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There are thousands of great birding hot-spots around the world. Find out which ones offer what you're looking for with our travel features.

Migration

Fair Isle diary: May 2024

Jonnie Fisk reports on a thrilling month birding Shetland's premier migration hot-spot.

04/07/2024

World of Birds Holidays

Sri Lanka

• 26 March to 5/6 April (dependant on final flight schedule) • £2,300 (including flights) • Island endemics and other Subcontinent...

20/05/2024

World of Birds Holidays

Herzegovina: spring migration along the Adriatic Flyway

• 18-25 May 2025 • £1,695 not including international flights • Rock Partridge, Sombre Tit, Red-footed Falcons and other migrants

10/05/2024

Features

The Gambia: river of plenty

The Gambia has been on the agenda for travelling birders for decades. On a recent visit, Kit Day found it to be as productive as ever, and...

21/01/2024

Travel

World of Birds 2024

Read our FREE digital guide featuring South Africa, Central Asia and Jamaica, as well as a closer look at some of the world's most...

16/01/2024

World of Birds Holidays

Brazil: remote Amazon

• 30 August-15 September 2024 • £5,295 not including flights (single cabin: £1,500) • Harpy Eagle, Sunbittern, Capuchinbird and more

30/04/2023

Destinations guide

Feel Sabah through birding

With a such a wide range of exciting bird families being found here, any time spent in the field in Sabah is likely to yield some wonderful...

14/02/2023

World of Birds Holidays

World of Birds 2023

Read our digital supplement featuring Tasmania, Colombia, migration spectacles and 10 of the world's top birds.

15/12/2022

Migration

Autumn migration in Saudi Arabia

After an eventful spring, Graham Gordon found September and October to be just as productive in the Arabian desert.

23/10/2022

Travel

Canadian classics

Canada is home to some of the most beautiful birds in the world. Fortunately, the country is easy accessible through the eTA application...

30/03/2022

Migration

Spring migration in Saudi Arabia, part two

Graham Gordon concludes his summary of a memorable season surveying in the Arabian desert.

27/12/2021

Migration

Spring migration in Saudi Arabia, part one

Graham Gordon was drafted in to spend several weeks surveying in the Arabian desert earlier this year, where migrant birds enthralled him...

18/12/2021

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