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Explore the latest news and birding tour reports from Birdquest.
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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WESTERN PACIFIC ODYSSEY TOUR REPORT 2023
The 2023 Western Pacific Odyssey (WPO) gave its participants some fantastic experiences. Rare, poorly known and Critically Endangered bird species were enjoyed by all, as were cetaceans, good weather and brilliant food. Unfortunately, the expedition did not run as smoothly as it could have, with an outbreak of COVID-19 on our ship the Heritage Adventurer […]
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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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