The keeping of birds of prey to hunt and fly on command started over 4,500 years ago, in Mesopotamia and Persia, now Syria, Iran and Iraq; very close...

Of all the interactions between birds and man, the most oft remembered, sometimes the only example that comes to mind, is of the poor canary...

A mention of the word ‘migration’ conjures up many images; Wildebeest, Caribou, Monarch Butterflies... even Indians. Rarely birds, though. But (aside...

I recently had the pleasure of spending a weekend with great friends and good food. The difference was that we were all in the Mara; as close to the...

Anyone who works with birds (as I do) often has to suffer derisory remarks made by the inexperienced and ill-informed, alluding to our subjects’...

It all began in 2003 with two Barn Owls, Fulstop and Bernie. Both were rescued with injuries and delivered to Sarah Higgins, a kind woman with a...

In Africa it is estimated that vultures consume over 70 per cent of all carcasses in savannah ecosystems, thus performing a vital role akin to a...

It’s probably the best patch on the planet for raptor life, and has an additional 250 bird species and 45 species of mammal including the occasional...

Eagles are, by far, the most impressive and spectacular of all. The way each species in assembled is a tribute to simple efficiency.In Africa, they...

East Africa is best known for its ‘Safaris’: the Masai Mara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater immediately spring to mind. But all those photographers...