I’m pretty sure that a huge proportion of us birdwatchers are people who, as children (and perhaps beyond), were equally obsessed by dinosaurs. So, David Callahan’s look at just why birds are dinosaurs, on page 34, is doubly fascinating....
David Callahan: “Curlew Sandpiper; peachy juveniles or claret-red adults, gradually turning to pastel-grey.” Amanda Tuke: “I’ll be looking out for juvenile Ruff stopping off at our South London wetland patch.” David Chandler: I’d like...
Matt Merritt: “Greenshank – their paleness and elegant, active gait always makes them stand out at my local reservoir.” Mike Weedon: “Perhaps my favourite is the Pectoral Sandpiper – quite rare but still realistic to hope to ‘find’.” Cover...
Dominic Couzens reveals how Ecuador’s unique habitats drip with birding riches. My guide Natalia Escobar did not expect me to burst out laughing. She had taken great trouble to get to the site at the crack of dawn, only for the Ecuadorian...
