Chris Townend (Wise Birding)
@wisebirding.bsky.social
Tour Leader / Freelance Ornithologist.
Love all wildlife, particularly birds, the challenge of rarity finding & searching for elusive cats, especially Lynx & Snow Leopard.
Bird & Mammal Tours: www.wisebirding.co.uk
Beaver Walks: www.devonbeavertours.co.uk
Love all wildlife, particularly birds, the challenge of rarity finding & searching for elusive cats, especially Lynx & Snow Leopard.
Bird & Mammal Tours: www.wisebirding.co.uk
Beaver Walks: www.devonbeavertours.co.uk
We have just had 2 places come available for our South Pantanal and Emas NP Mostly Mammals Tour in July. Please contact us if interested for this guaranteed departure at discounted price and just group size of 5: www.wisebirding.co.uk/brazil-emas-...
#Mammals #WiseBirding
#Mammals #WiseBirding
January 14, 2026 at 7:44 PM
We have just had 2 places come available for our South Pantanal and Emas NP Mostly Mammals Tour in July. Please contact us if interested for this guaranteed departure at discounted price and just group size of 5: www.wisebirding.co.uk/brazil-emas-...
#Mammals #WiseBirding
#Mammals #WiseBirding
A brilliant day 7 of our @wisebirding.bsky.social tour of Senegal. A boat trip on the Saloum Delta produced the much prized White-crested Tiger-Heron, Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle & Goliath Heron. Birding near Toubakouta this pm produced an armful of new birds including Pygmy Sunbird, a stunner!
January 14, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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Early start on @wisebirding.bsky.social Thailand tour to catch Wreathed Hornbills feeding at a fruiting tree in Khao Yai NP #phonescoped #WiseBirding 🇹🇭 #Thailand
January 12, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Early start on @wisebirding.bsky.social Thailand tour to catch Wreathed Hornbills feeding at a fruiting tree in Khao Yai NP #phonescoped #WiseBirding 🇹🇭 #Thailand
One of, if not THE most wanted species on this tour. A new site from previous years produced fab views this morning 😮👇🏻👇🏻
We will be running this again next year.
#WiseBirding #Senegal #WorldBirding #Birds
We will be running this again next year.
#WiseBirding #Senegal #WorldBirding #Birds
Early success on day 6 of the @wisebirding.bsky.social tour of Senegal: the mythical Quail-plover! Incredible views of 2 birds, field guides do not (and cannot) do them justice. They walk with a jerky gait like a chameleon. Simply stunning.
January 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
One of, if not THE most wanted species on this tour. A new site from previous years produced fab views this morning 😮👇🏻👇🏻
We will be running this again next year.
#WiseBirding #Senegal #WorldBirding #Birds
We will be running this again next year.
#WiseBirding #Senegal #WorldBirding #Birds
The Scissor-tailed Kite roost in Senegal really is one of the stand-out highlights of our tour here.😍 #Birds #Senegal #WiseBirding
Day 5 of the @wisebirding.bsky.social Senegal tour. A long journey south today from St Louis to Kaolack for the incredible spectacle that is the Scissor-tailed Kite roost on Kousmar Island. A rough estimate of 5,000 birds came in!
January 12, 2026 at 8:31 AM
The Scissor-tailed Kite roost in Senegal really is one of the stand-out highlights of our tour here.😍 #Birds #Senegal #WiseBirding
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End of a long and busy day in Khao Yai NP on the @wisebirding.bsky.social Thailand tour with Mugimaki Flycatcher and this female White-throated Rock Thrush among the highlights #phonescoped #WiseBirding #Thailand 🇹🇭
January 11, 2026 at 2:46 PM
End of a long and busy day in Khao Yai NP on the @wisebirding.bsky.social Thailand tour with Mugimaki Flycatcher and this female White-throated Rock Thrush among the highlights #phonescoped #WiseBirding #Thailand 🇹🇭
Exciting news from the field from Colin with an exciting bonus mammal from our current Thailand birding tour 😍 #Mammals #WiseBirding
The Sun Bear that’s been frequenting the park HQ restaurant at Kaeng Krachan showed up while the @wisebirding.bsky.social group had lunch yesterday! 🇹🇭 #WiseBirding
January 10, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Exciting news from the field from Colin with an exciting bonus mammal from our current Thailand birding tour 😍 #Mammals #WiseBirding
Quality all the way today on day 3 of the @wisebirding.bsky.social tour of Senegal. Starting at Podor, we worked west to St Louis via Richard Toll & Les Trois Marigots. Some big trip targets seen including Temminck's Courser, Saville's Bustard, Allen's Gallinule & a bonus Standard-winged Nightjar.
January 10, 2026 at 8:49 AM
More from our Senegal tour yesterday as Dave and the group spent a full day birding in the far north near Podor. #Birds #WorldBirding #Senegal #WiseBirding
4 of my favourites from day 2 of the @wisebirding.bsky.social tour of Senegal, along the Senegal River on the border with Mauretania: Dark Chanting Goshawk, Cricket Warbler, Horus Swift & Red-throated Bee-eater.
January 9, 2026 at 8:55 AM
More from our Senegal tour yesterday as Dave and the group spent a full day birding in the far north near Podor. #Birds #WorldBirding #Senegal #WiseBirding
Glad you managed to get there Marcus. A great country….👍🏻
January 7, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Glad you managed to get there Marcus. A great country….👍🏻
A great start to our Senegal tour with Dave and Carlos leading.👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 #Birds #WorldBirding #Senegal #WiseBirding
A brilliant 1st day on the @wisebirding.bsky.social Senegal tour even though much of it was spent travelling. Verreaux's Eagle Owl, Little Grey Woodpecker, Sennar Penduline Tit & finished up with 3 roosting Golden Nightjars! Watching the pair wake up at dusk, stretch, yawn, & fly off was magical.
January 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
A great start to our Senegal tour with Dave and Carlos leading.👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 #Birds #WorldBirding #Senegal #WiseBirding
Excellent wader watching continues on the @wisebirding.bsky.social Thailand tour this morning with Nordmann’s Greenshank and Asian Dowitchers at Pak Thale #phonescoped #WiseBirding
January 7, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Looks like the first day of the Wise Birding Thailand tour started with a bang then!😍
👇🏻👇🏻 #Birds #WiseBirding
👇🏻👇🏻 #Birds #WiseBirding
Fantastic start the day with Spoon-billed Sandpiper on the @wisebirding.bsky.social Thailand tour.
#WiseBirding #phonescoped
#WiseBirding #phonescoped
January 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Looks like the first day of the Wise Birding Thailand tour started with a bang then!😍
👇🏻👇🏻 #Birds #WiseBirding
👇🏻👇🏻 #Birds #WiseBirding
This evening, I managed to get closer to the Little Stint I found on the Otter Estuary NR yesterday. An interesting plumage for UK of what appears to be Juv moulting to 1st winter plumage. Be interesting to see if it stays the whole winter….. #UKBirds #DevonBirds
December 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This evening, I managed to get closer to the Little Stint I found on the Otter Estuary NR yesterday. An interesting plumage for UK of what appears to be Juv moulting to 1st winter plumage. Be interesting to see if it stays the whole winter….. #UKBirds #DevonBirds
An unseasonal and slightly odd plumaged Little Stint on the Otter Estuary NR late this afternoon was a surprise. Always distant & fading light, but couldn’t turn it into anything rarer….. #UKBirds #DevonBirds
December 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
An unseasonal and slightly odd plumaged Little Stint on the Otter Estuary NR late this afternoon was a surprise. Always distant & fading light, but couldn’t turn it into anything rarer….. #UKBirds #DevonBirds
Great to see the Slavonian Grebe again on the patch today, feeding on what I think are Sand Goby? #Birds #DevonBirds
December 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Great to see the Slavonian Grebe again on the patch today, feeding on what I think are Sand Goby? #Birds #DevonBirds
Happy Days. A mighty patch tick and pretty certain it’s a first for the Otter Estuary too. Slavonian Grebe 😊 Thanks AJ👌🏻 #DevonBirds #Birds
December 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Happy Days. A mighty patch tick and pretty certain it’s a first for the Otter Estuary too. Slavonian Grebe 😊 Thanks AJ👌🏻 #DevonBirds #Birds
Snow Leopard on your wish list for the New Year? We have a guaranteed departure in Feb: www.wisebirding.co.uk/mongolia-win...
#Mammals #SnowLeopard #WiseBirding
#Mammals #SnowLeopard #WiseBirding
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Snow Leopard on your wish list for the New Year? We have a guaranteed departure in Feb: www.wisebirding.co.uk/mongolia-win...
#Mammals #SnowLeopard #WiseBirding
#Mammals #SnowLeopard #WiseBirding
There are certainly plenty of domestic cats out in Oman and often in remote places, but this male was one of the best candidates for the Arabian subspecies of African Wildcat during our recent trip. #Mammals #Oman #WiseBirding
December 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
There are certainly plenty of domestic cats out in Oman and often in remote places, but this male was one of the best candidates for the Arabian subspecies of African Wildcat during our recent trip. #Mammals #Oman #WiseBirding
December 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
More exciting birds from our current Oman tour with this fabulous Desert Owl😍
#Birds #Oman #WiseBirding
#Birds #Oman #WiseBirding
December 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
More exciting birds from our current Oman tour with this fabulous Desert Owl😍
#Birds #Oman #WiseBirding
#Birds #Oman #WiseBirding
Our private Birds and Mammals Tour of Oman is now in full swing and we have spent a few nights looking for mammals. Arabian Wolves have certainly been one of the highlights. #Mammals #Oman #WiseBirding
December 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Our private Birds and Mammals Tour of Oman is now in full swing and we have spent a few nights looking for mammals. Arabian Wolves have certainly been one of the highlights. #Mammals #Oman #WiseBirding
Well that’s the first of this year’s Oman tours wrapped up, with a total of 230 species. We ended in style yesterday with great views of Sociable Lapwing and this cracking Caspian Plover. Now onto tour 2 with some time for mammals too 🤞🏻 #Birds #Oman #WiseBirding
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Well that’s the first of this year’s Oman tours wrapped up, with a total of 230 species. We ended in style yesterday with great views of Sociable Lapwing and this cracking Caspian Plover. Now onto tour 2 with some time for mammals too 🤞🏻 #Birds #Oman #WiseBirding
Seeing juvenile Eastern Imperial Eagles in Oman, up close and personal, really is a treat and a privilege. 😍 #Birds #Oman #WiseBirding
December 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Seeing juvenile Eastern Imperial Eagles in Oman, up close and personal, really is a treat and a privilege. 😍 #Birds #Oman #WiseBirding
Masked Boobies sat on the Arabian Sea in Oman. Just one of many highlights from our pelagic with Captain Hatem today.😍
#Birds #Oman #WiseBirding
#Birds #Oman #WiseBirding
December 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Masked Boobies sat on the Arabian Sea in Oman. Just one of many highlights from our pelagic with Captain Hatem today.😍
#Birds #Oman #WiseBirding
#Birds #Oman #WiseBirding