Today a new bird tour company was launched! So what you might ask? Well, this one really does offer something actually quite different. Rather than blindly aiming for the largest possible species list on each tour (YAWN!!), Wise Birding, set up by my good friend Chris Townend, aims to show people all the endemics and key birds, along with a decent number of other species on their tours, as well as make a financial contribution to the conservation projects they visit. Where possible, the tours are carefully designed to visit sites with active conservation programmes and/or lodges that (really) support conservation. This means that birders joining a tour will be directly helping to conserve the birds and habitats that they visit. To check out the tours available for 2012 visit
http://www.wisebirding.co.uk/. One leader in particular comes highly recommended!! :-)
This sounds great. We need more of these bird tours to educate people on how to appreciate and take care of these wonderful creatures.
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