Members’ Holiday pages

Many BOC members go on holiday and bring back interesting stories and photos of their bird sightings and wildlife encounters. This page will be dedicated to bringing you some of these stories, with a few interesting pictures.

If you have a holiday to tell us about and a few photographs, please contact Nick Hawkridge via our contact form


The Americas

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2012, Rob Miles, a cruise in the Lesser Antilles.

Panama Canal

2014, Mike & Elaine Landen, Panama

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2012 – Falklands, Richard Brown

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2014 – Galapagos, Richard Brown

Osorno Volcano Lake District

2015 – Mike & Elaine Landen, Chile

2016 Brazil with Mike & Elaine Landen

2020 – Ecuador With Elaine & Mike Landen

 

Africa

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2013, Adrian Adams visited The Gambia.

2017, Mike & Elaine Landen, Morocco

2018, Mike & Elaine Landen, Ethiopia

 

Europe

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2012, John Sparks and polar bears

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2013, Margaret & Ray Bulmer did a Hebridean Wild-Life Cruise

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2013 Andalucía by Rob Miles

Hverfjell explosion crater

2014, Iceland, with Mike & Alix Lord

Aberdaron church

2014, the Lleyn Peninsula, with Margaret & Ray Bulmer.

2019, Lanzarote in March – Jane Cumming (a DIY guide ‘trip planner’)

2022, Mallorca – Fraser, Landen & Watson 

Asia

Fishing village in Halong Bay, Vietnam

Far East – by Pauline Vowles

Oriental Darter

2013, Goa, by Adrian Adams

2017, Rajasthan, India with John Thorogood

Down-under

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Richard Belson on New Zealand Wildlife