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    Sal May 2018

    Hi Stephen, no photos, just my best guess of a juvenile which floated past !! Thanks for the tips, found most of your sites
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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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    Sal, Cape Verde, April 2018

    Thanks Stephen, I’ll start praying for rain !! Not !!!
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    Sal, Cape Verde, April 2018

    Good reports Stephen, can you post some directions to the different sewerage works, or any other sites of interest from the Riu Palace please, and roughly how far they are on foot. Thanks
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    Sal, Cape Verde, April 2018

    We're going to the Riu Palace in May, directions to some of your birding locations would be appreciated ?? Tropic birds would be a lifer for me. I'll keep tuned in to your posts, great info, thanks
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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

    Sorry, Laughing Dove at Kouklia !!! Thanks Dave !!!
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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

    Brilliant report !! Wish I'd carried on a bit further down the track by the bay, I found it but it seemed very quiet !! Could have been the time of year I expect a bit earlier than yours ! You at least confirmed some of my ticks !! Thanks
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    Cuba jan/feb 2017

    Hi, Pratincole, I looked in the woods by the Lunes when I was trying to find the sewerage works, but it was very quiet, probably too late in the morning. I found the poor dolphins instead, they sounded like they were crying, very sad. I'd like to try the Cays for the flamingos etc but the wife...
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    Cuba jan/feb 2017

    Paradise indeed !! I also succumbed to the lobster and pina colada !!!! 120 was a good score, I guess time of year helped ?? All the birders I spoke to where Canadian or Dutch. Wouldn't mind trying the cays one day ??
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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...
    • neilh
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    • Forum: Cuba
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    South Goa Nov 2016

    Hi. Wimpy, I took the Helm book Birds of Southern India, which proved quite adequate. I didn't go on any birding trips, just birded around the hotel and area for an hour after breakfast most days. Have a good trip it's a very special place.
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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

    Thanks, I'll swot up on my bird calls. I just realised Bayahibe is SE not SW of DR. Doh !!!!
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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 guys, I do hope to go again maybe next year and I'll note what you've told me !! Fantastic place, worth another go now that I've got a better feeling for the birds on show.
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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

    thanks, everybody, I'd better start swotting up
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    yucatan help

    Thanks Niels, that's a good start, at least I've somewhere to aim for. Now to start reading up on what I might see !!! Looks a bit daunting, but a good challenge, lots of 'what was that' I expect !!
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    yucatan help

    Thanks, Niels, I have a non-birding wife, so I guess I mean birding that I can d with in easy reach of the hotel. El Dorado Royale is where we're staying, looks like it's quite green from the photos !! We'll hopefully have a car for a few days and do the ruins. Any tips on areas to look at,and...
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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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