Red-backed Shrike

An adult male Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio from a recent in Austria.

Great Spotted Woodpecker

An adult male Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major from a recent tour around Belarus. 

Wallcreeper, Czechia...

When we are not guiding, we are still out birding. At the weekend we checked out a few sites in Moravia, in the very south of the Czech Republic, Czechia...

Slovenia - 5 million Bramblings

Yesterday we visited a roost of an estimated 5 million (yes, that is 5,000,000 !!!) Bramblings in Slovenia. Here are a few of the birds...

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year

To all our friends worldwide!

Syrian Woodpecker

Syrian Woodpecker is very much an "Eastern European" bird. For example, it is common and widespread in lowlands across Hungary, Slovakia, and through the Balkans, and also occurs further north and west in Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Belarus.

Common Cranes in huge numbers

October saw well over 100,000 Common Cranes in eastern Hungary this autumn. Seeing them fly to roost at dusk is quite an event of sound and spectacle...