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Oriole Birding

Name: Oriole Birding
Address: Fakenham, NR210, GB
Telephone: +448009993036
Price range: ££
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Oriole Birding offer birdwatching and wildlife holidays Worldwide, including a comprehensive range of UK birding tours specialising in Norfolk.
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29/07/2024

Another astonishing day of wildlife in the Pantanal, Brazil

28/07/2024

Top class Jaguar action today on the Cuiabá river in Brazils Pantanal. The best place on earth to see this truly magnificent cat

Check out our tour for next year here https://www.oriolebirding.com/tour/brazil-pantanal-cerrado/

27/07/2024

Incredible views of Ocelot from a hide for our Brazil tour group today at SouthWild Pantanal lodge. The Pantanal is known for its Jaguars but we have also seen Giant Anteater, Puma, Black Howler Monkey, Capybara, Hooded Capuchin Monkey and Southern Tamandua Anteater on the trip so far and we’ve only been here three days!

13/05/2024

An excellent five-day birding tour of Norfolk in conjunction with Bird Watching Magazine has just concluded. We saw a fantastic selection of both passage migrant and summer breeding visitors including Black Tern, Bittern, Common Crane, Temminck's Stint, Stone Curlew, Nightingale, Cattle Egret, Redstart, Wood Sandpiper and White Stork among others! A full blog post on the website here https://www.oriolebirding.com/birding-diary/

03/05/2024

A boat trip on Kerkini lake yesterday morning got us up close and personal to a massive abundance and variety of water birds. The boiling water created by a frenzy of thousands of Cormorants and White Pelicans created a sound that could be heard over 2km! Not a great place to be a fish!

30/04/2024

Beautiful Lake Kerkini, nestled at the foothills of the Belles Mountains in Northern Greece, is the destination for one of our groups this week. Hordes of breedings herons, pelicans and Pygmy Cormorants, and a constant soundtrack of Golden Orioles, Turtle Doves, Corn Buntings and Nightingales are the norm here. We’ve seen flocks of Bee-eaters, Red-backed and Lesser Grey Shrikes, Lesser Spotted Eagle and lots more and it’s only our first afternoon!

11/02/2024

Our final Norfolk winter tour of the season ended with a great selection of species this week despite the rain and wind. Full report on our Birding Diary blog https://www.oriolebirding.com/birdingdiary/

07/12/2023

This amazing photo of a young Harpy Eagle in flight was taken on our Panama tour this week by participant Alan Harrison. To say they had good views is an understatement! Thanks as ever to our good friends at The Canopy Family, Panama for a superb trip so far. We’ll be back next year with tour details here: https://www.oriolebirding.com/tour/panama-birding-the-isthmus-canopy-tower-lodge-camp/

27/11/2023

Lots of fantastic birds on offer on the first few days of our tour to The Gambia. Alongside the colourful regulars we’ve also seen some scarcer species including Chestnut-bellied Starling, Bar-breasted Firefinch and Golden-tailed Woodpecker. For an easy introduction to African birding with 250+ species in a week from a single centre, check out our tour here: https://www.oriolebirding.com/tour/the-gambia-birding-the-smiling-coast/

14/11/2023

Our last full day birding in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and we headed to the lowlands for a day at REGUA. It was hot and humid but the birding was superb! Among the highlights was this Long-tailed Potoo, pretending to be a branch!

13/11/2023

Brazil day 6 and some superb Atlantic Forest endemics on offer as we dodged the thunderstorms at Macae de Cima

12/11/2023

Brazil day five and it was into the lowlands for a show-stopping days birding. Over 100 species logged with the highlight being the endemic Three-toed Jacamar.

12/11/2023

Brazil day four and a full day exploring the trails around Itororo Lodge in the Atlantic Forest

10/11/2023

Day three in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest and we headed up to higher elevation at Pica de Caledonia. Some superb endemics including the mega rare Itatiaia Thistletail and Grey-winged Cotinga plus this little lot!

10/11/2023

Day two in Brazils Atlantic Rainforest and some superb birds on offer. It was a great day for foliage-gleaners and woodcreepers, plus we got great views of Sharpbill - a canopy-dwelling bird which is often shown in the fields guides and checklists but which is not often seen and was a first for us. Lots of gaudy tanagers and parakeets too, of course!

08/11/2023

A few highlights from our first day exploring Brazil’s Atlantic Forest with Andy Foster based out of Itororo Lodge. Superb setting with some fantastic birds!

12/10/2023

Excitement for our Shetland tour group when news broke this morning of an American Yellow Warbler at Hoswick. Thankfully we weren’t far away and relocated the bird at the south end of the village where good views were had by all! It’s a bright one!!

09/10/2023

Our Shetland tour has been notching up some fantastic birds but todays highlight was a mad dash out to Eshaness lighthouse to intercept the 27s Orca pod as they moved north. Mega views of them just below the lighthouse! More on the blog https://www.oriolebirding.com/birdingdiary/

12/07/2023

Come and see us at Global Birdfair this weekend in Nightingale Marquee, Stand N3!

17/06/2023

A nice variety of wildlife seen in the New Forest yesterday with our Marylebone Birdwatching Society group. The undoubted highlight was a day-roosting Nightjar we chanced upon, but the dazzling male Adonis Blue we saw in the afternoon at Martin Down was a close second!

30/05/2023

Another fantastic day on Shetland with some great Otter views, immaculate Great Northern Diver and an incredible trip to Noss with Shetland Seabird Tours!

29/05/2023

A fantastic trip to Shetland so far with today producing a truly wonderful Orca encounter as the 169s pod cruised below us at Sumburgh Head

25/05/2023

Red-necked Phalaropes surfing the waves off the island of Fetlar on our Shetland tour today. The duller of the two is the male, who will do all the incubating and tending to the chicks while the females court and fight over the males. Just incredible to think these tiny waders have wintered in the Pacific off the coast of Peru!

12/05/2023

We’ve just returned from an amazing 10 day cruise of the Hebrides, to mark 20 years of Oriole. Some fantastic highlights including a wonderful overnight in The Shiants. We saw thousands of seabirds, Minke Whale, Bottle-nosed and Risso’s Dolphins, Golden and White-tailed Eagles, Otter, Corncrake, Glaucous Gull, sky dancing Hen Harriers and much more. Full tour report available here:https://www.oriolebirding.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hebridean-Cruise.pdf

17/03/2023

We’re in Hampshire at the moment with Marylebone Birdwatching Society on a tour of the New Forest and surrounds. A dreary day today saw us make the short trip to Titchfield Haven where among other highlights, a flock of four Glossy Ibis were showing well!

10/02/2023

An amazing final morning for our Ecuador tour visiting Sura Loma at 3500m elevation west of Quito. The hummingbird feeders and garden there attract surely one of the most remarkable birds in the world - the Sword-billed Hummingbird!

09/02/2023

If you like Antpittas (and who doesn’t?!) then a visit to the amazing Paz de las Aves reserve in Ecuador is just a must. Angel Paz and his family take you from one spot to another, often along muddy forest trails, to various locations where they entice no fewer than FIVE species of otherwise impossible-to-see birds to within feet of you. Four are pictured here (heavy rain preventing a picture of the fifth!)

08/02/2023

An amazing days birding in the Mindo area North-west of Quito, Ecuador. Hummingbirds were the order of the day but we also caught up with a very rare bird in the form of the Maroon-chested Ground-dove. Described by our local guide as ‘a ghost’, this nomadic species was a first for him as well as us!

05/02/2023

An amazing encounter at Tapichalaca reserve in Ecuador today with the Jocotoco Antpitta. As recently as 1997 ornithologist Robert Ridgeley was birding here when he heard an unfamiliar sound. Recording the call and playing it back, he was able to identify the bird as a new one to science. Today after failing in a 2hr vigil at a feeding site in the morning, we lucked into one beside the trail in the afternoon, expertly whistled out of the undergrowth by our local guide Diego. Just mega.

05/02/2023

We now find ourselves in the far South-east of Ecuador staying at the Jocotoco Foundation lodge at Casa Simpson. This amazing place, set amid the cloud forest, is buzzing with hummingbirds and various skulking forest specialities! Bring on the quail-doves and antpittas!

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Fakenham
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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+448009993036

Website

https://www.oriolebirding.com/

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Pink-footed Geese, West Norfolk November 2021

Pink-footed Goose flight, West Norfolk 5th November 2021 We’ve still got spaces on our Norfolk Wild Geese Winter Weekend commencing 25th November. Details here: https://www.oriolebirding.com/tour/norfolk-wild-geese-winter-break/

‘Silver Hare’, North Norfolk March 2021

Head over to our Birding Diary for our latest video blog bringing highlights from our recent forays in North Norfolk. Barn Owl, Goshawk, redpolls, Great White Egret, some amazing Jays and the first signs of Spring all feature, including passage finches on the move and this amazing and rare ‘Silver Hare’! We’ve also got a Zoom evening next Thursday, 25th March at 7.30pm with a talk by Ashley Saunders on South Africa’s Western Cape. Free of charge, all welcome. Email [email protected] to register for a place For more info and to read the blog: https://www.oriolebirding.com/birding-diary-news-4.html

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Welcome, and thank you for visiting Oriole Birding’s page! If you are looking for a birdwatching holiday, either in the UK or abroad, we are sure that we have something for you.

We hope you will agree that our tours offer the complete bird tour package, and we are confident that there is a wildlife holiday here to suit everyone. Whether you are after a short break enjoying winter wildfowl on the Norfolk coast or an exciting birding adventure to a far flung overseas destination, you will find something here. We remain firmly committed to the value for money, small group ethos that has served the company so well over the years, and unlike so many other tour operators, our definition of a small group really does mean that. With Oriole Birding, expect the personal touch and a tour that represents excellent value without compromising on quality.

As well as aiming to deliver a tour which offers you the best chance to see the birds and wildlife that you want to see, we feel it is important to have fun in the process and our tours therefore operate in a relaxed atmosphere. We always aim to use the best accommodation in each area we visit, and we always try to ensure these are well situated with good amenities and wherever possible are en suite. It is the personal touch that has allowed Oriole Birding to blossom in a very competitive industry and it is this friendly and personal service that we think has set us aside from other companies.