Marsh Warbler has been singing near the Port of Aberdee© Peter Winn Birding An Almost Perfect Day: From Marsh Warbler to Golden Eagle A singing Marsh Warbler in Aberdeen, an Arctic gull along the pier, and a Golden Eagle drifting through southern skies — a day where chance encounters captured the essence of why we keep looking up.
An adult White-backed Woodpecker perched at its nesting cavity in an old beech tree – a rare and vulnerable breeder in Hungary’s forests. © Gyorgy Szimuly Birding At Risk in the Canopy: The Vulnerability of Hungary’s Nesting White-backed Woodpeckers Among Hungary’s last mature forests, the elusive White-backed Woodpecker faces mounting threats. This piece explores their fragility, habitat pressures, and why their conservation matters more than ever.
One of my favourite bird photographs, taken during those times when I lay in liquid mud to capture intimate moments with my favourite birds – the shorebirds. © Gyorgy Szimuly Reflections Welcome (Back) to Bird Observer After a long pause, Bird Observer takes flight again – with new stories, field reflections, and the same love for birds that first inspired this journey.
