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Great to get Sooty Falcon and Red-billed Tropicbird on Day 1 of our tour on Al Fahal Island just off the coast of Musc...
07/11/2024

Great to get Sooty Falcon and Red-billed Tropicbird on Day 1 of our tour on Al Fahal Island just off the coast of Muscat.

What an amazing journey through the mountains of southern Tanzania! We began in the South Pare Mountains with its endemi...
04/08/2024

What an amazing journey through the mountains of southern Tanzania! We began in the South Pare Mountains with its endemic white-eye, followed by a very comfortable stay in the West Usambara Mountains. Here we saw Usambara Double-collared Sunbird, Usambara Weaver, Red-capped Forest Warbler, Fulleborn's Boubou, Usambara Akalat, Spot-throat, Usambara Thrush, Olive Woodpecker, Mountain Tiny Greenbul & much more! We then headed to the East Usambaras, pausing to tick Coastal Cisticola along the way. We birded Amani Forest from the comfort of the Park HQ, seeing Purple-banded, Uluguru Violet-backed and Banded Green Sunbirds, Mombasa & Little Spotted Woodpeckers, Sharpe's Akalat, Pale Batis, Red-tailed Ant-thrush, Usambara Hyliota, Little Yellow Flycatcher & Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike. We nailed Bohm's Bee-eater shortly after leaving here on the journey to our next destination. And next up was the Uluguru Mountains and 3 nights camping and a couple of tough hikes, but it was well worth the effort to see Uluguru Bushshrike, Livingstone's Turaco, Dark Batis, White-winged & Chapin's Apalis and Loveridge's Sunbird. On the other side of the mountain we were rewarded with Uluguru Mountain Greenbul, Loveridge's Sunbird, Mrs Moreau's Warbler & Orange Ground-Thrush. A morning in the miombo forest near Mikumi National Park gave us Peter's Twinspots, Arnot's Chat, Pale-billed Hornbill, Stierling's Wren-Warbler, Miombo Starling, Livingstone's Flycatcher, Reichenow's Woodpecker, Racket-tailed Roller and Hofmann's Sunbird. Two nights at Hondo Hondo Tented Camp at the base of the Udzungwa Mountains was notable for Pel's Fishing Owl, Kretschmer's Longbill & Lesser Seedcracker, and we also visited the Kilombero floodplain for the recently described Kilombero & White-tailed Cisticola and Kilombero Weaver - all of which we saw incredibly well. A long drive towards the Ukaguru Mountains followed, enlivened by a quick visit into Mikumi NP for Southern Ground Hornbill, and we bumped into 3 adult Lionesses with 7 small cubs at a kill. The Ukagurus were kind to us and we found Yellow-throated Greenbul, Moreau's Sunbird, Rubeho Warbler, Rubeho Akalat and an Olive-flanked Ground-Robin. And that's it for now, as our group are on the way to Pemba for a final few Tanzanian endemics......

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Here’s a few photos of some of the rare birds we have seen during our current Eastern Arc Mountains tour in ...
02/08/2024

Here’s a few photos of some of the rare birds we have seen during our current Eastern Arc Mountains tour in

We had an amazing sighting of 3 Lionesses and 7 cubs on a kill today at Mikumi National Park during our current tour ...
02/08/2024

We had an amazing sighting of 3 Lionesses and 7 cubs on a kill today at Mikumi National Park during our current tour

News from the field……Our current Eastern Arc Mountains tour in Tanzania has just had great views of Sharpe’s Akalat and ...
25/07/2024

News from the field……
Our current Eastern Arc Mountains tour in Tanzania has just had great views of Sharpe’s Akalat and Long-billed Forest Warbler today in the Amani Reserve of the Eastern Usambara Mountains. Well done guys!

Our exciting new Japan tour is now posted on the Zoothera website, and there’s an exciting twist to make this a truly ep...
16/07/2024

Our exciting new Japan tour is now posted on the Zoothera website, and there’s an exciting twist to make this a truly epic journey! We will be visiting 8 islands in order to see as much as possible in this fascinating region…..

You can see full info here: https://www.zootherabirding.com/epic-japan

Our visit to Okinawa proved a total success with outstanding views of Okinawa Rail, Okinawa Robin and Okinawa Woodpecker...
01/07/2024

Our visit to Okinawa proved a total success with outstanding views of Okinawa Rail, Okinawa Robin and Okinawa Woodpecker. Looking forward to next year’s tour already!

Ruddy Kingfisher about to take lunch to its young in a nearby nest on Ishigaki-Jima today
27/06/2024

Ruddy Kingfisher about to take lunch to its young in a nearby nest on Ishigaki-Jima today

After 2 days at sea we arrived in and spent an easy morning birding around Taipei. Highlights were the amazingly conf...
26/06/2024

After 2 days at sea we arrived in and spent an easy morning birding around Taipei. Highlights were the amazingly confiding Malayan Night Herons in the botanical gardens, along with Taiwan Scimitar-Babblers and colourful Taiwan Barbets.

We’ve moved on from Mount Fuji to the island of Miyake-Jima where in an incredibly crazy 10 minutes we saw the endemic I...
21/06/2024

We’ve moved on from Mount Fuji to the island of Miyake-Jima where in an incredibly crazy 10 minutes we saw the endemic Izu Robin, Izu Thrush and Owston’s Tit, with Ijima’s Leaf Warbler serenading us from right over our heads. It didn’t take long to get Pleske’s Grasshopper Warbler and Japanese Woodpigeon as well. The ferry crossing in rough seas back to Tokyo this afternoon was noteworthy for 4,000+ Streaked Shearwaters, with smaller numbers of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, Leach’s Petrel & 2 unidentified pterodromas.

Over in Japan, we are checking out birding sites and hotels for next year’s tour. If you’re not a lover of sushi or sea...
19/06/2024

Over in Japan, we are checking out birding sites and hotels for next year’s tour. If you’re not a lover of sushi or seafood don’t worry! We’ve been feasting on full English breakfasts, pizza, pasta and even visited a Denny’s diner for steak today!!! Oh, and the birding hasn’t been bad either…

We were lucky to get outstanding views of Daurian Partridge at Hustai National Park during our recent tour. It did tak...
08/06/2024

We were lucky to get outstanding views of Daurian Partridge at Hustai National Park during our recent tour. It did take about 4 hours of searching, but who’s counting?!!

Our current Mongolia tour is seeing some absolutely brilliant birds, all set in some of the most stunning scenery imagin...
31/05/2024

Our current Mongolia tour is seeing some absolutely brilliant birds, all set in some of the most stunning scenery imaginable. Highlights include Baer’s Pochard, Baikal Teal, Black-billed Capercaillie, Altai Snowcock, White-naped Crane, Pallas’s Sandgrouse, Oriental Plover, Asian Dowitcher, White-throated Bushchat, Kozlov’s Accentor, and much more!

29/05/2024

Altai Snowcock showed quite well during our current tour.

17/05/2024

Our group in Turkey really enjoyed this Blue-cheeked Bee-eater colony today. There were over 150 birds present and the sight & sound of this was a truly memorable experience.

Hidden away in the shadows was this mega Pale-headed Brush-Finch at Yunguilla Reserve on our Southern Ecuador tour. Clas...
10/09/2023

Hidden away in the shadows was this mega Pale-headed Brush-Finch at Yunguilla Reserve on our Southern Ecuador tour. Classified as Endangered by BirdLife International there’s fewer than 300 individuals in an area approx 36 km2. Fortunately the Jocotoco Foundation have set up a reserve to protect the fragile habitat. We were pleased to play our small part in the conservation initiative and would encourage more birders to visit.

Well our Saudi Arabia tour is a wrap! From the deserts of Riyadh to the Asir Highlands and Sarawat Mountains down onto t...
14/05/2023

Well our Saudi Arabia tour is a wrap! From the deserts of Riyadh to the Asir Highlands and Sarawat Mountains down onto the coastal plain along the Red Sea we certainly had an amazing time. Tour highlights were many and varied but to give you an idea of the incredible variety top contenders for bird of the trip included Arabian Golden Sparrow, Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak, Nubian Nightjar, Yemen Warbler, Asir Magpie & Crab-Plover. Seeing Red-necked Phalaropes on a pool in the desert was bizarre, and more migrants along the coast included Rufous Bush-Robins, Great Reed Warblers, Barred Warblers and Thrush Nightingales in town parks. Add in the target specialities of Philby's Partridge, Arabian Woodpecker, Arabian Eagle-Owl, Arabian Scops-Owl, Arabian Wheatear, Buff-breasted Wheatear, Rufous-capped Lark, Arabian Serin, Yemen Thrush, Yemen Linnet & Arabian Waxbill. Plus a fine supporting cast of Afro-tropicals such as Lesser Flamingo, Pink-backed Pelican, Black-headed Heron, Diderik Cuckoo, Plain Nightjar, White-browed Coucal, African Pipit, Gambaga Flycatcher, African Stonechat, Ruppell's Weaver & more! What a trip!

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Altai Snowcock showed quite well during our current #Mongolia tour.

Our group in Turkey really enjoyed this Blue-cheeked Bee-eater colony today. There were over 150 birds present and the sight & sound of this was a truly memorable experience. #zootherabirding #birdingtours #birds #birding #Turkey

Our Southern Ecuador tour is coming along nicely and we have just arrived at Tapichalaca where we hope to see Jocotoco Antpitta tomorrow. Meanwhile here’s a few photos of some of the great birds we’ve been seeing…

We had a fantastic time watching Black Grouse in North Wales over the weekend. Hopefully we can travel overseas in the summer but in the meantime Britain has so much to offer. Let's go birding!

Our Balearic Islands tour visited Ibiza, Formentera and Mallorca, seeing some great birds. Next years tour itinerary is on our website: https://www.zootherabirding.com/balearic-spring-migration-special-birding-tour.html

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