TRIP REPORTS

On Thursday evening, I was in a dilemma. I had driven from my home in Buckinghamshire to see a WRYNECK at Witley Reservoir (Gloucs) and a near-adult SABINE’S GULL at Upton Warren Flashes Pool (Worcs) and knew full well that a good seawatch was on the cards should the wind go round. Read more »

The usual ‘teachers week’ trip to Scilly comes round quicker every year. Expectations were again high with our ever growing group predicting all sorts of eastern and western vagrants. Wednesday 29th was to produce a bird we would not have predicted if we each had 50 guesses! Read more »

13th – 27th April 2008 – Washington state trip report, USA by H.Cook.  This trip came about because I was doing a weeks university work in the state of Washington, USA so I tagged a week on beforehand to get some birding in on what was for me, a new continent and country. I was limited by the fact I can’t drive so arranged to meet up with a local birder for a few of the days who I got in contact with through the birdingpal.org website. Luckily she could drive and I couldn’t wait for the trip to begin. Read more »

I would be lying if i said this was a birding trip as it was my honeymoon and i only left the hotel complex on organised trips on two occasions………… Read more »

Hong Kong, with its scarce land and dense population, may seem an unlikely place for bird-watching. But, as we discovered on our first visit in January 2007 (on a two night stop-over on our way to New Zealand), Hong Kong has around 450 species of birds - about one third of the total bird species found in China! Hardly surprising then that Hong Kong is becoming increasingly popular with both local and overseas bird-watchers.

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A short but entertaining holiday report on a fortnight in Greece by young Devon birder Joe Ray……  Read more »

As most of us look forwards to our October week on the magical islands that are the Scillies, more and more birders are heading for alternative (and probably cheaper!) October destinations. Regular contributor to Cornwall Birding, Chris Buckland, spent a week last October on the mediteranean island of Menorca……… Read more »

Recently spent a week in Mallorca staying at Ca’n Picafort on the Eastern side, unfortunately it wasn’t a birding holiday this one was strictly for my wife, with her choice of places to visit etc. I’d had two weeks in Spain in May so couldn’t really complain. The only proviso was I would have a day in S’ Albufera as I’d never been there and couldn’t miss this opportunity. Read more »

Eastern Spain, an area I’ve never visited but with a reputation for good birds got me thinking where to go and where to stay, this was soon settled when I found Olivaramatours on the internet. This is a bird tour/holiday company run by an English couple, Julian (Jules) and Amanda Sykes, in Oliva about half-way between Valencia and Alicante. Read more »

Portugal in November, what’s it like for birding? Having just got back from 2 weeks there I found it excellent, with good numbers and variety of birds in many areas along the Algarve.
I managed 133 species without trying to rattle up a large list, going more for photography and spending most of my time on this rather than birding, ending up with 72 species photographed, a best ever for me on a trip. Read more »

Read on for an excellent informative birding trip report to Spain in the first two weeks of May ’07. Superb photos of Spanish specialities included.

Recently back from an excellent two weeks in Spain, with plenty of quality birds and some photos – which was the main reason for the trip.
This time I decided to visit a few places I hadn’t been before and try for a couple of species I haven’t any photos of, i.e. El Planeron for Dupont’s Lark (with Sepulveda as a back-up) and a place I hadn’t heard of until my good friend Julian (Jules) Sykes put me onto it – Villafafila, for Great Bustard………. Read more »

Mallorca  - 9th to 14th May 07

Day one  - got up at first light and walked from the Hotel in Alcudia out towards the farm land that lies towards Polenca the first sightings were flocks of Fan-tailed Warblers followed by lots of Stonechats every were you looked there were chats and Fan-tailed Warblers.Was not long till I found my first Hoopoe, in an orange grove, with two more just up the road. Read more »

Lesvos – 10th May – 24th May 2007 by Mark Halliday

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My family and I stayed at the quiet holiday resort of Scala Kalloni, which is a great central location and probably has the greatest concentration of birds on the island around that area. Read more »

The weather in Cornwall today finally prompted me to do this trip report, wishing i was still there in the sunshine! First and foremost this was not a birding holiday. Read more »