Sunday, 5 January 2020

Tuesday 31st December - .. a new decade is about to begin.

The last 10 years have been eventful and full of adventure. I have listed below 21 overseas trips which have been a mixture of guided tours and family holidays where for me the prime interest had been the birds. This year my world list passed the 4,000 mark, I have to guess that at the end of 2009 it would have been around 2000. I was lucky to have a year in 2014 in between jobs which allowed several trips. A recorded highlight from each is below.

May 2010 Georgia / Armenia
Grey-necked Bunting

July 2010 Uganda
Shoebill
Dec 2010 Sri Lanka
Indian Pitta
Apr 2011 Ghana
Nov 2011 Ethiopia

Prince Ruspoli's Turaco
Aug 2012 Ecuador

Giant Antpitta
Apr 2013 Zimbabwe
African Pied Kingfisher
Jan 2014 South Africa
White-bellied Korhaan
Mar 2014 Vietnam
The critically endangered White-eared Night Heron.
May 2014 Mongolia

Azure Tit
Jul 2014 Borneo
Helmeted Hornbill
Aug 2014 Australia
Oct 2014 Zimbabwe

Southern Carmine Bee-eater
Jul 2015 Botswana / Zambia

African Barred Owlet
Apr 2016 Venezuela

Harpy Eagle
Dec 2016 Australia

Plains Wanderer
Aug 2017 US/Canada
Blue Grouse
Jul 2018 Sumatra / Java
Oriental Bay Owl
Dec 2018 Zimbabwe
Osprey and African Fish Eagle
Feb 2019 Canaries
Cream-coloured Courser
May 2019 Taiwan
Swinhoe's Pheasant


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