Birdingneversleeps

Saturday 09 May 2026. Knepp with Otis (08:55-13:40): 2-3 Cuckoos heard, Stock Dove, Turtle Dove brief distant purr, 10+ introduced storks, 6 Red Kites, 3 Buzzards, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Jay, 11 Long-tailed Tits, 7 Chiffchaffs heard, 3 Blackcaps, 2 Garden Warblers, 2 ...

 Jardin and Rio Claro

Thursday 05 March 2026. We left Montezuma at 04:30 and drove down to the newly established Apia Birding Lodge. We arrived at the roadside rendezvous at 06:00 and after a short wait for the arrival of another group we were taken to feeding stations for Yellow-breasted Antpitta and then Chestnut Wood Quail and Ch...

 Central Andes and Montezuma

Saturday 28 February 2026. We left Manizales at 04:30 and drove up into Los Nevados National Park in the Central Andes to a cliff face at 4000m near Nevado Del Ruiz. We arrived before dawn to a biting wind, a Band-winged Nightjar coping better with the cold than we were. A

Tuesday 24 February 2026. Heavy overnight rain prevented any owling but fortunately it stopped before dawn. After an early (05:30) breakfast we headed up a narrow forest trail to a lookout tower where we scanned for an hour or two before being rewarded with a flyby and partly obscured landing of the hoped for Fuertes's Parrot. We birded above and around the lodg...

Tuesday 28 April 2026. Adur to Cuckoos Corner with Otis: 2 Stock Doves, 2 Oystercatchers, Skylark heard, single Sand Martin and Swallow flying N, Reed Warbler and Whitethroat heard and a Reed Bunting.

Wednesday 29 April 2026. Shoreham Fort/Boardwalk with Megan and Otis: 5 Ravens o...