Wanstead Birder

Breakfast at Baan Maka starts in the dark. This is the mark of a quality birding establishment. Accordingly Mick and I were up what felt lik...

A quick tale of woe for you before I carry on with Thailand as I know the readership like these. So, having written in my end of year summar...

Day 0 It took an entire day to get to Thailand, mainly as we flew via Qatar. That turned out to be a very good decision as we got to do a bi...

Central Thailand, 3rd - 9th November 2025 I spent about three weeks on Koh Samui in 1998 just after finishing university. In those days my c...

Here is a small selection of photos that sum up the year. I guess I must be bored. There are many more than this of course, but this is a pi...

Well goodbye 2025, it's been a blast. So what happened? I guess a lot of time will have been spent at work but I tend not to focus on th...

It has been a dream of mine for many years now to visit Asa Wright and sit on their veranda and watch Hummingbirds . In late October after y...