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MOROCCO TOUR REPORT 2023
Morocco surely must be one of the best countries in the Western Palearctic to enjoy birding. Not only does it feature a hefty amount of endemic (sub)species, many of the target birds here are very enigmatic and much sought-after. Our tour this year took us through most of the country and it was a trip […]
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ANGOLA TOUR REPORT 2023
The magnificent Braun’s Bushshrike, the unique White-headed Robin-Chat, the captivating Angolan Cave Chat, the rare Brazza’s Martin and the alluring Red-crested Turaco were the favourites of our recent tour to Angola. Most people and birders have heard about Angola, but know very little about this country, torn by civil war. The older generation will remember […]
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Birdquest Guaranteed Departure Tours up to April 2024 with space still available
The following guaranteed departure tours up to May 2024 still had one or more spaces available as of the last check: (The tour start dates are given) COLOMBIA WITH A DIFFERENCE (17 January) CHINA IN WINTER (20 January) GUYANA & SURINAME (22 February) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PUERTO RICO & JAMAICA (25 or 31 March) ATLANTIC ODYSSEY […]
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ISLANDS OF THE SULAWESI SEAS (SULAWESI WITH A DIFFERENCE) TOUR REPORT 2022
“The 2022 Birdquest ‘Sulawesi With a Difference’ was the first opportunity to join this logistically challenging itinerary since 2011. We repeated or even exceeded the success of our previous trip, finding an excellent selection of some of the world’s least-seen birds. Of a possible 44 satellite island endemic species on itinerary, only three were unrecorded. […]
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GALAPAGOS TOUR REPORT 2023
The Galapagos archipelago is situated 1000 kilometres out into the Pacific Ocean off Ecuador. Our cruise around the key wildlife sites in these fantastic islands offers an amazing chance to experience some fabulously tame wildlife, with a big list of endemic birds as a great bonus! It also offers an outstanding chance for wildlife photography […]
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FALKLAND ISLANDS & SOUTH GEORGIA TOUR REPORT 2022
Well, I may as well cut straight to the chase… The 2022 Birdquest tour to Antarctica, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia did not exactly go to plan as sadly, our voyage had to be drastically altered before we ever reached Antarctica. The start of the 2022 Antarctic season saw an unusual amount of bad […]
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SOLOMON ISLANDS TOUR REPORT 2023
It had been a few years since our last tour around the Solomon Islands, an itinerary which is well-known to be logistically as well as physically, one of the more difficult in our programme! Well in both regards, this year’s tour lived up to its reputation! Fortunately, we had an adventurous group that were prepared […]
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INDONESIA’S LESSER SUNDAS TOUR REPORT 2023
Our first Birdquest to The Lesser Sundas for six years was a great success, with more than 100 taxonomy-dependant Tenggaran endemics amongst our healthy trip total of 249 species. There was no birding on Bali this time, apart from at the airport. Some of the top highlights this year included Timor Nightjar, Timor, Eucalypt and […]
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CLASSIC PAPUA NEW GUINEA (II) TOUR REPORT 2023
This amazing island is famous for the Birds-of-paradise! All birdwatchers who remotely interested in birding abroad will dream about visiting this very special island with Bird-of-paradise aka Bop’s. Especially who has seen Sir David Attenborough’s various films about these avian aristocrats. We have been running birding tours to this remote corner of the World for […]
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SULAWESI, MOROTAI & HALMAHERA TOUR REPORT 2023
The classic Sulawesi and Halmahera tour that I first knew back in 1999 has undergone several changes over the years and goes from strength to strength despite the constant human pressure on the habitat. It is now expanded to include Morotai, and this year operated with an extension to the Moluccan islands of Obi and […]
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