General birding
A young birder's trip to Cornell
Alex Chapman was this year's benefactor from a Cameron Bespolka Trust scholarship. Here he reflects on a memorable trip Stateside.
17/12/2019
Features
From east to west and from north to south, we bring you the best travel features, identifying where to go to give you the greatest chance of getting those all-important specialities on your list.
Migration
Georgia: Batumi's brilliant birds
Mike Henderson visited the Batumi Bird Festival in early September and was left in awe at the migration spectacular on show.
30/09/2019
Travel
Russia: exploring the Bering Strait and Wrangel Island
Rod Standing visited one of the planet's most pristine environments and was treated to a true wildlife spectacular.
14/09/2019
Travel
Spain: southern reaches
A whistle-stop tour of birding sites along the coast of Tarifa delivered raptor migration, seabirds, waders and some very rare encounters...
19/07/2019
Travel
Canada: spring spectacular at Long Point
Graham Gordon swapped Scilly for Ontario and was left astounded by the multitudes of stunning birds passing through one of Canada's...
24/05/2019
Features
Ecuador: secrets of the cloudforest
For its size Ecuador is the most biodiverse country on earth, yet the rich forests of the Andes continue to reveal new species –...
03/05/2019
Travel
Georgia and Armenia: spring in the Caucasus
Rod Standing and his brother Dom found the birding in these two countries to be some of the best they'd ever experienced.
20/04/2019
Travel
Dominica: life after Hurricane Maria
Rod Standing visited the Caribbean island of Dominica to see how its birdlife was faring 16 months on from the most devastating hurricane...
02/03/2019
Travel
Mongolia: the land that time forgot
Few places on this planet remain unscarred by development and habitat loss. In Mongolia, remote mountain ranges and steppe are isolated...
02/02/2019
Travel
South Africa in winter
Rod Standing visited South Africa's Southern Cape during the austral winter and found that there was plenty still to see, with a trip in...
11/01/2019
Travel
Seram: a gruelling hike for one of the world's most elusive birds
Seram Thrush is one of the hardest birds to see in the world, having been observed just a few times since its discovery in 1921. Ashley...
30/11/2018
General birding
A trip to Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Thanks to a scholarship from the Cameron Bespolka Trust, Elliot Monteith attended a young birders' event at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology...
02/09/2018
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