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JUAN FERNÁNDEZ EXPEDITION REPORT 2024
Almost all birders have remote islands at the ‘End of the World’ that they dream of visiting, and I am no exception. I have been lucky enough to travel all over Chile, including travelling to offshore islands as remote as Carlos III in the southern fjords, Cape Horn and even the far-flung Diego Ramirez group, […]
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CLASSIC SUMATRA TOUR REPORT 2025
This year’s Classic Sumatra tour focused on three major birding hotspots on this Indonesian island: the lowlands of Way Kambas NP and the hills and mountains of Kerinci-Seblat NP, in particular Tapan Road and Gunung Kerinci. Though this year turned out to be hard work and the weather wasn’t always on our side, we still […]
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BEST OF THE TIBETAN PLATEAU TOUR REPORT 2025
This ‘Best of China’s Tibetan Plateau’ tour to Xizang and Qinghai, proved a great success with a good range of Tibetan Plateau specialities plus many other highly desirable birds. The list of special birds included the much sought after Lord Derby’s Parakeet as well as Tibetan Eared Pheasant, Buff-throated Monal-Partridge, Giant and Tibetan Babaxes, Brown-cheeked […]
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ALASKA TOUR REPORT 2025
Wow, just wow!! Are there enough superlatives to describe Alaska!? The scenery was simply awesome, the birding was brilliant and the selection of ‘dream’ mammals we saw was beyond any of our expectations! To say that Alaska once again delivered is an understatement. It really is a superb destination for anyone with an interest in […]
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FINLAND & ARCTIC NORWAY TOUR REPORT 2025
This well-established Finland & Arctic Norway tour has, over the years, become a very efficient clean-up of the special birds that inhabit the endless boreal forests, countless lakes, wet bogs, mighty rivers, partly snow-covered fells and rugged coast of the Arctic Ocean. This year, we once again were successful in finding a very high proportion […]
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KENYA SPECIALITIES TOUR REPORT 2025
Well what can one say about Kenya? It is a country absolutely packed with bird diversity! New species come thick and fast and there always seems to be more to look for just around the corner! Our tour was not a standard Kenya tour, but instead was designed to focus on the species that one […]
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KUNLUN MOUNTAINS & TARIM BASIN, WEST CHINA EXPEDITION REPORT 2025
The highest parts of the Tibetan Plateau, around the wild and remote Kunlun Range at its northern periphery, are not an easy area to bird in. Both remote and very high, it attracts a special kind of individual who loves birding off the beaten track, the chance to see some remarkable mammals, some in […]
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SAUDI ARABIA TOUR REPORT 2025
This was only the second time Birdquest had visited Saudi Arabia! Following our last tour to Yemen back in 2009, many of the special birds of the Arabian Peninsula were not available for birders! Things are constantly changing though and the once mythical Saudi Arabia opened up for western tourism just a few years ago […]
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NORTHEAST INDIA TOUR REPORT 2025
This comprehensive, bird-filled 25-day tour of Northeast India proved to be a highly successful exploration of this remote corner of the Indian subcontinent on which we observed over 520 species of birds, including most of the region’s specialties and other highly desired bird species. Our one-day pre-tour extension to Meghalaya rewarded us with the range-restricted […]
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BIRDS & TIGERS OF NORTHERN INDIA TOUR REPORT 2025
This year’s ‘Birds and Tigers’ tour to Northern India again proved a great success with a plethora of avian and mammalian delights. The classic itinerary took 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. The tour […]
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