Stephen Daly has been birding since the age of eight. He lives and works in Andalucia, opposite Morocco, running Andalucian Guides on the Strait of Gibraltar, one of the world's busiest migration routes.

Stephen has had years of experience in most Spanish and Portuguese birding areas, guiding clients all over the Iberian peninsular. He has previously lived and worked in France and Germany and knows all the good European hotspots as well as most Mediterranean countries including the exotic lands of Morocco and Tunisia.

Stephen, a Scot, speaks fluent French, German and Spanish as well as his native English. He is married to Patty, who comes from southern Germany's Black Forest and together they now have Lucia, their first child.

Stephen guides for various UK companies including Limosa Holidays one of the world's foremost birding holiday companies, Heatherlea - "The Scottish Wildlife Experience" and Fantasia Adventure Holidays SL in Spain.

Andalucian Guides operates a policy of eco-friendly, low impact, sustainable tourism with a high priority towards conservation in southern Andalucia.

John is a professional local bird guide and author with over 35 years of birding and guiding experience both in England and Doñana, where he now lives.

Quality birding often depends on good local knowledge and experience and John has that in abundance, having operated over 700 day trips and many longer tours. He knows the breeding, feeding and roosting sites of all the more sought after species, he knows about migration patterns and he understands the effects that local climate conditions can have on the birds.

John operates sensibly-priced day tours around the Doñana Natural Park and also organizes inclusive two-centred package holidays for individuals and groups, combining the best sites in Doñana with those in Extremadura, Tarifa and Portugal.

John is now regarded as the most active and experienced guide in the Doñana region and is available for tours throughout the year. Whatever you require, John can arrange it!
Also available to Guide in: Portugal

Catalunya, in the N.E. of Spain, is a thrilling, beautiful and under-visited part of the natural world and our aim, quite simply, is to have people, when they leave, already thinking about coming back.

We have our own accommodation and, as far as I'm concerned, it's your holiday so...

Everything is planned, everything is flexible - so ask!

...Ebro Delta...Garraf Massif...Steppes of Lleida...Aigüamolls de L'Empordá...Cap de Creus...Barcelona...Llobregat Delta...the Pyrenees...

"Catalunya's terrific range of habitats, along with its geographical position, give it a greater variety of wildlife than anywhere on the peninsular (including Andalucía), with 95% of Iberia's and 50% of the whole Palearctic region's recorded bird species. Not bad for an area one quarter the size of England."

Richard is an experienced English freelance birding guide based in the French Pyrenees, where he has lived for thirteen years. He leads tours in the Western Pyrenees, which can be adapted from one day to one week depending on the client’s requirements.

Richard has travelled across much of the world and has visited over eighty countries to date. He has led many tours to western and central Africa including sixteen tours to Senegal, a country he knows very well.

He also has a good knowledge of Ghana and, more recently, Malawi, where he has led several tours. Another country he is currently working in is Guyana.

Jeff Price of Scottish origin, living in Denmark since 1981. Apart from his mother tongue English, Jeff speaks, Danish, French, German, and has an excellent knowledge of Norwegian and Swedish, and can get by in Spanish.

The Scandinavia Specialist: With over 23 years experience of birding in Scandinavia, I can guide you anywhere for birds, photography, walking, any time of the year. - Owl specialist.

I cover Ebro Delta, Pyrenees, Extremadura and Andalusia in Spain. In USA I can guide you in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Cape May, Florida and New England states. Besides these countries I can offer you your own personalised trip to many other destinations. E.g. Bulgaria, Estonia, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Norway, Oman, Romania, Scotland, Spitsbergen, Tanzania.

Jeff has been guiding in excess of 17 years.

I have been a keen bird-watcher and field botanist for 35 years.

My main areas of birding experience are Scotland and Southern England, Balearic Islands, Corsica, Britanny, Eastern France, Camargue, NE Spain, Eastern Andalucia, Western Greece, Corfu, Thassos, Kos, Cyprus, New Zealand (North Island), Canada (Southern Ontario), USA (Nebraska) and Kenya (Nairobi area).

I specialise in unhurried bird-watching without excessive travelling, suited to a 50+ age group. All my guided walks include the identification of flora and insect species and the encouragement of photography at every stage.

Sergio Pinedo graduated in Biological Sciences from the University of Murcia and is an expert bird ringer, accredited by SEO-BirdLife. In the course of his degree he took part in different studies of wild species, mainly with forest birds of prey and reptiles.

He has worked on different environmental studies, as a nature guide in all of the protected areas in the Cuenca Province. He is a member of SEO-Birdlife and representative of the ‘Important Bird Area 185’ (San Clemente-Villarrobledo). He is familiar with the best places in La Mancha and the Pyrenees for birdwatching. His job at the moment is carrying out studies in the Pyrenees with large birds of prey such as the Bearded Vulture. He is also a Birdwatching guide in the Natural Parks of Posets Maladeta and Aïguestortes. With NAYACU tours you can see big raptors and other small typical species of alpine birds such as the Wallcreeper, Snow Finch, Rock Trush, Ring Ouzel, Wheatear,Citril Finch, Black Redstart or the Alpine Accentor.

We offer short tours in the Pyrenees of 1-2 days in the prime high mountain birdwatching sites of Spain. We also offer longer tours of Spain to suit the needs and wishes of our clients. We will visit the Pyrenees and La Mancha, two regions of Spain with high biogeographical differences, maximizing our customers' chances of seeing a wide diversity of birds, ranging from the typical high mountain species of the Pyrenees to the steppeland birds of La Mancha.

 

 

 

Julian & Amanda opened a guesthouse in Oliva, at the northern tip of the Costa Blanca. This makes a great place to stay, and from where he runs professionally led guided birdwatching tours of the whole region. This area boasts two of the most accessible airports in Europe at Alicante & Valencia making travelling here very easy and stress-free. The Valencia Region has a great deal to offer the travelling & holidaying birdwatcher with lots of different habitats producing many quality species including Little Bittern, White-headed & Marbled Duck, Golden & Bonelli's Eagle, Purple Gallinule, Great Bustard, Black-bellied & Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Red-necked Nightjar, Rufous Bushchat, Black Wheatear, Trumpeter Finch and many more.

We also offer all-inclusive holidays and short breaks to parts of Spain (Andalucia, Extremadura & thePyrenees), and parts of the Western Palearctic. Our current itinerary covers emerging bird-rich countries such as Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, and old favourites such as Morocco.The main aim of our holidays is to run them at 'value for money' prices, and try and maintain small group sizes to give all participants the best chance of seeing any species found. We will endeavour to make all our holidays as comfortable and relaxed as possible, with finding the birds our main priority. You will not be disappointed.

Also available to Guide in: Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco & Scotland.

 

 

 

"Specializing in small group birding tours to Costa Rica"

We also offer tours to many other destinations including most of Central & S.America, UK, Spain, Gambia, India, Trinidad/Tobago, and more...

Free Incentives! In addition to scheduled tours, fully customized tours can be arranged for 2 or more birders. Educational Tours for student groups or individuals can also be arranged.

We organize every aspect of your birding tour. We handle everything including making room and meal reservations at some of the best nature lodges, ensuring expert guides are available, arranging safe and reliable transportation,and providing information including bird checklists and maps of the areas visited. We can also assist in making flight reservations.

Our goal is to ensure your tour with us is one of the best birding experiences of your life. To help us meet this goal,you can count on getting prompt, personalized communication before and during your tour!