I’ve been dreaming of visiting – and birding in – Kenya for many years. My father lived in the country for several years before I was born, and I grew up to many stories of his travels around the country. I was thus eager to cross the border from Tanzania on a tour that had … Continue reading Kenya Cycling Tour, 19. – 31.05.2025
Having left Zambia behind me at the busy and noisy border town of Nakonde, I was happy to push my bicycle into Tanzania, another country I’ve never been to before. Feeling comfortable in my new shoes (I bought a pair off a guy the evening before after realizing that my shoes had fallen off my … Continue reading Tanzania Cycling Tour, 23.04. – 19.05.2025
I first read about the famous miombo woodlands of Mutinondo Wilderness in the Southern African Birdfinder years ago while living in South Africa. The site retained a somewhat mythical appeal to me, having only birded in miombo once before, in Zimbabwe. Miombo, and the many special birds to be found within it, always had a … Continue reading Mutinondo Wilderness, Zambia, 17. – 22.04.2025
To me, Botswana is the home of a flurry of mouthwatering birds attracted to the Okavango Delta, majestic riverine woodlands, and the expansive Kalahari desert. Despite living in neighbouring South Africa for eleven years, I had never been there. When Miguel, a colleague and friend working in Gaborone, invited me to visit I saw a … Continue reading Botswana Tour, 29.03. – 10.04.2025
What is likely to remain one of The Netherlands' biggest birding events in 2025 occurred in already early January, when a Spectacled Eider was found on the island of Texel. Pandemonium ensued: rightly so, as no birder would have expected this species to ever appear in the country in their wildest dreams. As the species … Continue reading Spectacled Eider Twitch, Texel, 30.-31.01.2025
My Zone Is Birding 