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NORTHWEST INDIA TOUR REPORT 2026
A highly successful Birdquest tour across northwestern India followed an extensive route through Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat before concluding with a short visit to Maharashtra. The main tour recorded 343 bird species and 14 mammals adding 49 species birds and two species of mammal on the short Kashmir extension. More importantly, we observed almost […]
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GUYANA & SURINAME TOUR REPORT 2026
The Guianan shield is surely one of the most diverse and colourful avifaunal regions in South America and this Guyana and Suriname tour offers the best this region has to offer. It is notably diverse with a high level of biological endemicity, which is comprehensively covered in this unfailingly interesting tour. As leaders typically opine, […]
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JAPAN IN WINTER TOUR REPORT 2026
Another great trip to Japan, with superb wildlife encounters from one end to the other. A mouth-watering list of birds led by the stars of Hokkaido: Red-crowned Crane, Steller’s Sea Eagle and Blakiston’s Fish Owls, while on Honshu we saw Copper and Green Pheasants, Solitary Snipe, Japanese Green Woodpecker, Japanese Waxwings and Japanese Accentor, and […]
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SENEGAL TOUR REPORT 2026
Our tenth Senegal ‘only’ tour (earlier tours combining with either The Gambia or Cape Verde) was definitely one of the most successful ones we’ve ran, with an astonishing amount of high-quality birds and a total of 345 species! It builds further on the foundation of Senegal as thé premier West African birding destination, especially for […]
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CAMBODIA & LAOS TOUR REPORT 2026
Cambodia and Laos host a series of very special birds, some (near) endemic, while others with wider ranges are exceedingly rare and/or very hard to find elsewhere. A series of regional endemics further adds to the flavour. The habitats of this tour are diverse, with subtropical mountain, limestone karst and lowland dry forests, riverine environs, […]
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SOUTHWEST CHINA TOUR REPORT 2026
This new tour, one of the first of its kind, focussed significantly on some of China’s most renowned bird hides, in Hainan, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces. It proved to be a great success, and a remarkable experience, allowing as it did, some incredible views of an amazing and dazzling selection of Chinese, Sino-Himalayan and other […]
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NEW ZEALAND TOUR REPORT 2025
This was a great tour characterised by pretty decent weather, managing to miss much of the rather rough and wet Spring that New Zealand had been battling. We had a great team of people, with some sharp eyes, and this always makes the trip easier for the Guide and generally results in some good days […]
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LIBERIA & SIERRA LEONE TOUR REPORT 2026
This was our first tour combining these two West African countries, which offer an excellent suite of localized Upper Guinea endemics including a few that are difficult to see outside of these countries! Being a first attempt, a few teething problems were inevitable, and we certainly had our share, but we managed to overcome them, […]
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CLASSIC BORNEO: SABAH TOUR REPORT 2025
Our 2025 Borneo Classic Birding Tour concluded in triumph, treating participants to extraordinary wildlife encounters across the island’s diverse habitats. We logged countless prized endemic birds, including the highly sought-after Bornean Bristlehead, Whitehead’s trio—Whitehead’s Trogon, Whitehead’s Broadbill and Whitehead’s Spiderhunter; Everett’s Thrush, Fruithunter, Bornean Stubtail, Mountain Serpent Eagle, Bare-headed Laughingthrush, and the uncommon Hose’s Broadbill, […]
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BORNEO: SABAH PHEASANTS & SARAWAK SPECIALITIES TOUR REPORT 2025
Building on last year’s highly acclaimed Malaysian Borneo itinerary—hailed as the most comprehensive of its kind—we revisited the same proven route this year. By following this well-tested, crowd-pleasing journey, we matched last year’s exceptional birding results, crafting another high-value experience for every participant. Our pre-tour and post-tour extensions once again exceeded expectations: we not only […]
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