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@markgolley.bsky.social Not white, but hey, you can't complain....today in Iceland.
February 6, 2026 at 10:59 PM
@markgolley.bsky.social Not white, but hey, you can't complain....today in Iceland.
The @naturetrek.bsky.social "Gyrfalcons and the Northern Lights" Iceland tour had a sting in the tail!
February 6, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The @naturetrek.bsky.social "Gyrfalcons and the Northern Lights" Iceland tour had a sting in the tail!
We finished the last full day of the @naturetrek.bsky.social tour of Iceland in style today: frankly unbelievable views of our fourth Gyrfalcon in three days! #birds
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
We finished the last full day of the @naturetrek.bsky.social tour of Iceland in style today: frankly unbelievable views of our fourth Gyrfalcon in three days! #birds
We finished the last full day of the @naturetrek.bsky.social tour of Iceland in style today: spectacular sulfuric fumaroles
February 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
We finished the last full day of the @naturetrek.bsky.social tour of Iceland in style today: spectacular sulfuric fumaroles
We finished the last full day of the @naturetrek.bsky.social tour of Iceland in style today: best views yet of Barrow's Goldeneye #birds
February 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
We finished the last full day of the @naturetrek.bsky.social tour of Iceland in style today: best views yet of Barrow's Goldeneye #birds
@naturetrek.bsky.social Iceland continues: a cracking winter Ptarmigan.
February 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
@naturetrek.bsky.social Iceland continues: a cracking winter Ptarmigan.
@naturetrek.bsky.social Iceland continues: another Gyrfalcon, this one full-cropped, in off the sea and over our heads!
February 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
@naturetrek.bsky.social Iceland continues: another Gyrfalcon, this one full-cropped, in off the sea and over our heads!
@naturetrek.bsky.social Iceland continues: a stunning roadside Merlin.
February 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
@naturetrek.bsky.social Iceland continues: a stunning roadside Merlin.
In Iceland with @naturetrek.bsky.social: the Gyrfalcons and Northern Lights tour. Also Barrow's Goldeneye and many Snow Buntings.
February 4, 2026 at 11:07 PM
In Iceland with @naturetrek.bsky.social: the Gyrfalcons and Northern Lights tour. Also Barrow's Goldeneye and many Snow Buntings.
In Iceland with @naturetrek.bsky.social: the Gyrfalcons and Northern Lights tour. And when darkness fell....
February 4, 2026 at 11:05 PM
In Iceland with @naturetrek.bsky.social: the Gyrfalcons and Northern Lights tour. And when darkness fell....
In Iceland with @naturetrek.bsky.social: the Gyrfalcons and Northern Lights tour. Our first full day was fairly massive despite us only seeing eight bird species!
February 4, 2026 at 11:04 PM
In Iceland with @naturetrek.bsky.social: the Gyrfalcons and Northern Lights tour. Our first full day was fairly massive despite us only seeing eight bird species!
The @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt tour is drawing to a close: we have arrived in Luxor and visited the Temples of Luxor and Karnak. Birds still coming: recent highlights included a big flock of Trumpeter Finches on a Nile Island, multiple Bluethroats, Isabelline Wheatear and Turtle Doves.
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt tour is drawing to a close: we have arrived in Luxor and visited the Temples of Luxor and Karnak. Birds still coming: recent highlights included a big flock of Trumpeter Finches on a Nile Island, multiple Bluethroats, Isabelline Wheatear and Turtle Doves.
Today the @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt tour found two tropical African birds at their only outpost in the Western Palearctic: Abu Simbel in far southern Egypt. African Pied Wagtail and Long-tailed (or Reed) Cormorant.
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Today the @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt tour found two tropical African birds at their only outpost in the Western Palearctic: Abu Simbel in far southern Egypt. African Pied Wagtail and Long-tailed (or Reed) Cormorant.
Today the @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour continued to the far south of Egypt and the astonishing Abu Simbel, via Mourning Wheatears, a Greater Spotted Eagle and Black Storks.
December 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Today the @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour continued to the far south of Egypt and the astonishing Abu Simbel, via Mourning Wheatears, a Greater Spotted Eagle and Black Storks.
The @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour continues, with "wonderful things" on both fronts....Red-throated Pipit: a migrant from the Siberian tundra to East Africa. Only a few winter in Egypt. 6/6
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour continues, with "wonderful things" on both fronts....Red-throated Pipit: a migrant from the Siberian tundra to East Africa. Only a few winter in Egypt. 6/6
The @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour continues, with "wonderful things" on both fronts.... White-winged Tern, the scarcest tern we are seeing, behind Whiskered and Gull-billed. 5/6
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour continues, with "wonderful things" on both fronts.... White-winged Tern, the scarcest tern we are seeing, behind Whiskered and Gull-billed. 5/6
The @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour continues, with "wonderful things" on both fronts....Senegal Thick-knee 4/6
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour continues, with "wonderful things" on both fronts....Senegal Thick-knee 4/6
The @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour continues, with "wonderful things" on both fronts.... Siberian Stonechat (maura), one of two Stonechat species which winter here. 3/6
December 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour continues, with "wonderful things" on both fronts.... Siberian Stonechat (maura), one of two Stonechat species which winter here. 3/6
The @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour continues, with "wonderful things" on both fronts....Ferruginous Ducks in abundance and very confiding on the Nile. 2/6
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour continues, with "wonderful things" on both fronts....Ferruginous Ducks in abundance and very confiding on the Nile. 2/6
The @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour continues, with "wonderful things" on both fronts.... 1/6
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour continues, with "wonderful things" on both fronts.... 1/6
Day 2 of the @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour was all birds, around Qarun Lake west of Cairo. Masses of waders and waterbirds, African Green Bee-eaters, Little Heron, 3 kingfisher species, Senegal Thick-knee, Senegal Coucal and the near-endemic Nile Valley Sunbird.
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Day 2 of the @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour was all birds, around Qarun Lake west of Cairo. Masses of waders and waterbirds, African Green Bee-eaters, Little Heron, 3 kingfisher species, Senegal Thick-knee, Senegal Coucal and the near-endemic Nile Valley Sunbird.
Day 1 of the @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour was almost all history! Much of the day was at the extraordinary, brand-new Grand Egyptian Musuem, where we enjoyed ALL of the Tutankhamun trove, Khufu's solar funerary ship and so much more. An incredible start!
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Day 1 of the @naturetrek.bsky.social Egypt - Birds and History tour was almost all history! Much of the day was at the extraordinary, brand-new Grand Egyptian Musuem, where we enjoyed ALL of the Tutankhamun trove, Khufu's solar funerary ship and so much more. An incredible start!
Some fantastic wildlife on the @naturetrek.bsky.social Go Slow in Switzerland tour: Nutcracker, Lammergeiers, Snowfinches, dozens of glorious butterflies and masses of great plants. 15 species of orchids today, including Coralroot, Lesser Twayblabe, Globe-flowered, and the epic Lady's Slipper.
June 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Some fantastic wildlife on the @naturetrek.bsky.social Go Slow in Switzerland tour: Nutcracker, Lammergeiers, Snowfinches, dozens of glorious butterflies and masses of great plants. 15 species of orchids today, including Coralroot, Lesser Twayblabe, Globe-flowered, and the epic Lady's Slipper.
Western Olivaceous (Isabelline) Warbler, Coto Doñana, Spain with @naturetrek.bsky.social - client photo. Sometimes a tough-to-find species! #birds 🪶
April 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Western Olivaceous (Isabelline) Warbler, Coto Doñana, Spain with @naturetrek.bsky.social - client photo. Sometimes a tough-to-find species! #birds 🪶