In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence. Robert Lynd
I started birding when I was 17 and have been all over the world in pursuit of new species, seeing over 1000 different birds in the wild. My focus now is much less on adding to my bird life list and more on taking good photos of birds and enjoying their beautiful presence.
Highlights
Bird photos
Birds I have seen in the wild
- My life list (1107 species)
- Bird watching statistics
Places I've photographed birds
Australia
- Royal National Park
- Barton Park
- Capertee Valley
- Sydney Olympic Park
- Kuring Gai National Park
- Sydney pelagic trip
- North Queensland
- Newcastle
- Tasmania
- Northern Territory
Africa
- Rondevlei (South Africa)
- Strandfontein (South Africa)
- Kirstenbosch (South Africa)
- Cintsa (South Africa)
- Addo Elephant Park (South Africa)
- Kruger National Park (South Africa)
- Mukuzi (South Africa)
- Hluhluwe–iMfolozi (South Africa)
- Chobe (Botswana)
South America
- Mindo (Ecuador)
- Gallapagos (Ecuador)
- Iberia (Argentina)
- Puerto Tombo (Argentina)
- Peninsula Valdez (Argentina)
- El Calafete (Argentina)
- Torres del Paine (Chile)
- Ballestas Islands (Peru)
- Madidi National Park (Bolivia)
- The Pantanol (Brazil)
Europe
Antarctica & South Georgia
- Mindo (Ecuador), 78
- North Queensland (Australia), 74
- Chitwan National Park (Nepal), 73
- Okovango (Botswana), 56
- Cape Province (South Africa), 44
- Iberia (Argentina), 39
- Keoladeo Ghana National Park (India), 38
- Rondevlei (Cape Town), 36
- Natal trip (family holiday, 1987), 32
- Gallapagos (Ecuador), 27
- Kruger National Park (South Africa), 25
- Mkuzi Reserve (South Africa), 19
- The Pantanol (Brazil), 18
- Rottnest Island (Australia), 17
- Buenos Aires (Argentina), 16
- Karoo (South Africa), 13
- Rockies (Canada), 13
- Tasmania (Australia), 13
- Iguazu Falls (Argentina), 12
- Uilenskraal (South Africa), 12
- Vernon ( Canada), 12
- Northern Territory (Australia), 12
- Cuyabeno Reserve (Ecuador), 11
- Kirstenbosch (South Africa), 11
- Torres del Paine (Chile), 11
- Royal National Park (Sydney), 11
- Puerto Lopez (Ecuador), 10
- Shannon National Park (Australia), 10
- Welney Reserve (UK), 10
- Ballestas Islands (Peru), 9
- Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe), 9
- El Calafete (Argentina), 8
- Mangrove Swamps Park (Western Australia), 7
- Peninsula Valdez (Argentina), 7
- Madidi National Park (Bolivia), 6
- Sydney pelagic trip (Australia), 6
- Antarctica 5
- South Georgia 4
- Minsmere Reserve (UK), 4
- Svalbard (Norway), 4
- Sydney Olympic Park, (Australia), 3
New species by country
- South Africa, 349
- Australia, 131
- Ecuador, 129
- Nepal, 93
- Argentina, 86
- Botswana, 41
- India, 40
- Brazil, 34
- UK, 28
- Canada, 25
- Chile, 24
- Peru, 15
- Zimbabwe, 9
- Bolivia, 9
- Whales, 5
- Tanzania, 5
- Antarctica 5
- South Georgia 4
- Norway, 4
- Namibia, 3
- Spain, 2
- Czech Republic, 1
- Sweden, 1
- Germany, 1
- Ireland, 1
New species by year
- 1986, 115 (South Africa)
- 1987, 215 (South Africa)
- 1988, 53 (South Africa)
- 1989, 13 (South Africa)
- 1996, 1 (South Africa)
- 1997, 53 (India, Europe)
- 1999, 1 (South Africa)
- 2000, 1 (South Africa)
- 2001, 84 (Nepal, Africa)
- 2003, 11 (Europe)
- 2004, 72 (Australia, UK)
- 2005, 26 (Canada)
- 2006, 286 (South America)
- 2007, 74 (Australia)
Birds tagged in journal entries
Bird quotes
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