Paying Ready Attention - Photo Gallery

The Forest Kingfisher ( Todiramphus macleayii ) is a medium sized kingfisher that is resident in parts of Northern Australia, and a summer v...

You may recall, that in the dim and distant past I had a wordy blog - well after a long silence there is a new post on it!  I was asked to w...

I've just come back from a trip to walk the Jatbula Trail in the Northern Territory.  I had a single day (well, long morning really) aro...

One of the things that surprised me during my recent trip was seeing a  number of birds that I recognised.  These species included ducks, wa...

The Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea ) is a large but rather slim looking heron.  It is rather more colourful than the Grey Heron ( Ardea ciner...

There are 29 species of Nuthatch in the world, all of which are classified as being in the genus Sitta.  As a kid, I always though seeing a ...