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CENTRAL ASIA TOUR REPORT 2025
Spring in the Palearctic is a joyous time for birding and that is exactly what our tour to Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan was all about. Most of the birds we encountered were in spring mood (song) or in luxuriant breeding plumage. We visited a variety of habitats, including deserts, semi deserts, steppe, marshes and lakes, […]
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TEXAS TOUR REPORT 2025
Despite what you might read in the media about travelling in the USA at the moment, we had a great time on the 2025 Birdquest tour of the Lone Star State, met some fabulous people, saw some awesome scenery and racked up an impressive 333 species (of which only 5 were heard only), miles ahead […]
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WESTERN MEXICO TOUR REPORT 2025
Put simply, our 2025 tour to Western Mexico was once again a brilliant success! With just the odd tweak here and there, our well-established Western Mexico tour has, over the years, become a very efficient clean-up (or nearly!) of the many regional specialities that this fantastic part of Mexico has to offer. This year, we […]
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CLASSIC COLOMBIA TOUR REPORT 2025
The 2025 Classic Colombia tour was once again a comprehensive sample of all that Colombia has to offer. We criss-crossed the country taking in the three Andean ranges, the Cauca and Magdalena Valleys, the endemic rich Santa Marta massif and the semi-deserts of the Guajira. We targeted a host of mouth-watering endemics and specialities with […]
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NEW POSITION AVAILABLE: Part-Time Travel Administrator
We are looking to take on another part-time Travel Administrator to work in our tour operator offices near Clitheroe in Lancashire. The position will suit someone looking to work between 15-25 hours per week, and there can be some flexibility as regards the number of days worked each week and the number of hours on […]
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SOLOMON ISLANDS TOUR REPORT 2024
The Solomon Islands is well-known as one of the logistically and physically toughest tours in our programme! In both regards, this year’s tour lived up to its reputation, and this was compounded further by the fact that Pete, who started out as the leader, was floored by a trapped nerve, resulting in me flying out […]
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JAMAICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC & PUERTO RICO TOUR REPORT 2025
A tour that delivers far more than expected and certainly the very best that nature has to offer, this Greater Antilles tour delivers a continuous swirl of endemics and birding spectacles. We recorded 217 species in total, of which 96 are endemic to the Caribbean region with a high number of subspecies endemic to the […]
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PHILIPPINES OFF-THE-BEATEN-TRACK TOUR REPORT 2025
Our latest biennial tour of some of the less well visited Philippine islands was another smooth-running success. Out of a total of around 258 species, we found no fewer than 136 strict Philippine endemics (taxonomy-dependent). The many specialities on this year’s Philippines With A Difference included: Philippine Duck, Philippine Frogmouth at the nest, 4 endemic […]
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ULTIMATE VIETNAM TOUR REPORT 2025
Vietnam is one of the most bird-rich countries in South-East Asia as it has a great variety of habitats from coastal mudflats and lowland rainforests to misty forests in higher altitudes reaching above 3100m asl. at Fansipan which is the highest point of Indochina. As usual we were birding as many habitats and regions of […]
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BHUTAN TOUR REPORT 2025
Our Bhutan tour this year was a wonderful trip, with a new improved itinerary that produced great results. So good to return to the forests and mountains in this land of avian plenty. For me personally it was something of a return pilgrimage, my last visit being over six years previously, and this was my […]
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