All posts tagged asia

While not exactly equivalent to the disaster hitting SE Asia (which is being driven by monsoon flooding) the point I made in a piece back in May is

From BirdLife International's Community website, 25 Sept 11:

Press-release from the RSPB and SAVE, 06 Sept 11:

Research reveals endangered vultures still in peril as pharmacies flout deadly drug ban - but best-ever year at captive breeding

The Wildlife Conservation Society has uploaded a very interesting video to YouTube looking at conservation efforts to save the Critically Endangered Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea around the

From BirdLife Community website, 12 May 2011:

The ban on a veterinary drug which caused an unprecedented decline in Asian vulture populations has shown the first signs of

A conversation with Nial Moores, Director of the NGO Birds Korea ("dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats in Korea and the wider Yellow Sea

I would guess that most birders at one time or another have played the "What family of birds do I most want to clean up?" game. For me

The beautiful Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica is a widespread and fairly common resident, breeding in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to Indonesia and northern and

Back on my travels again after a short break at home, and I'm off East: to Singapore and then (for a whole day!) to Sydney, Australia. And the