Wild Images, a division of Birdquest Ltd, specializes in wildlife photographic tours worldwide. Wild Images' exciting programme of tours includes both group and individual departures, and features such destinations as Hungary, Spitsbergen, Tanzania (Serengeti & Ngorongoro), India, Japan, Baja California, the Galapagos, Antarctica, South Georgia & The Falklands and the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand & Australia. Click on the picture above to visit the Wild Images website.
Ocean Adventures, a division of Birdquest Ltd, specializes in wildlife-orientated expedition cruises all over the world. As well as our Birdquest/Ocean Adventures group trips, there are many cruises available for individual bookings. These feature Spitsbergen, Greenland, Iceland, the Scottish Islands, Siberia (including the Kurils, Commanders, Kamchatka, Chukotka and the Bering Strait), Antarctica, South Georgia, the Falklands, the South Atlantic Islands, the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand & Australia, the Western Pacific and many other venues. Click on the picture above to visit the Ocean Adventures website.
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Fairy Pitta, Japan
Our 2009 Japan summer tour was once again great fun, with just about all of the hoped for specialities showing very well, including the stunning Fairy Pitta, one of our favourites. The following pictures are effectively a photo-diary of the tour (Pete Morris)
Japanese Reed Bunting, Japan
We began close to Narita (Tokyo) where the rich reedbeds are home to Japanese Reed Bunting (Pete Morris)
Japanese Marsh Warbler, Japan
... and the rare Japanese Marsh Warbler (Pete Morris)
Chestnut-eared Bunting, Japan
Moving on to Karuizawa (by bullet train!) we visited some abandoned paddyfields where we found Chestnut-eared Bunting (Pete Morris)
Japanese Snipe, Japan
... some very obliging Japanese (or Latham's) Snipe (Pete Morris)
Green Pheasant, Japan
... and the superb endemic Green Pheasant (Pete Morris)
Ural Owl, Japan
Nearby we found our first Ural Owl, a species that remarkably kept finding us during the tour! (Pete Morris)
Copper Pheasant, Japan
The forests of Karuizawa revealed their best kept secret, the often elusive Copper Pheasant, a species that unusually we saw several times during the tour! (Pete Morris)
Blue-and-white Flycatcher, Japan
Other goodies here included the sweetly singing Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Pete Morris)
Narcissus Flycatcher, Japan
... the amazingly colourful Narcissus Flycatcher (Pete Morris)
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