News & Reports

HAWAII TOUR REPORT 2022

“We met in Honalulu on a fine spring evening, all overjoyed […] within minutes we were watching a pair of rare Oahu Elepaio building their nest and affording superb views at eye-level as they unconcernedly went about their business in a small copse of trees. Next up was the other remaining island endemic, Oahu Amakihi. […]

BEST OF SULAWESI & HALMAHERA TOUR REPORT 2022

This year’s ‘Best of Sulawesi and Halmahera’ was the first to revisit the islands since the onset of the Covid- 19 pandemic. We were fortunate that travel restrictions had largely been lifted in Indonesia, so our travels went mostly without a hitch. Habitat degradation continues; however, it wasn’t too awful, and a few trails and […]

BRAZIL’S EASTERN AMAZONIA TOUR REPORT 2022

“Here we are back with Brazil’s Eastern Amazonia after the pandemic. A reformulated and extremely successful itinerary, covering only the state of Pará. The savannas (Cerrado) from Monte Alegre and a bit of varzea of its surroundings were the new deal, providing the stunning and localized Sulphur-breasted Parakeet and few other write-ins for this trip. […]

NORTHEAST INDIA TOUR REPORT 2022

FINLAND & ARCTIC NORWAY TOUR REPORT 2022

“This year’s Birdquest tour to Finland and Norway was again a great success. Not only did we find the great majority of target birds, but we were able to see them against the stunning backdrop of the “Land of the midnight sun” with its seemingly endless boreal forests, countless lakes, wet bogs, mighty rivers, partly snow-covered fells and […]

SHOEBILLS & GORILLAS OF UGANDA TOUR REPORT 2022

“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 incredible Shoebill, a […]

GABON’S LOANGO NATIONAL PARK TOUR REPORT 2022

“This was a new tour to the Birdquest repertoire with the aim of seeing one of Africa’s ultimate birds, the much-wanted African River Martin. This is a nomadic and unpredictable species that breeds in coastal Gabon but apparently not in exactly the same places every year making seeing it a little bit of a challenge! The tour was […]

ULTIMATE UGANDA TOUR REPORT 2022

REMOTE ISLANDS OF THE BANDA SEA, INDONESIA TOUR REPORT 2022

Our Banda Sea adventure in September-October 2022 was a great success, turning up all the currently-recognized endemic bird species of the islands, whatever the taxonomic authority followed. Not only did we do very well with the endemics, but we also had a great selection of seabirds including such rarities as Aleutian Tern, Red-tailed Tropicbird, Matsudaira’s […]

BEST OF GHANA TOUR REPORT 2022