Anita and Keith at Home
Words, photos and links
Borsuk

Welcome to Anita and Keith's corner of the Web. You can find various bits and pieces of us on this site, which we hope you will enjoy.

This is our home page, so we felt we had no choice but to paint it in the same colour scheme as our front room. Nice and sunny, with a hint of desert and spice.

And why borsuk? Well, that's a long story involving a pair of slippers...

Links

Daily
BBC
Twickenham Online
The Independent
Hibernian Football Club
Keith's Electronic Domicile

Reading
The Scotsman
The Australian
New York Times
New Scientist
National Geographic

Useful 
Weather from the Met Office
Wikipedia
National Rail Enquiries
Whitton Live Departure Board
Transport for London 
Streetmap
London Cinema and Film Guide
Universal Currency Converter
Metric conversions 
Lonely Planet
World Time Zones

Polish
Poland portal
Polish National Parks
Smak kawy i herbaty
Birding in Poland

Organisations
Friends of the River Crane Environment
Environmental Transport Association
London Wildlife Trust
Birdlife International
British Trust for Ornithology
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
London Wetland Centre (WWT)
Oriental Bird Club
PTOP (Polish birding)
Birds Australia 
Friends of the Earth
Organization for Tropical Studies
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Sustrans (and Sustran Network)
Nature Conservation of South Australia

Natural History
Where do you want to go birding today?
Bird links to the World

Fatbirder is a rich birding portal
Traveler's Roost is another birding travel portal
Birdtours contains yet more travel tales
Birds of Britain is a monthly web magazine
ARKive is a fantastic photo project
Species 2000 is a cool project
Steve Cheshire's British Butterflies
UK Moths has lots of images
Birding in London
London Wildweb
Birding in Ayrshire (an ancestral home)
Southern Africa Birding
Australian National Botanical Gardens
South Australian Dept of Environment
Australian Mammal Twitcher's Club
Cloud Forest Alive
UK Phenology Network
Natural History Book Store
Alfred Russel Wallace Page

Environmental
Envirolink
Environmental News Network
Green Links
Take the Next Step

Music

Afro Celts (we're big fans)
Womad
My Friend the Chocolate Cake
Paul Kelly
Lisa Gerrard
Radio Tower (access to Internet radio)

Natural Sounds
Listening Earth
Nature Songs
Sittelle
Guide to Animal Sounds on the Net

Fun 
Michael Leunig is a genius
Rate Beer is where the world tastes and votes
Twickenham Fine Ales  are our local brew
Sloth Web Site (the ultimate in tack!) 

Menu

Photo Albums

Borsuk Gallery
Please enjoy some of our photos at the Borsuk Smugmug Gallery (note that some galleries are password protected, so get in touch if you want to access them).

Poland
Some images from our June 2004 Trip

Trip Reports

Taiwan
Two free days in Taipei describes some brief birding around a work trip in August 2006. Postcards from Taipei is some snapshot memories of the city.

Bolivia
Let's Go Pig Hunting is an illustrated adventure covering three weeks in the lowlands of Bolivia in August 2005.

Poland
The Land of Bocian covers two spring visits to Poland in 2003 and 2004.
Poland species lists

Namibia
Rock Shandy Safari is an extended account of 16 days in Namibia in November 2003.
Namibian bird list
Namibian mammal list

Cyprus
Moufflons and Mousaka is a trip report of ten days on Cyprus in September 2002.
Cyprus species lists
Map

Ecuador
Meanders in the Manduro is a trip report of three weeks spent in Ecuador in September 2001.

Older Reports
Pura Vida Costa Rica is an illustrated report of two well-spent weeks in Costa Rica in April 2000.
It's a Red-vented Bulbul, Stupid! covers a two week trip to Sri Lanka over Easter 1999.
Bonjour Nancy describes a long weekend in the French Lorraine in May 1999.
Ten million sparrows can't be wrong is a report of a short visit to Beijing in November 1997.
In Search of the Flying Rhino is a birding trip report of a month on peninsular Malaysia in July 1996.
A Beginner's Guide to Birds of the Flinders Ranges.
A Grand 72 (and a half) Days Out is a bit of a travel saga concerning ten weeks in a small car and a small tent chasing wildlife around Australia in May and June of 1996.
Archived Australian mailing list posts on birding trips and survey reports.

More Words

Belgium
A-Z of Belgium is a slightly disrespectful tribute to living there.
Belgian beer tasting notes

Japan
Postcards from Japan is a list of snapshot memories of a week spent in Japan in August of 1996.

Guides
Where to find tourists in Australia, the essential guide

Soccer
A Scottish armchair fan goes through an incredibly complex series of emotions as he watches England's exit from the France 98 World Cup.
Results of the France 98 Tipping Competition.

All images and words are © Anita and Keith Martin
borsuk AT clara DOT co DOT uk