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 Trip Reports
 
 Translation guide
 
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Last updated: 27/01/2012

Welcome to my birding site

A collection of my artwork and photography of the birds of Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and Britain (and a few other places inbetween). The site also has trip reports of a few of my birding adventures (bobbing around on the South Pacific looking for seabirds for eight hours is quite fun!). Each species page has photos and a description, made from a mixture of knowledge learnt from field guides and personal experience. The site is constantly changing as I get photographs of new birds and update old pages - if birding is your thing, then you can follow the updates using RSS.


Random page: Sketches: Redwing
European Bird Names: A Translation Guide

New birding guide out now!

Check out my book European Bird Names: A Translation Guide, a field guide to translating bird names from English into French, German and Dutch. Covering all but the least-common WP birds, it is designed to complement one of the most popular birding field guides. The English text is based on the BOU list, while the French and Dutch follow the official lists of the LPO and CSNA, respectively. The German list is derived from official lists of the DO-G and other sources where more commonly used. Taxonomically up-to-date and highlighting differences between national opinions on splits and lumps plus potential problems with the German names. Perfect for the travelling birdwatcher!
 
Buy it here: Support independent publishing: buy this book on Lulu.

Latest updated pages

27/01/2012: 5 new in Australian Birds
21/12/2011: 11 new and 3 updated in Australian Birds, plus a new section: Australian Reptiles.
03/11/2011: 2 new in Australian Birds: Rufous Songlark and Noisy Friarbird
18/10/2011: 23 new and 13 updated in Australian Birds - see red highlighted entries.
01/10/2011: Two new and six updated in Australian Birds, including Zebra Finch and Superb Fairy-wren
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New section

There's a lot more to wildlife in Australia than just the birds: Australian Reptiles. From the tiny Garden Skink to the massive Lace Monitor, there're 13 species in this section.

23 New species added

Another trip to Cairns and a bumper crop of new species for the site. Also 13 species updated in Australian birds

Taxonomic list of bird photo pages

I've made a taxonomically-ordered list of the photo pages of birds on the site, so it's possible to see related birds without hopping between country pages. The list uses the IOC World Bird Names list 2.8.

Australian field guide review

I wrote a review of the four biggest Australian field guides (Pizzey and Knight, Slater, Simpson and Day and Morcombe) for Birdforum.net, which can be found here: Australian field guide review

Twenty-five new species in Australian birds

After a few days holiday in Cairns, neglecting my family while birdwatching (not really - they're just as bad), I'm able to add 25 new species to the Australian Birds page and three updates.

New sub-section: New Zealand birds

Some of the birdlife of New Zealand, as seen on a recent holiday to Auckland.

Larger photos

Where possible, I'm slowly updating pages in British birds and Swiss birds to give larger photos.

New sub-section: Trip reports

Reports and photos from recent birding trips: Trip reports.

Bigger paintings

I've re-sized all the paintings and given each one its own page: Paintings.