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TRIP REPORTS

Svalbard
June 2026

Our tour began in the old mining town of Longyearbyen tucked deep into a fjord on the west coast of Svalbard and there was time to explore and do some urban birding which here meant breeding Purple Sandpipers, Eider and Barnacle Geese on the verges…

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Vietnam – Dragonflies
May 2026

Our 14 day dragonfly tour of North Vietnam started and finished in Hanoi. We visited 5 main areas with stops at suitable locations on route. We timed our tour to optimise the highest number of available spring species and allowed plenty of time at each location for photography…

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Spain – Extremadura
May 2026

Extremadura is perhaps the best region in Spain for birding. Situated inland in the southwest of the country, the landlocked region butts onto the border of Portugal to the west. Over 300 bird species are recorded annually, and it has the most numerous numbers of individual birds…

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Greece – Lesvos
May 2026

Our now famous, spring tour to the magical island of Lesvos, Greece was once again a wonderful insight into the northward spring migration of birds from Africa heading up to their breeding ground in northern Europe. Our week in May was a little later than we…

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Northern Greece
April 2026

Our inaugural tour of the amazing region was a great success and began around the saltpans of Thessaloniki where Flamingos shimmered, waders massed and a variety of terns fed along the shore before our first few days around the magical Lake Kerkini…

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Bhutan
April 2026

Our Bhutan tour actually started in north east India; we all met in Guwahati in a nice hotel before heading to the border with Bhutan. A quick stop on the way for the range restricted Greater Adjutant was well worth seeing. Once we arrived at the border…

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Costa Rica
March 2026

Our Ultimate Tour was another resounding success and we conducted a figure of eight tour around the northern half of this amazingly diverse country. During that time we experienced almost 500 bird species and a wealth of invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, mammals and botany…

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Japan
February 2026

We began in Tokyo and even managed some time in the local Port Park before starting the tour officially which gave everyone the chance to see some of the familiar Japanese birds before we boarded the Shinkansen the following day to travel to Karuizawa…

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Bulgaria & Romania
February 2026

Our winter visit to Romania and Bulgaria took to areas around the Black Sea and Danube Delta. We started off the tour with a little snow and chilly winds, but well prepared it wasn’t a problem and we were soon stopping at wetlands where big flocks of Black-necked Grebes were seen along side Smew and our first big flights of geese…

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Serbia
January 2026

A snow-blanketed Serbia greeted tour participants as they arrived in Belgrade and provided a wintery backdrop to our days in this wonderful country. Heading north from Belgrade on the tour’s first day…

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Serbia
December 2025

Our tour began, as it always does, at the start of the 90 minute drive from Serbia’s historic capital Belgrade northwest to the city of Novi Sad. On the way, we were treated to Serbian history stories over the mic by our very knowledgeable and extremely…

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West Papua
September 2025

We began in Tokyo and even managed some time in the local Port Park before starting the tour officially which gave everyone the chance to see some of the familiar Japanese birds before we boarded the Shinkansen the following day to travel to Karuizawa…

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Borneo
June 2025

We began in the west and explored Koto Kinabalu and then the mighty mountain itself discovering a wealth of species in the misty jungle. It was a great introduction to the wildlife wealth of the country including endemic Whitehead’s Trogon, Broadbill and Spiderhunters…

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Svalbard
June 2026

Our tour began in the old mining town of Longyearbyen tucked deep into a fjord on the west coast of Svalbard and there was time to explore and do some urban birding which here meant breeding Purple Sandpipers, Eider and Barnacle Geese on the verges…

Read More »

Vietnam – Dragonflies
May 2026

Our 14 day dragonfly tour of North Vietnam started and finished in Hanoi. We visited 5 main areas with stops at suitable locations on route. We timed our tour to optimise the highest number of available spring species and allowed plenty of time at each location for photography…

Read More »

Spain – Extremadura
May 2026

Extremadura is perhaps the best region in Spain for birding. Situated inland in the southwest of the country, the landlocked region butts onto the border of Portugal to the west. Over 300 bird species are recorded annually, and it has the most numerous numbers of individual birds…

Read More »

Greece – Lesvos
May 2026

Our now famous, spring tour to the magical island of Lesvos, Greece was once again a wonderful insight into the northward spring migration of birds from Africa heading up to their breeding ground in northern Europe. Our week in May was a little later than we…

Read More »

Northern Greece
April 2026

Our inaugural tour of the amazing region was a great success and began around the saltpans of Thessaloniki where Flamingos shimmered, waders massed and a variety of terns fed along the shore before our first few days around the magical Lake Kerkini…

Read More »

Bhutan
April 2026

Our Bhutan tour actually started in north east India; we all met in Guwahati in a nice hotel before heading to the border with Bhutan. A quick stop on the way for the range restricted Greater Adjutant was well worth seeing. Once we arrived at the border…

Read More »

Costa Rica
March 2026

Our Ultimate Tour was another resounding success and we conducted a figure of eight tour around the northern half of this amazingly diverse country. During that time we experienced almost 500 bird species and a wealth of invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, mammals and botany…

Read More »

Japan
February 2026

We began in Tokyo and even managed some time in the local Port Park before starting the tour officially which gave everyone the chance to see some of the familiar Japanese birds before we boarded the Shinkansen the following day to travel to Karuizawa…

Read More »

Bulgaria & Romania
February 2026

Our winter visit to Romania and Bulgaria took to areas around the Black Sea and Danube Delta. We started off the tour with a little snow and chilly winds, but well prepared it wasn’t a problem and we were soon stopping at wetlands where big flocks of Black-necked Grebes were seen along side Smew and our first big flights of geese…

Read More »

Serbia
January 2026

A snow-blanketed Serbia greeted tour participants as they arrived in Belgrade and provided a wintery backdrop to our days in this wonderful country. Heading north from Belgrade on the tour’s first day…

Read More »

Serbia
December 2025

Our tour began, as it always does, at the start of the 90 minute drive from Serbia’s historic capital Belgrade northwest to the city of Novi Sad. On the way, we were treated to Serbian history stories over the mic by our very knowledgeable and extremely…

Read More »

West Papua
September 2025

We began in Tokyo and even managed some time in the local Port Park before starting the tour officially which gave everyone the chance to see some of the familiar Japanese birds before we boarded the Shinkansen the following day to travel to Karuizawa…

Read More »