News & Reports

Birding Argentina is going to be even more of a pleasure now Mark Pearman’s guide is out!

Finally, in December 2020, Mark and his colleague Nacho Areta published Birds of Argentina and the South-west Atlantic (Helm Field Guides). The book has 2,300 images of original artwork and colour maps and covers a staggering 1085 species! Argentina is a great birding country and has finally reopened for tourism. This wonderful new guide by […]

UNCHARTED BRAZIL EXPEDITION TOUR REPORT 2021

Birdquest Life List increases to 10,550 thanks to recent tours and expeditions

Thanks to our latest tours and expeditions and a little help from splitting, the Birdquest Life List has now reached 10,550 bird species. Since the last update:   Many thanks to Eduardo Patrial and our pioneering Uncharted Brazil Expedition (February-March 2021) group members for finding a real mass of Birdquest Lifers including: Blue-eyed Ground Dove […]

Vaccination against Covid-19 is required for all Birdquest tour participants

It is in everyone’s interest that all our tour participants are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and for many countries entry for the unvaccinated is either forbidden or hemmed in with extra entry restrictions. Therefore, full vaccination against Covid-19 is required of all tour participants. All participants will be asked to produce proof of vaccination to […]

MADEIRA TOUR REPORT 2021

AZORES TOUR REPORT 2021

ULTIMATE UGANDA TOUR REPORT 2021

TANZANIA’S EASTERN ARC & PEMBA TOUR REPORT 2020

New: Uncharted Colombia Expedition in November-December 2021

We are operating a unique Uncharted Colombia Expedition from 29 November-18 December 2021. The expedition will explore the remote settlement of Inírida in far eastern Colombia adjacent to the Orinoco River, the rarely-visited Serranía de Perijá in northernmost Colombia, the Cartagena region and some rarely-visited Andean locations. Leader: Trevor Ellery. Numerous Colombian specialities will be […]

39 YEARS AND COUNTING – BIRDQUEST TALES FROM THE FIELD: Number 2

Just like Ian Lewis, my wife Sue and I have been Birdquesting for a long time – our first was to Turkey in 1985 and our most recent one, to Vietnam just before the pandemic broke in 2020, was number 91. The main reason for doing them is of course to see the birds particularly […]