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SEYCHELLES, MAURITIUS, RODRIGUES & RÉUNION TOUR REPORT 2024
The islands of the Seychelles, Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion located in the western Indian Ocean are the true paradise islands of the imagination offering exotic holidays on palm-fringed beaches lapped by turquoise seas. They are also one of the world’s main centres of bird extinctions with at least 30 species of birds, plus a whole […]
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NORTHERN PERU TOUR REPORT 2024
Our recent Northern Peru tour was a very special tour, where we got great sightings of the main specialties and stars of the tour, as well we were quite lucky to connect with some major rarities like Pink-throated Brilliant, White-faced Nunbird and Ecuadorian Seedeater and some Birdquest Lifers too. During the main tour with the […]
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CLASSIC MADAGASCAR TOUR REPORT 2024
The 2024 Birdquest Classic Madagascar tour was an epic journey in every possible respect. As we trundled out of the capital in the half-dawn light of our first early morning, a banner above the road proclaimed ‘que l’aventure commence’ (let the adventure start).This banner could not have been more prophetic, as we set out on […]
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SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA & TASMANIA TOUR REPORT 2024
The 2024 Birdquest Southern Australia & Tasmania tour recorded our second highest total on this itinerary, a very respectable 324 species but more importantly this included a whopping 265 ‘diamond’ birds (either Australian endemics or seen on few other Birdquest tours). In fact, 35 of these are ‘double diamond’ birds, not available on any other […]
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OMAN & BAHRAIN TOUR REPORT 2024
Birdquest’s fifteenth tour of Oman and Bahrain once again proved to be an enjoyable one in a safe and friendly country with stunning landscapes, interesting food and amazing birdlife. We recorded a total of 240 taxa of which 51 were Birdquest “diamond” species (regional specialities) as well as an exciting mix of seabirds, shorebirds, and […]
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HUNGARY’S HORTOBÁGY IN AUTUMN TOUR REPORT 2024
This is the shortest Birdquest tour, it is just a weekend birding! Even such a short tour has much to offer as visiting the Hortobágy National Park in the autumn is a great spectacle with many thousands of ducks, geese and cranes! After a few years gap in 2024 we returned to Hungary’s World Heritage […]
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SULAWESI, MOROTAI & HALMAHERA TOUR REPORT 2024
The number of bird species in these far-flung Asian islands continues to increase exponentially and, during our latest epic journey through the region, we were able to amass a record total of 325; around 145 of which are endemic. Some of the more memorable highlights during this unique tour were: Maleo, Moluccan Megapode, Moluccan Drongo-Cuckoo, […]
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SOCOTRA TOUR REPORT 2024
This, our fifth expedition to the remote island of Socotra, positioned far off the Horn of Africa in the Indian Ocean, proved highly successful. All 10 endemic bird species were seen plus numerous endemic reptiles and plants, and some great sea birding brought us thousands of Persian Shearwaters, hundreds of Socotra Cormorants, few Jouanin’s Petrels […]
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FIJI, SAMOA & COOK ISLANDS TOUR REPORT 2024
Our usual tour to New Caledonia, Fiji and Samoa was not possible to run in 2024 because of the unrest and security situation on New Caledonia. However, a reduced shorter tour was possible to do, and we explored Fiji and Samoa and the Cook Islands were also visited by some of us! These islands hold […]
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GABON TOUR REPORT 2024
The undisputed highlight of our Gabon tour was the unique African River Martin. On previous tours we usually saw this species on migration, sometimes in flocks, but never at the colony like we managed now. Spending an unforgettable hour with these truly unusual-looking birds displaying, interacting, digging and formation flying was an unbelievable experience. We […]
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