Andalucian Guides, Guided birding and wildlife tours of Southern Spain - based on the Strait of Gibraltar, Contact Stephen Daly, Higueral de la Oliva, 11160 Barbate, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Espania. Tel: (+34) 956 432 316 Mob: (+34) 647 713 641 email: stephen@andalucianguides.com Web: www.andalucianguides.com

A Rocha Life Portugal, offers half-day, full-day and week long birding programmes in the Mexilhoeira Grande area of Portugal. Contact Guillaume Réthoré (Field Guide) gui@arochalife.com or via the website www.arochalife.com

Audouin Birding Tours, based in Catalonia, Spain on the edge of the Ebro Delta. Contact Cristian Jensen Marcet, C/Ramon Das Neves 45, escal. B, entl. 3, 43540 Sant Carles de la Rapita (Tarragona), Spain. Tel: (0034) 649286086 or (0034) 977740346 www.audouinbirding.net e-mail cristian@audouinbirding.net

AVESTOURS, birding & wildlife tours in Romania with professional guides (http://www.avestours.ro) Tel:+40 744 664469 Tel: +40 266 215555. Fax:+40 266 218065 Fax: +40 266 218065. N 46 18.229, E 25 17.646 info@birdwatching.ro

Avium organize year-round trips and excursions for individuals and small groups wishing to watch particular bird species in Spain. Contact Tel/fax: 91 402 90 75 or e-mail info@avium.es web: www.avium.es

Birdingbreaks.nl is the number one Dutch birding tours operator offering a wide and growing selection of tours to destinations worldwide under expert guiding in a relaxed tempo. Birdingbreaks.nl also offer trips in the Netherlands that focus on the Dutch avifaunal specialties such as geese, waders, migratory songbirds and raptors. Besides this they have a selection of phototours and expedition cruises on offer. Please visit www.birdingbreaks.nl for the full program.

Birding Netherlands specialises in guided birding and photography tours in the Netherlands. Whether on business, an Amsterdam stop-over or seeking target birds Birding Netherlands' guides are here to help you. Visit http://www.birdingnetherlands.com

Birding in Spain offers all kinds of information about birds, both common and rare, and plenty of reasons for birding in northeast Spain. Also featured are books by Steve West who has birded this region extensively since 1988. Consider, if you like, the possibility of contracting him as a guide/ground agent for a birding tour, or simply follow his advice and study the carefully selected itineraries to enjoy some of the best birding experiences that the region has to offer. Birding in Spain also offers a section dedicated to kids. http://www.birdinginspain.com/

Birding-Holland, offering guided birding in the Netherlands. Birding Holland can take you to areas just minutes away from Amsterdam airport Schiphol to multiple day tours all over the country. For more information contact Pieter and Teus. Website: www.birdingholland.com Direct e-mail: Pieter@birdingholland.com

Birding Tours is a German tour company offering tours in Germany, Europe and further afield. Focusing on delivering exceptional birding tours with some of the best German bird guides to areas of great conservation value. http://www.birdingtours.de/home/

Birding Trekking and Nature in Spain with Luis Sitges. Private tours for 1-7 birdwatchers around Madrid, Extremadura, Andalucia, Castilla la Mancha and Castilla Leon, and other destinations on request. Web: www.birdingtrekkingandnature.com/ing/index.html

Birdwatchingbulgaria.co.uk is the branch of the Danish tour operator Penguin Travel, dealing with birding and birdwatching in Bulgaria. www.birdwatchingbulgaria.co.uk E-mail: info@birdwatchingbulgaria.com. Address: 9 "Orfej" Str., 1421 Sofia, Bulgaria Phone: (+359 2) 4001055, fax: (+359 2) 4003099

Birdwatching Experiences (BWE) offer itineraries and guided routes in Osona, Pyrenees, Cap de Creus, Emporda – Aiguamolls and Delta de l’Ebre (Catalonia) and Monegros (Aragon), within of the territory of Spain. BWE also organize trips for groups and individuals. BWE guides are experienced, knowledgeable and big travellers around the world in their own right, with the capacity to guide other ornithologists searching for birds and places across Spain that few people know. Web: http://www.birdwatchingexperiences.com/

BirdwatchingLisbon.com is specialized in organizing and guiding birdwatching tours from Lisbon (Portugal). Tours are available all year round on request and include door to door transportation, guiding by experienced field ornithologists, use of optical equipment and field guides, and travel/accident insurances. Tours currently visit the Tagus Estuary Nature Reserve (about 20 minutes drive from Lisbon), and the Sado Estuary Nature Reserve (about 40 minutes drive from Lisbon), which are organized in two alternative formats – half (4,5h) and full-day (9h) tours. For more information visit http://birdwatchinglisbon.com/

Boletas Birdwatching Centre, phone 0163866459; e-mail:jjsv@boletas.org (destinations: Spanish Pyrenees)

Carpathian Wildlife, Driftwood, the Marrams, Sea Palling, Norfolk NR12 0UN, UK: phone 01692598135; fax 01692598141; www.cws.szm.sk e-mail: cws@szm.sk (destinations: Slovakia)

Catalan Bird Tours, Spain: Year-round birding day tours, short-breaks and holidays in Catalonia, NE Spain, exclusive or shared. Accommodation, if required, is in a recently refurbished villa-apartment in the Penedes wine region bordering the Garraf natural park just south of Barcelona. Bird watching tours to the Pyrenees, Ebro Delta, Spanish Steppes, Barcelona, Llobregat Delta, Garraf Natural Park, Cap de Creus and Aiguamolls de L'Emporda. Contact Stephen Christopher at s.christopher@telefonica.net or 00 34 636 271695, or via www.catalanbirdtours.com

Discovering Doñana Ltd, Águila Imperial, 150, 21750 El Rocío, Huelva, Spain, Tel/Fax 0034 959 442466 Mobile 0034 620 964369 email: info@discoveringdonana.com website www.discoveringdonana.com

Enfoque Natural offer birdwatching and nature photography throughout Spain especially in the South of Spain and Portugal nicluding the Doñana, marshes of the Guadalquivir river, Odiel Marshes, Monfragüe, the Strait of Gibraltar, Cáceres and the Algarve. Visit their website at http://www.enfoquenatural-birdingspain.com

Estonian Nature Tours is a new trade mark of Kumari Tours offering Birdwatching and Botanical Tours to a wide variety of nature reserves throughout Estonia. Office address: Linnuse tee 1, 90303 Lihula, Läänemaa, Estonia website: www.naturetours.ee

Flevo Birdwatching, Birdwatching in the Netherlands. The Oostvaarderplassen are a must for birdwatchers who are visiting the Netherlands. Flevo Birdwatching Tours offers full day guided birdwatching in this great wetland reserve, plus trips to the island of Texel or any other bird area you want to go. http://www.birdsnetherlands.nl/ email adress is flevobirdwatching@gmail.com

Hobby Tours, offering bird and wildlife tours in Romania. Run by Romanian ornithologists - the amount of survey work they do around the country means they are able to locate the sorts of species which interest birders visiting Romania. Website www.hobbytours.ro

Hungarian Bird Tours is run by Roy Adams, a retired police wildlife crime officer who served almost thirty two years with the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary. Staying at the newly opened Villa Volgy Hotel in Eger, birders are ideally placed to see Hungary's spectacular bird life. Hortobagy, Lake Tisza, Bukk Hills, Bodrogzug and Tisza Floodplains are within an hour of Eger. http://www.hungarianbirdtours.com/home.htm or call 07774 574204

Hungarobirds organise customised birdwatching and wildlife photo tours in Hungary and bear photo tours in Romania. Hungarobirds is run by Zoltán Pabar, a freelance wildlife photographer and tour guide who has been organising and leading wildlife watching tours for over 15 years. Visit www.hungarobirds.com Telephone: 0036-70/2391410; e-mail: hungarobirds@gmail.com

Iberian Wildlife Tours, Wildlife tours and holidays in Spain and Portugal with John Muddeman, Mike Lockwood and Teresa Farino. Specialists in Andalucia, Aragon, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Catalonia, Extremadura, La Mancha, Madrid, Picos de Europe and Western Portugal. Contact any of the above through http://www.iberianwildlife.com/contact.htm

Ibis Tours, Ground agent for Wildlife Holidays and Tours in Romania’s Danube Delta, Dobrogea and Carpathian Mountains. Ibis Tours offer expert leaders who are both passionate about birds, wildlife and photography. Let Ibis Tours show you how fascinating and spectacular Romanian wildlife can be! www.ibis-tours.ro

Lofoten Birding is a guiding company that is also operating in photo and field-registration. The firm is located in central part of Lofoten Island, North-Norway. Martin Eggen and Håvard Eggen are experienced birders and photographers. For guided birding in Northern Norway visit their website at: http://www.lofotenbirding.no/

Neophron Tours Ltd, Natural history and wildlife tours and holidays in Bulgaria; specialized in birdwatching, botany and wildlife photography. www.neophron.com Address: postal: P.O.box 90, BG-9000 Varna, Bulgaria. Office: 17 Maria Luiza Str, BG-9000 Varna, Bulgaria. E-mails: neophrontours@gmail.com or inquiries@neophron.com

Northern Birding, offers pre-arranged birdwatching in Norway - photo tours or custom made trips for one or more. Trodheim, Norway, offers a mosaic of habitats from outer coast to high alpine terrains offering a range of boreal and scandinavian specialities such as owls, woodpeckers, grouses and raptors Northern Birding guides have birded this area for lifetime. http://www.northernbirding.com

Oy Kon-Tiki Tours, Rauni Tirri, Riitankuja 1-3 G 58, 00840 Helsinki, Finland; phone 358 9-6212525; fax 358 9-6212520 e-mail: kontiki@stellapolaris.com (destinations: worldwide)

Pandion Wild Tours Ltd is the leading Bulgarian company in the field of birdwatching, wildlife and nature tourism. Founded in 1990, under the name Pandion-D, the company was established by Nikolay Dilchev, a professional biologist. Pandion Wild Tours has specialized in the field of wildlife, nature and historical tourism in Europe's richest region in terms of biodiversity: Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula. Email pandiond@einet.bg Web: www.birdwatchingholidays.com/

Probirder, offers tours in Eastern Europe. Run by well known UK birder and woodpecker expert Gerard Gorman. Gerard can offer expert guides, tours for individuals, families, clubs, societies and the disabled. Visit http://www.probirder.com/ for more information.

Sakertour, specialised in custom birdwatching tours and bird hide photography in the biogeographical region of the Carpathians, covering countries of Hungary, Slovakia and Romania. Website: www.sakertour.com email: sakertour@gmail.com sakertour.office@gmail.com Postal address: Tarján u. 6, H-4032, Debrecen, Hungary

Spainbirds Nature Tours has been successfully designing and leading birding & nature tours since 1999. It is currently the top birdwatching company in Spain and is the first accredited birding tour agent by the Spanish Tourist Board. Spainbirds specialise in organising birding & nature trips throughout the whole of Spain especially Extremadura, Andalucia (over all Doñana, Strait of Gibraltar and Sierra Morena where some of the last few Iberian Lynx still survive), Pyrenees, Picos de Europa, Gredos Mountains and the "sierras", lakes and woodland around Madrid. Spainbirds also offer useful information to independent travellers regarding where to stay near the main birding spots. https://spainbirds.com/ Email: info@spainbirds.com Tel. 00 34 687 83 77 19

Toledo Natura is a birdwatching company based in Castilla La Mancha region, Spain, a paradise for birding. With more than 20 years-experienced biologists and naturalists, particularly in Castilla La Mancha region, they offer brding routes for observing birds and fauna, guided and learning itineraries for hiking, ecological routes for schools and others, custom made routes, photography routes for small groups and environmental Education for educational centres. Web http://toledonatura.com/en/

Undiscovered Montenegro is a registered UK company specialising in activity holidays and tours at Lake Skadar, founded by British husband and wife and Lake Skadar residents, Ben and Emma Heywood. A birders' paradise, with more than 260 different species including the rare Southern Dalmatian Pelican and Pygmy Cormorant. Contact UK Tel: 00 44 (0) 203 287 0015 Montenegro Tel: 00 382 (0) 69 402 364 email: enquiries@undiscoveredmontenegro.com; web: http://www.undiscoveredmontenegro.com/

Val Tours, offer general and tailor-made birding tours in Croatia, guided by local experienced birders. Postal address: Val Tours, 23210 Biograd - Croatia, tel: 00 385 23 386479, fax: 00 385 23 386 478 Visit: www.croatiabirding.com and www.val-tours.hr

Wild Herzegovina organise bespoke birdwatching holidays to Bosnia and Herzegovina. They cater for small groups, offer all-inclusive tailor-made excursions, visiting several reserves and natural beauty spots in Herzegovina. Contact Denis Bohm at info@wild-herzegovina.com or visit www.wild-herzegovina.com/

Wildlife Provençale is an independent wildlife holiday company specialising in regional wildlife tours of Provence in the South of France. Wildlife Provençale are the regional experts for natural history holidays in this spectacular location with 11 years of highly successful wildlife tours. Web www.wildlifeprovencale.com

Wingspan Bird Tours offer a range of birdwatching holidays and bird tours throughout Spain, Morocco, Lesvos and Portugal. Bird-watching breaks range from day trips in Andalucia to 10 days in Morocco. Wingspan cater for beginners and accomplished birders alike. www.wingspanbirdtours.com/