News & Reports from Birdquest Birding Tours Worldwide

FINLAND & ARCTIC NORWAY TOUR REPORT 2023

Another successful Birdquest tour of Finland and northern Norway produced not only the great majority of target birds, but they were seen against the stunning backdrop of the “Land of the Midnight Sun” with its seemingly endless boreal forests, countless lakes, wet bogs, mighty rivers and partly snow-covered fells. Added to this was the opportunity […]

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NORTHEAST INDIA TOUR REPORT 2023

This year’s 18-day tour of Northeast-India, with its eight-day extension, proved to be a bird-filled, highly successful, adventure exploring the remote northeast corner of the Indian subcontinent. Nearly 500 species of birds, including most of the region’s specialties and other most wanted bird species, were seen. Our one-day visit to the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya […]

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SHOEBILLS & GORILLAS OF UGANDA TOUR REPORT 2023

Uganda is famously quoted as being the ‘Pearl of Africa’ and although neither Henry Morton Stanley nor Winston Churchill had birders and ecotourists in mind when they awarded the country this title, it is most certainly an appropriate one! Uganda is surely an essential destination for any world-travelling birdwatcher as it is home to the […]

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BEST OF WEST PAPUA TOUR REPORT 2023

The focus of this tour was the magical avifauna of the Vogelkop (the Bird’s Head), which constitutes the far western peninsula of the island of New Guinea. The main mountain range, the Arfaks, holds a magnificent range of superb endemics and the humid lowland forests are rich in localized goodies. Our adventure ended on the […]

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BEST OF COSTA RICA TOUR REPORT 2023

Our Best of Costa Rica tour was very successful. We were able to see a nice combination of all the major habitats of Costa Rica in a two-week itinerary and we managed to record 525 bird species. Among the many highlights during the tour, the Three-wattled Bellbird and the Resplendent Quetzal were the favourite birds […]

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SOUTH INDIA & ANDAMAN ISLANDS TOUR REPORT 2022

Over 100 Indian Subcontinent endemics and near-endemics were seen, out of a trip total of 314 species, during our latest tour of these popular South Asian destinations, including a clean-sweep on South Andaman. Numerous highlights included Painted Bush Quail, Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Nilgiri and Andaman Wood Pigeons, Malabar Imperial Pigeon, Andaman Crake, Andaman Serpent-Eagle, Andaman […]

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BIRDS & TIGERS OF NORTHERN INDIA TOUR REPORT 2023

This year’s ‘Birds and Tigers of Northern India’ tour again proved a great success with a feast of avian and mammalian delights. We followed the classic itinerary taking us from bird filled wetlands to semi-desert scrub, from dry savanna woodland and arable farmland to the verdant forested slopes and rushing torrents of the Himalayan foothills. […]

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JUAN FERNÁNDEZ ISLANDS EXPEDITION – A unique adventure in late 2024

Getting to Robinson Crusoe (formerly Más a Tierra) in the Juan Fernández archipelago is difficult enough, depending on an expensive and occasional air service (with a risk of delays during periods with low cloud), but getting to the far more remote Alejandro Selkirk (formerly Más Afuera) is a once-in-a-blue-moon opportunity! In late 2024, Birdquest has […]

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CLASSIC UGANDA TOUR REPORT 2023

Uganda is famously quoted as being the ‘Pearl of Africa’ and although neither Henry Morton Stanley nor Winston Churchill had birders and ecotourists in mind when they awarded the country this title, it is most certainly an appropriate one! Uganda is surely an essential destination for any world-travelling birdwatcher as it is home to the […]

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ALASKA TOUR REPORT 2023

Our 2023 tour to the land of the midnight sun, including Dutch Harbor, St. Paul Island, Nome, Kenai, the Denali Highway and Barrow was thankfully completed without a single hitch or cancellation. A late spring affected a number of our target species but did not stop us from seeing a fantastic selection of birds and […]

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