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Wildlife Travel@wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · yesterday

from the Andean cloud forest, we dropped all the way down to the great wet plains of the Llanos, where we finished the day with two fantastic Giant Anteater sightings and a handful of Hoatzins #WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia (and the least said about the lost passport, the better...)

on the first day of our #famtrip to Colombia, we had a breakfast appointment with the Cundinamarca Antpitta only discovered in the 1990s, the entire world population is squeezed into the cloud forest between 2000m & 2200m asl on a handful of Andean hillsides #WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia

three Yellow-billed and my first ever Black-billed Cuckoo were the chief prizes from 25,000 jetlagged steps in Bogotá's parks today #WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia

the garden's tenth odonata, not the expected Migrant Hawker but instead a Willow Emerald Damselfly, another species which has marched up the country whilst I wasn't paying attention...

some very cross taxa ...

Phil Saunders@beardybirder.bsky.social · 2mo ago

There's cross taxa interest on all @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social holidays, with our expert guides experienced across all natural history fields, so whether your interest is birds, butterflies, plants, or mammals, you'll be sure to have a great 2027 trip with us wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/u...

There are also a mouthwatering array of itineraries to more distant destination in the @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social 2027 brochure, including Botswana, Bhutan, Tasmania, Svalbard, the Drakensberg, the Danube delta, Colombia, the Kalahari, & Brazil wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/u...

@wildlifetraveller.bsky.social are again offering a range of no-fly holiday destinations in 2027, including a return to the sublime Vercors, the stunning Cevennes & Grand Causses, and the wonderful wetlands of La Brenne wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/u...

As the ONLY natural history travel company donating ALL of its profits to nature conservation, & having provided expert guided holidays for nearly 40 years, it's great to see the @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social 2027 brochure up on the website wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/u... Do take a look.

The dumbing down and enshitification of conservation bodies continues... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘They’re part of folklore’: storks return to Derbyshire after 600-year absence

Conservationists are thrilled at the arrival of three juvenile birds at Willington Wetlands, hoping more will follow

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the second Hummingbird Hawk-moth of the week, and Zonaria inanis buzzing about the fennel in the garden, both Belper this afternoon #TeamMoth

Who said moths are dull and eat clothes? Royal Mail stamps issue, release date 9th July

enjoying watching the garden pond develop stagnant, long neglected and filled with goldfish 6 months ago, it's now fish free, and crammed with hornwort. this afternoon the fourth damselfly species arrived, with two male Small Red-eyed Damsels jousting over the duckweed

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time to get the garden moth list started...

ended our leaders' meet up with a lazy wander around @rspb.bsky.social Arne reserve, with soaring Ospreys, a showy Dartford Warbler and snoring sows #WildlifeTravelling

a roasting day on the Purbeck heaths, catching up with @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social leaders a whole suite of rare Purbeck inverts, Hobby and Woodlark and Dartford Warblers, lovely Lesser Water Plantain, overly friendly pigs, screaming Sika Deer, and my most wanted plant... Mousetail at long last

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White stork, black stork and other vagrant bird species

By Jeremy Sabel and Matt Heydon Natural England’s Species Recovery & Reintroductions Team Projects involving the release of white stork Ciconia ciconia capture the public imagination. If fairy tales a...

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What a time to be alive!! #FliesofBritainandIreland coming out SOON @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @teamdiptera.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social

NatureBureau@naturebureau.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Our new 416pp #FliesofBritainandIreland covering over 1300 species & with over 1500 photos is now being printed - due mid Feb 2026. You can still pre-order until 31 Jan bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social

in a moment of idleness during a 24 hour layover yesterday, I found this tool for analysing @inaturalist.bsky.social records & discovered that seven of my records are the sole occurrence for that species amongst the 250million+ inat records which signifies nothing, but made me smile #NotARealJob

Lot of wonderful photos from @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social holidays now available at www.flickr.com/photos/wildl..., including mine from the joy-filled Cyprus Christmas 2025 trip and some amazing bird images from @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social in Bhutan… Ideal to banish the winter blues!

Wildlife Travel@wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 9mo ago

If you want to see what it's really like on a Wildlife Travel holiday, we have photo galleries aplenty over on Flickr recent updates include @sarahlambert7.bsky.social's pictures from our trip to Cyprus over Christmas Check www.flickr.com/photos/wildlifetravel/albums/ for these & many, many more.

well worth the early start this morning we had Tharpaling Monastery and it's famous Himalayan Monals all to ourselves. #Bhutan has been mind-blowing: stunning scenery, friendly people, good food, easy travel and AMAZING wildlife

all the #oof used up for today, with a hyperactive group of Fire-tailed Myzornis (Myzornises?) at Latong La, Bhutan well, that's the colour scheme for the spare room sorted! #NotARealJob #BirdsArentReal

Bhutan is full of exciting, exotic, near mythical birds: Himalayan Monal, Beautiful Nuthatch, Fire-tailed Myzornis, Ibisbill, Ward's Trogon... but the bird I most wanted to see was this one, White-crested Laughingthrush, a feature of childhood nature books and zoo visits #DreamBird #JobDone

glad I packed my shorts...

another couple for the Redstart fans White-throated Redstart (hiding his white throat) and Plumbeous Redstart (minus any red at all) Bumthang, Bhutan

consider that gob well and truly smacked the first thing my guide did when I arrived in Bhutan, was manage my expectations. Spring is the time for pheasants: maybe we will find Blood Pheasant, Kalij perhaps, but for the others... no chance. a male Satyr Tragopan ambling calmly across the road wow

well there's a thing I never thought I'd see: not one but two Critically Endangered White-bellied Herons, of which perhaps no more than 60 birds exist, and even that is thought to be an optimistic count Bhutan is probably the best last hope for this stately bird #VisitBhutan #BhutanBirdTours

and at last the temperatures rose high enough to get some butterflies on the wing #WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan #ButterfliesOfBhutan #VisitBhutan with @langurecotravelsbhutan and @tourismbhutan

Bhutan day 4: travelled down from Trongsa into the foothills, spending time with this characterful crew along the way jst in case it hasn't become immediately obvious, we will definitely be bringing a group to #Bhutan. Get your name on the list for spring 2027: you won't regret it! #VisitBhutan