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    Fuegian Snipe: Chile, March 2025

    A few of us are trying to get together to see Fuegian Snipe ahead of the Atlantic Odyssey in 2025 (AO starts 23 March so this would be in the week before). Following discussions with the boat operator, we have the following: Charter tour 4 days / 3 nights Date: March 2025 Maximum 10 passengers...
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    Uganda and Rwanda: 1 to 22 June 2024

    Highlighting this tour with Birding Africa is guaranteed to go ahead: Rwanda – Birding Africa Likely to be a rare opportunity to visit these countries as part of a small group, and with Africa's finest guide, Michael Mills. Contact details via the above link. Best regards Mike
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    Colorado 'chicken run': April 2024

    Hi Been on the radar for years but I'm finally going to do the Colorado 'chicken run'. Two of the chickens require some planning, and Lesser Prairie Chicken has very few remaining slots already for lek viewing for the 2024 season for individual visits. I've booked one slot on 24 April (the...
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    Be careful travelling in Gabon - we were detained by the authorities for 9 days!

    Hi all I've posted a series of linked tweets on X / Twitter explaining what happened during our trip to Gabon (Sept to early Oct 2023). https://x.com/MikeeDeedee/status/1711007958916571627?s=20 Hopefully those interested will be able to access the tweets but if not I can elaborate on this...
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    LATE AVAILABILITY FOR ONE PERSON - Sao Tome and Principe 6 to 15 Sept 2023

    One spot available for our privately organised trip to Sao Tome and Principe (international arrivals 6 Sept; international departures 15 Sept or evening of 14 Sept) Two exceptional leaders: Callan Cohen (Birding Africa) and Martim Mello (local expert who has studied the birds of ST & P and...
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    Atlantic Odyssey - (23 March to 24 April 2025)

    A friend and I are booked on Oceanwide's Atlantic Odyssey in 2024 (28 March to 28 April) [now moved to 2025, see post below] https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/antarctica/cruises/hds31-24-atlantic-odyssey-excl-antarctic-peninsula...
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    India - April 2023 (Bharatpur area and River Chambal)

    Happy new year to BF members. I'm going to Eaglenest (NE India) on a birding trip and ahead of that I'm looking to have a few days in the Delhi area, from 9 to 14 April (some flex). Key targets are: Indian Courser, Indian Skimmer, Black-bellied Tern, Sand Lark Itinerary could be something...
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    Has anyone noticed their NL Pure binoculars misting up?

    Hi all I'd be grateful for any views and feedback from members on whether they have found their NL Pure binoculars misting up on use. Some background first. I'm a keen world birder and have used Swarovski binoculars for at least 15 years. More recently I was fortunate to be able to spend three...
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    Azerbaijan - end Feb 2023 for a week (Siberian Crane, Caspian Tit, White-winged Redstart)

    Hi I've planned this trip around the spring northbound Siberian Crane - the main target - but aiming to see Caspian Tit and White-winged Redstart too. I was doing this week long trip with my wife but as she must now work I can open it up as a birding trip. I've not yet booked flights and...
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    Falcon in Teesside

    An odd-looking juvenile falcon was at Dorman's Pool, Tees Marshes, this morning. The bird was quite some distance off and the heat haze intense. The bird flew in low at 09:45 and sat on the ground for 10 mins, before taking off, scattering the waders on nearby Saltholme RSPB, before flying back...
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    Corsica: 7 to 14 June

    Not very exciting this one but I'm in Corsica targeting the two endemics (citril finch & nuthatch) as well as Moltoni's & Marmora's Warblers, Mediterranean Flycatcher and other stuff, if anyone wanted to team up. Mike
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    Oman birding trip - November 2021

    Anyone fancy a week to 10 days in Oman? I'm going 6 or 7 November. Accessible to Brits and some good birds (listed below). Logistics are straightforward, pick up car, and drive. Most birds seem straightforward. The trickiest is Omani Owl and that will take some effort (and staying out...
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    Mexico (west) - Nov / Dec 2021 (3 or 4 weeks)

    It's tough being in the UK looking at foreign birding trips with the highly restrictive traffic light system in place. Mexico has been consistently amber, and is a really good birding destination. I'm looking at western Mexico for three or four weeks in November / December this year. I'm at the...
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    Pelagics in Azores looking for Monteiro's Storm-petrel (5 to 10 Aug)

    We are three heading for Azores 5 to 10 August. We have booked two pelagics, a place to stay (which accommodates 5). We fly from Manchester but plenty of options from other UK airports and indeed from Europe. We were 5 but two of the crew are regrettably not yet double-vaccinated, a requirement...
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    8 days in Thailand - May 2020

    Hi I'm in Thailand taking advantage of another stop-off, from 9th to 16th May (8 days' birding). I'll be mainly targetting Eared Pitta at their key sites of Khao Yai and Kaeng Krachan National Parks. But there's loads of good birds:Blue Pitta, Coral-billed Ground-cuckoo, White-fronted...
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    Transit birding: Kuala Lumpur and Singapore

    I'm wrapping a birding destination around each end of a birding tour. If anyone would like to join a leg you'd be more than welcome. Bukit Tinggi, near Kuala Lumpur - 14 Sept 2019 Key birds: Mountain Peacock-pheasant; Ferruginuous Partridge; Rail-babbler; Pin-tailed Parrotfinch. By hire car...
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    Japan: Amami and Okinawa

    If ayone is around from 13th to 18th April 2020 I'm planning on visiting Amami and Okinawa. Some great birds on these two islands. Amami - Amami Woodcock, Robin, Thrush, and (White-backed) Woodpecker, Lidth's Jay Okinawa - Okinawa Rail, Robin and Woodpecker, Japanese Scops-owl Plus Japanese...
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    Cape Verde - Spring 2019

    Hi BF My wife and I are contemplating a trip to Cape Verde in the spring of 2019. Probably 10 days targetting all key birds. The main logistical challenge with any such trip is getting to see Raso Lark. Initial enquiries with local guides have identified two general options: 1. A small boat...
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    Galapagos

    Not necessarily about wanting trip companions, but I've booked a trip to Galapagos with G Adventures from 27 October to 12 November 2018: https://www.gadventures.co.uk/trips/complete-galapagos-yolita/3754/ It goes to all the key islands so all endemics and key birds are accessible (except...
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    Spoon-billed Sandpiper in Thailand

    My wife and I have two full days in Thailand looking for waders, on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th November. Main targets are Spoon-billed Sandpiper and 'White-faced' Plover, though I'm also keen to see Asiatic Dowitcher and Nordmann's Greenshank having not seen either for nearly 20 years. If...
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    Sri Lanka - using a local agent and the best guide out there

    My wife and I are booking a 12 day tour in December 2015, with Birdwing nature, and with Amila Salgado, widely regarded as currently the best birding guide in Sri Lanka. http://www.birdwingnature.com/birding_birdwing.html I've got a detailed itinerary I can forward on (please pm me with your...
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    Turkey - Western Brown Fish Owls

    My wife and I are visiting Turkey from 27 June to 13 July. We'd like to see Brown Fish Owl if we could. I've been in touch with Oscan who runs Vigotour (https://www.vigotour.com/en/things-to-do-activities/brown-fish-owls-tour-at-green-canyon-near-manavgat-28.html) and who has successfully...
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    Help! Suggested cameras please...

    I'm going to Ethiopia in under three weeks and would like to do some digiscoping with the new Swarovski 95mm scope. I'd be really grateful for some advice from the many experts on here: 1. If I were to buy a DCB II, what top three digi-cameras would people recommend? [I don't want to lug an...
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    Ethiopia - 16 days (Dec 13 to Jan 14) - Anyone interested

    My wife and I are going to Ethiopia which will give us 16 full days in the field, about right to do the main circuit. We are using a local guide and driver and targeting the endemics plus other key birds such as Somali Courser and Arabian Bustard. The local guide is well regarded but not as...
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    WANTED: A guide to the Birds of Wallacea

    Anyone like to sell me a copy of Coates' and Bishop's "A Guide to the Birds of Wallacea: Sulawesi, The Moluccas and Lesser Sunda Islands" or let me know where I might buy a copy? Thanks Mike Hunter [email protected]
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