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    Sal May 2018

    Just back from 2 weeks at the Riu Palace in Santa Maria on Sal. Not a birding holiday but I had a look round most days after breakfast. Thanks to Stephen Dunstan's earlier report I had an idea of what was about and where to look. The weather was cloudy and windy at times, but the sun was very...
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    St Lucia Feb 2018

    We stayed at Sandals Halcyon Beach resort for the last week of Jan and first week of Feb, not a birding holiday, but I kept my bins at hand and noticed what was about. We only had 2 trips out, one shopping (!!!) to Castries and one to the Millet Rainforest Trail (brilliant !), The weather was a...
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    Halkidiki Sept 2017

    Not a birding trip, just a fly and flop, with temperature peaking over 35 everyday not much chance to do much else !! 2 weeks at the Ikos Oceania at the top of the Kassandra peninsula, luxury indeed, I found a patch of scrub and small trees on a steep slope between the pool and the beach, I had...
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    Cyprus May 2017

    No a dedicated birding holiday but just a chance for some spring warmth !! We stayed at the Aphrodite Hills resort 20 minutes east of Paphos, a resort surrounded by an immaculate golf course, (they even blew the fallen leaves off the pitch every morning !!) I found a track on the south side of...
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    Cuba jan/feb 2017

    Staying in the north east of Cuba near Guadalavaca at the Paradisus Rio del Ora for the last week of Jan and first week of Feb 2017. Not a birding holiday but a chance for some warmth !!! 30 degrees and blue skies full of Turkey Vultures !! The hotel had well manicured grounds and was...
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    South Goa Nov 2016

    We spent the last two weeks of November at the Taj Exotica hotel in Benaulim, the weather was hot and sunny for the fortnight and the hotel one of the best in the world with a price tag to match !!! Not a birding holiday but a gentle taste of India (we'll be back), I gave my binoculars an airing...
    • neilh
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    • Forum: India
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    SE Dom. Rep. february 2016

    We stayed at the Dreams La Romana, a short walk from Bayahibe, for the first two weeks of February. It wasn't a birding holiday, but I settled the wife on a sunbed and did a circuit of the hotel perimeter most mornings. The gardens were immaculate and just outside the fence was the scrubby...
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    RFI Bayahibe in SW DR

    I will be visiting DR at the end of Jan, staying at La Romana in the SW of the island. I have a non-birding wife so will be birding mostly around the hotel and as far as I can walk !! Any tips ?? Firstly, how safe is it to bird outside the hotel grounds and is it worth hiring a car to see a...
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    Yukatan Feb 2015

    Thanks for all the posts of help I asked for, really useful. I just got back from 2 weeks at the El Dorado Hotel just south of Puerto Morleos, a superb hotel in extensive grounds. Whilst not a birding holiday (and with a non-birding wife !!) I took as many opportunities as I could. The grounds...
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    yucatan help

    We're considering Playa del Carmen, south of Cancun, in February for a holiday with a bit of birding. Anybody any advice ?? Do I need to take my scope ?? What's the best strategy for easy birding ??
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    Tenerife Nov 14

    By no means a birding trip, but we did hire a car and have a look around, so I thought might help to report. We stayed in Alcala on the west coast for 10 days, the weather was warm and sunny with some scattered cloud and a gentle breeze. Around the hotel was a small flock of Spanish Sparrows...
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    Kefalonia August 2014

    Just back from the first two weeks of August in Kefalonia. By no means a birding holiday, but we managed 42 species for the fortnight just by keeping our eyes open. We stayed in Lassi, 10 minutes from the airport, and hired a car for 5 days. The weather was hot, between 30 and 35, the first week...
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    Lake Garda In May

    We went to Lake Garda in the last week of May for 4 days staying in Torri del Benaco, half way up the east coast of the lake just at the start of the mountains. The woods behind the town looked good for birds but every road seemed to lead to a private estate so it was difficult to get into. I...
    • neilh
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    • Forum: Italy
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    Boa Vista, CV, in February 2014

    Just back from a week in Boa Vista staying in the south of the island at the Riu Touareg. Weather was mixed, alot of cloudy, windy days but warm. Hotel everything you could ask for, but nothing else on the island, not even roads !! The birds : Iago Sparrow in the airport arrivals was a good...
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    Lanzarote October 2013

    Not specifically a birding holiday, but we did want to look for Houbara Bustard having dipped in Fuerteventura in February. We stayed in Playa Blanca in the south of the island, the weather was good for the first 3 days then turned very windy and cloudy with the occasional heavy shower. We hired...
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    KOS - August 2013

    We stayed at the Oceanis in Psalidi for the first two weeks of August, it was hot !!! 35 plus most days but with a sea breeze to keep you from over heating, didn't see a single cloud. Birding was a challenge but good fun. The hotel was on the beach and the grounds had House Sparrow, Coll...
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    Side, Turkey

    I'm off on a family holiday to Side, south coast of Turkey in July, won't do any heavy birding, but i'll take my gear. Is there anywhere I should be going ??? I'll hire a car for a few days. Anybody got any thoughts on what I should be looking for ??
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    hi

    hi, i am a birder in lancashire, england
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