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We hope you'll enjoy this pastiche of news, photos and topical items selected from the many letters, emails, images and other correspondence that we receive at the Limosa office every week.

We update this feature regularly, so keep those holiday highlights, tour anecdotes and photos coming - and your's could be featured next!...

News Archive

WHAT'S NEW? ON... Thu 15 May

Phew! May is our busiest month of the year, this week alone seeing our trips to France, Romania, Bulgaria and the Scottish Islands all getting underway. While others are just returning home from Poland, Spain and ever-popular Lesbos - from where guide Gary Elton has just sent us this brief report... Read on.

CALENDAR OF TOURS (updated 15 May)

Here's a complete listing of all our 2008 tours, through into early 2009, showing current status and availability ... Read on.

LATE AVAILABILITY (updated 15 May)

Still looking for a birding trip this summer? We've limited space left on the following tours: Read on.

Falklands 2009 - EXTRA DEPARTURE

Our 2009 Falkland Islands tour (8-21 Jan) is full! Good news is we've just added a second departure, 22 Jan-4 Feb 2009. There are ... Read on.

2008 - BEST YEAR FOR SNOWY OWL?

If the opportunity to look for Snowy Owl appeals to you, Dick Forsman reckons that our spring 2008 trip could well offer the best chances to see this species there since we ran our first tour to Finland - 16 years ago!... Read on.

OFFICE BIRD NEWS updated Tue 29 April

Good morning! It's another glorious day here in north Norfolk, and our summer warblers are in fine voice... Read on.

HOT FOOT IT TO FINLAND & ARCTIC NORWAY!

If it's the northern owls and Arctic specialities you're after, then our spring tour to Finland & Norway is the trip for you! Need further inducement? Take a look at these great photos from... Read on.

RECENT TOUR NEWS

Our 2008 programme is well and truly underway, with some great trips already completed. Read on to see how they got on ... Read on.

NORFOLK: News from our Long Weekend, 27 Feb-3 Mar 2008

Our latest Norfolk Long Weekend finished on Monday 3 March 2008 - and produced yet another impressive run of sightings ... Read on.

ALL ABOARD FOR... ST KILDA, SULA SGEIR & BEYOND!

In 2007, Andy Strangeway, a decorator from Yorkshire, completed a unique 4-year challenge - to spend a night on every Scottish island. Quite some feat - and one that Limosa ... Read on.

NORFOLK BREAK, 27 Feb 2008

Treat yourself to some great Norfolk birding this month! Grab yourself a late space on our next long weekend break, 27 Feb-3 Mar... Read on.

LEADERS: Changes & Additions

Please note that Dick Forsman is unable to co-lead our April tour to Namibia. Mike Crewe comes off the 'subs bench' and now joins... Read on.

TOUR of the MONTH: MARCH - Nepal

Flanked by the world’s tallest mountains, the spectacular Himalayan kingdom of Nepal should be on every birder’s list of places to go!... Read on.

Last chance to join our Feb tour to Chile

Last chance to join our tour to Chile, 1-17 Feb - and see an Andean Condor for real (there's one in this photo!). Going, going... Read on.

Focus on... NE INDIA Darjeeling, Sikkim & Assam

Looking for a birding holiday with a difference? Then our scenic spring tour to Darjeeling, Sikkim & Assam could be just the ticket ... Read on.

Uganda 2008: Gorillas!

The dates of our 2008 tour to Uganda - ONLY ONE SPACE LEFT - have changed to ... Read on.

South Africa: Owls and Cape Hunting Dogs

We asked Ian Phillips, a participant from Aberdeen, for a first-hand account of Limosa’s inaugural South Africa: Owls and Cape Hunting Dogs tour, 27 May-7 June 2007, led by Callan Cohen. Read on.