ZOOTHERA BIRDING BLOG

Wasn’t expecting to be driving down to Abu Simbel today, you see I’d learned that both of the roads to the Red Sea coast are closed. The onl...

So yesterday we drove to Aswan and along the way had to pay a policeman to go through a security checkpoint! There was no apparent reason fo...

Bit of a rubbish day all round. The staff in this hotel come across as really arrogant and rude - I’ve never experienced it at this level be...

I wake up bleary eyed, the taste of alcohol still alive and well in my mouth from last night’s revelry at our supposedly posh hotel! A quick...

Well that was a short night or so it felt as we are picked up at midday by local tour guide Alfred. Everyone seems to know him and he proved...

A last minute change of plan sees me heading to Cairo with Mrs B, with an intention to check out the birding sites, meet some guides and hav...

Following on from my recent ramblings and musings about Western Palearctic Birding I think this might be a good time to go public with somet...

  So what is this all about....? Western Palearctic birding.... What is it that drives birders to seek out all the birds in this man-made bo...

I have come to love Oman following 13 trips there over recent years. I am incredibly biased but I would like to explain why I believe it is ...