Trip Reports & Sightings

Posted by Greg Roberts

Turkey - 8th - 19th August 2011, author Greg Roberts (added September 28, 2011)
(Ìstanbul, Birecik, Durnalik, Ala Daglar Mountains, southern coast)

Ethiopia - August - September 2018, author Greg Roberts (added October 8, 2018)
(Northern highlands, Rift Valley, Bale Mountains, southern dry country. Key species included Masked Lark, Liben Lark, Egyptian Plover, White-winged Flufftail, Red-billed Pytilia, Black-fronted Francolin)

Southern Kazakhstan - September 2011 , author Greg Roberts (added October 3, 2011)
(Almanty, Kanshengel, Turenga, Tien Shen)

South Africa - September - October 2018, author Greg Roberts (added October 13, 2018)
(Suikerbostrand, Kruger National Park, western Cape Province)

The Russian Arctic - 24th August - 8th September 2011, author Greg Roberts (added October 1, 2011)
(Wrangel Island, Chukotka Peninsula, Chukchi Sea)

New Zealand - October - November 2022, author Greg Roberts (added November 13, 2022)
(Marlborough Sounds & Punakaiki area of South Is; Wellington area North Is)

Oman November 2023, author Greg Roberts (added November 11, 2023)
(Muscat, Barka, Nakhal, Sawadi Beach and offshore islands. Sociable Lapwing, Persian Shearwater)

Finland, Scotland, Portugal, Spain - Oct-Nov 2023, author Greg Roberts (added November 11, 2023)
(Helsinki, Central Finland, Scottish Highlands, Isle of Skye, southern Portugal, southern & central Spain)

United Arab Emirates - April, 2023, author Greg Roberts (added May 6, 2023)
(Key sites wadis Alrawasi & Tuwa, Dibba, Al Qudra Desert. Humes' Wheatear, Socrotra Cormorant, Sand Partridge)

Ghana - April 2023, author Greg Roberts (added May 4, 2023)
(The report of a 21-day birding tour of Ghana. Key sites Kakum National Park, Ankasa, Bonkro, Atewa, Mole NP. e National Park. Top birds included White-necked Picathartes, Long-tailed Hawk, Forbes’s Plover)

Palau in the south-west Pacific - April 29 - May 6, 2019, author Greg Roberts (added May 19, 2019)
(All 13 endemics seen with other Micronesian specialties)

Taiwan - April 14 - April 28, 2019, author Greg Roberts (added May 16, 2019)
(Mountains of Dasyueshan, Lanyu Island, Huben and other key sites. All endemic species seen.)

Indonesia - Bali - February - March 2012, author Greg Roberts (added March 15, 2012)
(In search of the Bali Myna in Bali Barat National Park)

Indonesia - Lesser Sundas - February 2012, author Greg Roberts (added March 14, 2012)
(The Indonesian Islands of Sumba, Flores, Timor and Komodo, with all but a handful of the endemic and regional specialties of the region seen.)

North-East India - May 2015, author Greg Roberts (added June 5, 2015)
(Eaglenest, Mishmi Hills, Nameri, Kaziranga, Tinsukia)

Norway plus other European countries - May - July 2017, author Greg Roberts (added July 8, 2017)
(Great Snipe, Capercaillie, Siberian Jay, Eurasian Dotterel)

Australia - West Kimberley - 16th - 25th June 2012, author Greg Roberts (added July 5, 2012)
(Black Grasswren, Kimberley Honeyeater, Buff-sided Robin)

Malaysia-Peninsula and Borneo - 16 May - 11 June, 2010, author Greg Roberts (added July 1, 2010)
(Danum Valley, Crocker Range, Frasers Hill)

Indonesia - Java - 14th - 25th June, 2010, author Greg Roberts (added July 1, 2010)
(Gunung Gede, Carita, Pulau Dua, Muara Angke)

India and Sri Lanka - Jan 12th - Feb 18th 2013, author Greg Roberts (added February 27, 2013)
(North-west India (Gujarat); South-west India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka)

Greater Antilles: Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico Grand Cayman - October 24 - November 21, 2015 , author Greg Roberts (added December 7, 2015)
(90+ Caribbean endemcis)

North-east Brazil - 7th - 29th October, 2010, author Greg Roberts (added December 7, 2010)
(485 species including all but a few of the region's endemics and specialties)

Dominican Republic - 29th September - 6th October 2010, author Greg Roberts (added December 5, 2010)
(Eastern and Western Chat-Tanagers)

Panama - September 29th - October 25th 2015, author Greg Roberts (added December 4, 2015)
(Darien, Cerro Pirre, Central Panama, Chiriqui Highlands. Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo, Crested Eagle, Black-crowned Antpitta, Sapayoa. )

Colombia - October 30th - November 27th 2010, author Greg Roberts (added December 12, 2010)
(770 species including Mountain Grackle, Gorgeted Wood-Quail, Recurve-billed Bushbird, Lazuline & Santa Marta Sabrewings, Yellow-headed Manakin, Indigo-winged Parrot, Bicoloured Antpitta, Tanager Finch)

Cambodia & Laos - 11th - 29th November 2016 , author Greg Roberts (added December 11, 2016)
(Tmatboey and Kratie in Cambodia (Giant Ibis, Mekong Wagtail, Cambodian Tailorbird). Karsts of Highway 8 in Laos (Bare-faced Bulbul, Sooty Babbler))

Southern Molucca and Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia - 1st - 22nd March 2014 , author Greg Roberts (added April 8, 2014)
(Buru, Seram, Tanimbar, Kai Islands with species including Black-lored Parrot, Blue-eared Lory)

Lesser Antilles of East Caribbean March 2024 , author Greg Roberts (added April 29, 2024)
(Day visits during cruise to Dominica, St Lucia, Martinique, Antigua, St Thomas, Grand Turk)

Fiji - Island of Taveuni March 2024, author Greg Roberts (added April 25, 2024)
(Orange Dove, Taveuni Silktail - Des Vouex Mtn)

Fiji , author Greg Roberts (added April 25, 2024)

Fiji - Taveuni, author Greg Roberts (added April 25, 2024)