Living off memories - TRIP INDEX 2024>1974

The following lists and gives links to the relevant blogs of all the foreign birding and some family trips that I have been fortunate enough to have done. It is ordered by year with the most recent first. Blogs of the older trips use scanned slides, some having degraded badly with age, or digitised prints of varying quality. Some use photos taken by those I was with. These are usually easy to tell as they are significantly better than mine (and in most cases acknowledged). Many of the older blogs are based on my unreliable memories as my notes were very lacking in detail, other than the birds seen, something I now greatly regret. The blogs were initially done to find a 'home' for boxes of old slides which I had not looked at for years, my dad giving me his slide scanner providing the necessary impetus to digitise them. Doing these blogs has brought back many very happy memories, and a few sad ones. I’ve been very fortunate to have various like-minded friends whom I have been able to travel with. Sadly an increasing number are no longer with us.

Kagu, New Caledonia August 1998 (digitised print originally taken with an instamatic).  One of my all-time top five birds. Giant Pitta (1987), displaying Wilson's Bird of Paradise (1993), displaying Western Parotia (2013), and Royal Penguins (2023) are the others.

2024:   ALASKA (June)

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/07/alaska-2024-part-1-uk-to-barrow-12-13.html

            CYPRUS (March)

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/03/cyprus-2024-part-2-17-20-march.html

             https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/03/cyprus-2024-part-1-13-16-march.html

            PANAMA (February)

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/02/

2023:   NEW ZEALAND and BIRDING DOWN UNDER Cruise (December)

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/04/birding-down-under-part-12.html

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/04/birding-down-under-part-11-at-sea.html

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/04/birding-down-under-part-10-chatham.html

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/04/birding-down-under-part-9-bounty.html

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/04/birding-down-under-part-8-at-sea-and.html

             https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/04/birding-down-under-part-7-at-sea-and.html

             https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/04/birding-down-under-part-6-buckles-bay.html

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/01/birding-down-under-part-5-sandy-bay.html

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/01/birding-down-under-part-4-towards.html

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/01/birding-down-under-part-3-enderby-08.html

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/01/birding-down-under-part-2-snares-07.html

             https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/01/birding-down-under-part-1-arrival-30.html

            FRANCE Boulogne (June) included in

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2023/06/shoreham-boulogne-and-marsh-warblers-10.html

            INDIA South and Andamans (January/February)

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2023/03/south-india-and-andamans-ooty-mudamalai.html

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2023/03/south-india-and-andamans-periyar-and.html

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2023/03/south-india-and-andamans-thattekkad-20.html

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2023/02/south-india-and-andamans-south-andaman.html

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2023/02/south-india-and-andamans-tansa-12-14.html

2022:  FRANCE Somme (September)

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-week-on-somme-03-10-september.html

           BRAZIL Amazonia (May/June)

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2022/06/brazil-2022-amazonia-national-park-21.html

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2022/07/brazil-2022-porto-velho-and-tabajara-28.html

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2022/07/brazil-2022-amazonas-humaita-02-05-june.html

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2022/07/brazil-2022-rondonia-and-acre-jaci.html          

           COSTA RICA (April/May)

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2022/10/costa-rica-2022-roundabout-route-to.html

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2022/10/costa-rica-2022-cerro-de-la-muerte-to.html

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2022/10/costa-rica-2022-southern-bits-28-april.html

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2022/10/costa-rica-2022-north-and-east-04-07-may.html

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2022/11/costa-rica-2022-arenal-cano-negro.html

2020: SPAIN Fuerteventua (February)

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2020/02/

           MYANMAR (January)
           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2020/02/myanmar-2020-yangon-and-bagan-11-14.html
            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2020/02/myanmar-2020-mount-victoria-15-20.html
            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2020/02/myanmar-2020-inle-and-kalaw-21-25.html
2019:   FRANCE Somme (September)
            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/09/france-2019-st-valery-sur-somme-7-14.html

            (BALI and) BORNEO (August)
            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/08/
            NORWAY (and FINLAND) (March)
            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/04/norway-and-finland-2019-kirkenes-neljan.html
            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/04/norway-2019-to-vardo-and-back-24-28.html

            SRI LANKA (January/February)
            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/01/
            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/02/sri-lanka-20019-uda-walawe-and.html

2018:  MADAGASCAR (October)

           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2018/10/madagascar-2018-04-19-october.html
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2018/05/st-valery-sur-somme-19-26-may.html
           SPAIN Mallorca (September)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2018/09/

           NORTHERN PERU (June/July)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2018/07/
           FRANCE Somme (May)
           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2018/05/

           ECUADOR (February)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/

2017:  BOLIVIA (November)

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/
           NORTHERN GREECE (October)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/northern-greece-03-10-october.html
           FRANCE Somme (September)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/st-valery-sur-somme-2-9-september-2017.html
           MONGOLIA (May)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/
           GUYANA (March/April)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/

           TRINIDAD and TOBAGO (March)

           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/trinidad-and-tobago-17-19-march-2017.html

           JAMIACA (February)

           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/jamaica-2017-1-8-february.html
2016:  GHANA (October/November)

           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2016_10_01_archive.html
           FRANCE Somme (September)

           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/st-valery-sur-somme-03-10-september-2016.html

           JAPAN (June/July)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/japan-2016-hokkaido-23-29-june.html
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2016_07_01_archive.html
           FINLAND (May/June)
           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2016/06/finland-2016-return-to-oulu-and.html
           NORWAY (May)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2016_05_01_archive.html 
           MEXICO (February/March)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2016_02_01_archive.html
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/mexico.html
           CALIFORNIA (January)

           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2016_01_01_archive.html

2015:  BRAZIL (September/October)

           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2015_09_01_archive.html           

           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/ne-brazil-boa-nova-and-serra-bonita-4-8.html

           FRANCE Somme (August/September)

           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/a-week-in-somme-29-august-5-september.html
            INDONESIA Lesser Sundas (August)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/indonesia-2015-flores-13-18-august.html
           ARIZONA (April/May)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2015_04_01_archive.html
           ECUADOR (January/February)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2015_01_01_archive.html
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/ecuador-2015-sani-lodge-02-09-february.html

2014: SPAIN Extremadura (April)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2014_04_01_archive.html

           COLOMBIA (July/August)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/colombia-2014-arrival-rio-blanco-19-20.html

          FRANCE Brittany (September)
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/brittany-6-13-september.html
2013:  FRANCE Normandie (September)
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/normandie-14-21-september.html

          INDONESIA West Papua (August)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2013_08_01_archive.html       

          CORSICA (May)
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/corsica-col-de-sorba-restonica-valley.html

2012: FRANCE Somme (September)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/2-9-september-2012-st-valery-sur-somme.html

          MALAYSIA Sarawak & Sabah (July/August) 

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2012_08_01_archive.html

          TURKEY (June)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/04-june-2012-demirkazik.html
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/06-june-2012-birecik-and-durnalik.html
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/08-june-2012-nemrut-dagi.html

2011: TAIWAN (April/May)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2011_04_01_archive.html

          ETHIOPIA (February)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2011_02_01_archive.html

2010: UGANDA (June)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2010_06_01_archive.html

          CHINA (May/June)

          Shanghai (Spoon-billed Sandpiper), Wuishan, Fuzhou & Xiaolongmen
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2010_05_01_archive.html
          Xi’an & Yangxian (Crested Ibis)
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/china-31-may-2-june-2010-xian-and.html
          Pingtai (Jankowski’s Bunting)
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/china-3-5-june-2010-pingtai-xiainghai.html

2009: VIETNAM Cat Tien & Da Lat (April)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2009_04_01_archive.html

2008: NAMIBIA (July/August)
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2008_08_01_archive.html

          PHILIPPINES (April)
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2008_04_01_archive.html
2007: INDIA Eaglenest (April) 

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2007/04/     

2006:  PAPUA NEW GUINEA (August)

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2006/08/

2005:  INDONESIA Sumatra & West Java (July)

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2005/07/

           TEXAS (April)

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2005/04/  

2004:  PAPUA NEW GUINEA (June)

           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2004_06_01_archive.html

            CUBA (April)
           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2004/04/

2003:  CAMEROON (April)

           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2003_04_01_archive.html

           JAPAN (January)

           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/2003_01_01_archive.html

2002:  CHILE (April)

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2002/04/

2001:  GAMBIA (November)

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2001/11/

            PUERTO RICO & DOMINION REPUBLIC (April)

           https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2001/04/
2000:  CYPRUS (April)

            to do

           CHINA Qinghai (June)

            https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2000/06/

1999:  ECUADOR (August/September)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1999_09_01_archive.html

1998:  AUSTRALIA and NEW CALEDONIA (July/August)

           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1998_08_01_archive.html        

1997:  VIETNAM (March/April) 

          https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/1997/04/ 

1996: NEW ZEALAND (August)   

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1996_08_01_archive.html

          PHILIPPINES (April)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1996_04_01_archive.html

1995: MADAGASCAR (August)
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1995_08_01_archive.html

1993: INDONESIA Irian Jaya (August)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1993_08_01_archive.html

1992:  INDONESIA Sulawesi and Halmahera (August)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1992_08_01_archive.html

1991: SOUTH AFRICA (August)
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1991_08_01_archive.html

1990: ARGENTINA (August)
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1990_08_01_archive.html

1989: ICELAND (June)               

          https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/1989/06/
1988: BRAZIL (July/August)
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1988_07_01_archive.html
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1988_08_01_archive.html

          THAILAND Peninsular (March/April)
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1988_04_01_archive.html 

1987: MALAYSIA Sabah and Peninsular (July/August) 
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1987_08_01_archive.html

1986: ECUADOR and VENEZUELA July/August 1986

           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1986_08_01_archive.html

           AUSTRALIA Queensland and Northern Territory (March/April)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1986_03_01_archive.html
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1986_04_01_archive.html

1985: COSTA RICA and PANAMA (July/August)
           http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1985_08_01_archive.html

1984: BOTSWANA (December 1984-January 1985) 

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1984_12_01_archive.html

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1985_01_01_archive.html  

          PERU (July/August)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1984_08_01_archive.html

1983: KENYA (July/August)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1983_08_01_archive.html

1982: VENEZUELA (December 1982-February 1983)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1983_01_01_archive.html

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1983_02_01_archive.html

          NEPAL (March/June)
          Jomson Trek
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1982_03_01_archive.html
          Everest Trek
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1982_04_01_archive.html
          Langtang Trek
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1982_05_01_archive.html
          INDIA (June/July)
          Ladakh
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1982_06_01_archive.html
          Kashmir
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1982_07_01_archive.html
          THAILAND (February)
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1982_02_01_archive.html

          MALAYSIA Peninsular (January/February)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1982_01_01_archive.html

1981: AUSTRIA (July)

          https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/1981/07/

1980: THAILAND (December 1980-January 1981)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1980_12_01_archive.html

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1981_01_01_archive.html

          CANADA (May)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1980_05_01_archive.html

1979: NEPAL (November 1979-January 1980)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1979_11_01_archive.html
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1979_12_01_archive.html

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1980_01_01_archive.html  

          CANARIES (June/July)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1979_07_01_archive.html 

          ISRAEL (March/April)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1979_04_01_archive.html

1978: THAILAND (December 1978-January 1979)
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1978_12_01_archive.html
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1979_01_01_archive.html

1977: KENYA (December 1977-January 1978)

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1977_12_01_archive.html

          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1978_0_01_archive.html

          MOROCCO (April)
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1977_04_01_archive.html

1975:  CARMARGUE (May)
          included in The 1970s: Camargue, Shetland & Scillies in 1975 blog
          http://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.co.uk/1975_12_01_archive.html
1974: MAJORCA (October)
          brief mention in The 1970s: finding my feet - 1974 blog
          https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/1974/