Calidris Birding

18/02/2025

If you like colourful birds then this selction from Sri Lanka will make you happy. Red-backed Flameback, Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Black-capped Bulbul, Layard's Parakeet & Malabar Trogon. Join us in November - https://calidrisbirdingtours.com/sri-lanka-endemics-birding-tour/

03/08/2024

Take a look at the amazing numbers of Baikal Teal we see in South Korea - https://youtu.be/q98doAhMv1Y - join us on our next winter birding tour to Korea to see it for yourself.

Almost all of the world population of Baikal Teal spend the winter in South Korea. This flock of Baikal Teal, Sibirionetta formosa, on the Geum river numbere...

28/07/2024

With the trip filling up, now is the time to book our Southern Vietnam birding tour - https://calidrisbirdingtours.com/south-vietnam-birding-tour/

13/07/2024

Published at last! The full trip report for our 2024 South Korea Winter Birding Tour -

Detailed trip report and bird species list for the January 2024 South Korea Winter Birding Tour for wintering species, including Steller's Sea Eagle.

26/06/2024

Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam - https://calidrisbirdingtours.com/south-vietnam-birding-tour/ - Plenty of colourful birds to see in this excellent location; Black-and-red Broadbill, Black-and-buff Woodpecker, Bar-bellied Pitta, Lesser Yellownape & Violet Cuckoo.

15/06/2024

Some Central Asian highlights; Azure Tit (Uzbekistan), Black lark (Kazakhstan), Ibisbill (Kyrgyzstan), Rufous-naped Tit (Uzbekistan) & Turkestan Ground Jay (Uzbekistan)

12/01/2024

South Korea keeps delivering great birds. Apart from 800,000 Baikal Teal we got fantastic views of this Relict Gull today.

11/01/2024

Things are very raptorial here in South Korea: Cinereous Vulture, Upland Buzzard, White-tailed Eagle, Hen Harrier & Upland Buzzard.

07/01/2024

A great day birding on South Korea's NE coast with Stejneger's Scoter, White-billed Diver, Glaucous-winged Gull, Ancient Murrelet, American Black Scoter, Temminck's Cormorant and, my favourite, Chinese Grey Shrike.

06/01/2024

A bit of a murky day yesterday, but flocks of White-naped Cranes brightened things up.