Finally, I've managed to pull all the strings together and am in The Swan (JD Wetherspoons) Pub in Weymouth having a steak and glass of wine before catching the National Express coach to the airport. The next time of writing should see me in foreign parts with some new bird photographs to publish, but for now here is another selection from the archive.
Giant AntpittaNazca Booby
Shining Sunbeam
Nile Crocodile
Banded Dotterel
Collared Trogon
Lava Heron
Pale-mandibiled Aracari
Cape (Pintado) Petrel
Great Thrush
White-capped Dipper
Toucan Barbet
Blue-footed Booby
Empress Brilliant
Grey-hooded Gull
Floreana Giant Tortoise
Inca (Green) Jay
Northern Giant Petrel
Blackburnian Warbler
White-fronted Tern