Mallorca Birdwatching Trip Report – Sept 2022

If you are wanting to experience Mediterranean birdwatching then you need look no further than the island of Mallorca. Set in the northern Mediterranean off the coast of Spain, Mallorca is a great place to ‘cut your teeth’ with species associated with the Mediterranean area. We normally go in the last week of April or […]

Autumn Migrants Tour – Sept 22

The weather wasn’t great for our day tour today with showers and drizzle most of the morning followed by wind and fog in the afternoon! However, we still managed 73 species including 16 types of wader! The tide was still high at Hayle first thing so we started at Lelant Saltings where the waderfest began. […]

Private Tour for Two – August 2022

A last minute booking a few days ago meant we got a full morning with Sennen and Mike in Cornwall. We headed for an early sea-watch at Pendeen as Sennen was keen to see Shearwaters. We didn’t bother with Porthgwarra as there were already a large crowd there and as a novice birder, this could […]

Spring Tour in West Cornwall

April 24th 2022 Seven guests joined Paul on a tour in search of spring migrants and summer visitors this morning. Meeting at 8am, we started the day with a flyover Sparrowhawk before we even got in the minibus! Our day started proper at Nanquidno Valley in the far west of Cornwall. This beautiful valley is […]

West Cornwall Tour for Two

Thursday 14th April 2022 We enjoyed a fantastic day on Thursday 14th April when we were joined on a west Cornwall tour by American birders Beata and Alex. Paul picked up the couple and their guest from Trevore Farm, St Buryan and the birding started immediately `with singing Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Dunnock, Blackbird […]

Scilly 2021 October Tour

23rd to 30th October 2021 Day 1 Our annual pilgrimage to Scilly saw a depleted group of just five of us on the magical Isles for our ‘teachers week’ Tour. We arrived on the first flight to St Mary’s and after dropping the bags off headed off across the island stopping as usual to check […]

Private Tour for Two

Godrevy and St Gothian Sands to start us off….. The weather was a bit unkind to us for our full day tour on 19th January with Mike and Denny. We managed to avoid the rain first thing at Godrevy and Gwithian but sadly no Choughs again on the headland. We did however, find a smart […]

Weekend Tour in west cornwall

The Hayle estuary produced the goods again, with Semipalmated Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank and Great Whit Egret amongst the highlights!