers published in the march issue of Scottish Birds , the journal of the Scottish Ornithologists' ...

Banding at Charcoal Tank At the weekend I was banding birds as part of a long-term study at Charcoal Tank Nature reserve, out near West Wyal...