ROUND BRITAIN TOURS in January and May 2014

I have several spaces on my Round Britain Tour of 18-26 January 2014 still available, as well as on my May tour - please email me if you are interested. Accommodation is either B & B or Premier Inn/Travelodge.

 

Target birds on the January trip will be as follows - most trips netting between 178 and 192 species (last May's achieved a record 207) - Red & Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Black-necked, Slavonian & Red-necked Grebes, Fulmar, Balearic Shearwater, Shag, Bittern, Cattle & Great White Egrets, Glossy Ibis, Spoonbill, Whooper & Bewick's Swan, Snow Goose, Greenland & Russian White-fronted Geese, Tundra & Taiga Bean Geese, Pinkfeet, Icelandic Greylag, Barnacle Geese, Pale-bellied Brent & Black Brant, Red-breasted Goose, Mandarin Duck, American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Ferruginous Duck, Greater & Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Velvet & Surf Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Smew, Goosander, Ruddy Duck, White-tailed Sea Eagle, Golden Eagle, Red Kite, Marsh & Hen Harrier, Rough-legged Buzzard, Merlin, Red & Black Grouse, Ptarmigan, Capercaillie, Grey Partridge, Golden Pheasant, Lady Amherst's Pheasant (if feeding stn in operation), Water Rail, Common Crane, Pied Avocet, Purple Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Jack Snipe, Ruff, Ring-billed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Glaucous & Iceland Gull, Black Guillemot, Long-eared & Short-eared Owl, Little Owl, Barn Owl, Kingfisher, Ring-necked Parakeet, Shore Lark, Water & Rock Pipit, Dipper, Waxwing, Black Redstart, Stonechat, Dartford Warbler, Siberian Chiffchaff, Firecrest, Crested Tit, Willow Tit, Bearded Tit, Great Grey Shrike, Red-billed Chough, Hooded Crow, Raven, Tree Sparrow, Brambling, Twite, Hawfinch, Common Crossbill, Snow Bunting, Lapland Bunting and Cirl Bunting.

 

Other trips in January and February include the usual Spanish Lynx/Spanish Eagle/wintering Bustard tour and Wallcreeper tours and in March/April, bird migration in Israel - email LGREUK400@aol.com for further details

ISRAEL this spring

I have a tour running to Israel this spring from 13-24 March 2011 which still has a few places left on it; it is a comprehensive tour covering both northern and southern Israel and includes all specialities

Please email me on LGREUK400@aol.com if you would like to join me or for further details

Many thanks

Lee Evans

Personal Guiding

I can virtually guarantee the following species of bird in Britain and can tailor-make trips to fit your itinerary. A package of birds are on offer in many cases, so prices may vary. I offer a Scottish Itinerary and Package (winter and spring) as well (see separate entry).

KEY

* (species marked with single asterisk available on Scottish Package Trip)

Likelihood of success: birds are coded on likelihood of connection. For example, A indicates guaranteed, B extremely likely, C above average and D very small chance.

Pricing: The prices quoted are for individual trips concentrating on just seeing that one species but for obvious reasons, many species can be combined and the same price will cater for an entire package. POA - price on application, dependent on availability

RED-THROATED DIVER* (A) (£30)
BLACK-THROATED DIVER* (A) (winter only; £60)
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER* (A) (from £15)
WHITE-BILLED DIVER* (C) (only available as part of Highlands & Islands Package)
SLAVONIAN GREBE* (A) (winter only) (£20)
BLACK-NECKED GREBE (A) (£10)
LITTLE GREBE (A) (£3)
GREAT CRESTED GREBE (A) (£3)
RED-NECKED GREBE (C) POA
NORTHERN FULMAR* (A) (£40)
CORY'S SHEARWATER (C) POA
GREAT SHEARWATER (D) POA
MANX SHEARWATER* (A) (July-Oct only) POA
BALEARIC SHEARWATER (A) (July-Oct only) (£90)
SOOTY SHEARWATER (A) (Aug-Oct only) (£90)
BRITISH STORM PETREL (C) (July-Oct only) (£90)
LEACH'S STORM PETREL (D) POA
NORTHERN GANNET* (A) (from £15)
ATLANTIC GREAT CORMORANT* (A) (£25)
CONTINENTAL CORMORANT (A) (£2)
EUROPEAN SHAG* (A) (from £25)
EURASIAN BITTERN (A) (winter only) (from £10)
CATTLE EGRET (A) POA
LITTLE EGRET (A) £10
GREAT WHITE EGRET (B) POA
GREY HERON (A) (£2)
EURASIAN SPOONBILL (A) (£30)
MUTE SWAN (A) £1
WHOOPER SWAN* (A) (£30)
BEWICK'S SWAN (A) (£30)
EURASIAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (A) (£40)
GREENLAND WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (A) (winter only)
TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (A) (from £60)
TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE (C) POA
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE (A) (winter only) (£40)
GREYLAG GOOSE* (A) (£10)
ATLANTIC CANADA GOOSE (A) (£1)
BARNACLE GOOSE (A) (winter only)
DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE (A) (£20)
PALE-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE (A) (£50)
BLACK BRANT (A) (£50)
RED-BREASTED GOOSE (D) POA
COMMON SHELDUCK (A) (£15)