Malachite Kingfisher, Wadi Asha's Nature Reserve, Oman, November 2024
Desert Owl, Oman, November 2024
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Muntesar Oasis, November 2024
Black-billed Capercaillie from Terelj National Park, Mongolia, May 2024
Visiting a nesting colony of Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters during our Turkey tour really is a highlight. Just listening to the sound is amazing but when they all take flight... Wow!
Just a pair of Lammergeiers at a nest during our Mongolia tour! Nothing to see here..!!
Our finding of a drake Baer's Pochard at Buuntsaagan Lake caused a mini twitch during our Mongolia tour!
Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch from the MOngolica Hotel during our Mongolia tour.
This Ural Owl visited our camp in Terelj National Park during our Mongolia tour.
Red-crowned Crane from Hokkaido in Japan. This fantastic island is great for Middendorff's and Sakhalin Grasshopper Warblers, Spectacled Guillemot, Tufted Puffin, Sakhalin Leaf Warbler, Latham's Snipe and much more.
This Pleske's (Styan's) Grasshopper Warbler showed very well on Miyake-Jima during our recent Japan recce. It tok less than an hour to find Izu Robin, Izu Thrush, Japanese Woodpigeon, Ijima's Leaf Warbler and Owston's Tit..!!
Feeling quite elated at the King Penguin colony on the Falkland Islands, during our Epic Cape Horn Cruise in February 2024.
A phenomenal visit to the King Penguin colony on the Falkland Islands, during our Epic Cape Horn Cruise in February 2024.
Hooded Grebe from the Strobel Plateau on 12th February 2024. We are preparing a tour to see this fantastic species.
On both our 2022 West Papua trips we had superb views of Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise. Here's a little snippet of one chillin' at his display post....
Our Nov/Dec 2021 Oman tour struck gold with amazing views of this calling Desert Owl in a remote wadi near Salalah.
Another good reason to go to Yunnan, is to see the unbelievable Red-tailed Laughingthrush. The good news is that it is rather common......
Our Yunnan tour is like nothing else, as we visit numerous hides and feeding stations to get absolutely awesome views of many rare birds. You just dont get views of Grey Peacock-Pheasant like this out on the trails.