News Archive

On the 11 October 2018, four birders - including our very own Matt Jones and Neil Robertson - set a new record for a Big Day birding in Southland, NZ.  The below account is written by Matt Jones. Well done lads!  You can see the length these guys go to, and the fact...

We have just updated our website with dates for our pelagics in the Hauraki Gulf (Warkworth), Whitianga, and Stewart Island for late 2019 and early 2020.  Please take a look and email us if you are interested in any of these day long pelagic seabird trips, as they do...

There has been a flurry of activity confirming places on our late 2018 and early 2019 21-day tours, with just one place left on a late 2018 departure, and two left on an early 2019 departure.  That is only three places available for our upcoming summer tours!  These...

We are pleased to announce that we will again be at the British Birdwatching Fair in 2018!  We will be sharing a stand with our good friends from Albatross Encounter - Marquee 2, Stands 46&47.  So come and see both Brent and Sav there during the weekend of 17-19...

Well our last places are filling on this upcoming seasons tours - 2018-2019 summer.  We have just just three places left in five 21-day tours confirmed in late 2018, and just a couple of places left in the three confirmed tours in early 2019.  There have been recent...

Well it is the start of the new year - Happy 2018 every one!  We are gearing up for our early 2018 21-day tours which kick off in a week or so. Looking forward to some excellent birding.  We have also just added dates for our pelagics in Warkworth (into the Hauraki...

Well our tours in November and December 2017 went really well, with both tours run getting almost all of the 'gettable' endemics.  Low numbers of the less common Arctic shorebirds accounted for lower numbers than usual on these tours, but these really are additional...

Sav will be attending the American Birding Expo, which is being held this weekend - 29 September to 1 October 2017, in Philadelphia.  It is being held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Centre, and Sav will be around all weekend.  So if you are in the area and wanting...

Both Sav and Brent will be attending the British Birdwatching Fair at Rutland Water this coming weekend - 18-20 August 2017.  We will be sharing a stand with Albatross Encounter in Marquee #2 at Stand 46 & 47.  Come along and say hello, ask a question, or have a...

We are excited to be heading back to the Chatham Islands in early 2018, with a five-night trip running from 27 February to 3 March 2018.  The trip will have a full day pelagic, focussing on heading to the famed 'The Pyramid' as well as skirting offshore of South-East...