WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide
Welcome to WINGS
If you’re an old hand, we hope our program is of interest. If you’re new to birding tours, you might find our essay “Choosing a Birding Tour” helpful.
Booking from the UK
If you are from the United Kingdom, we appreciate that you may have some questions about the whole process from contacting the WINGS office, to booking, payment, flights, and joining the tour. Click here for detailed information on these points.
What's New
Bulgaria in Spring, 14-28 May 2024, with Oli Reville -- Located on the Black Sea, Bulgaria sits on one of... (more)
Poland in Spring, 19-26 May 2024, with Stephen Menzie -- Birding in Eastern Poland in late May is magical.... (more)
Cruise: The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand and Australia, 3-19 December 2024, with Steve Howell and Luke Seitz -- ‘Unique’ is an overused word these days,... (more)
Mexico: Veracruz, Sep 29 - Oct 7 2023, with Steve Howell -- Spanning from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico... (more)
Health Protocols
To view our health policies, click here.
Guaranteed Tours
Indonesia: Java and Sumatra with Susan Myers - 23 September-14 October.
Mexico: Veracruz with Steve Howell - 29 September-7 October.
Brazil: The Northeast - Bahia with Rich Hoyer - 19 October-1 November.
Ecuador: The South with Jon Feenstra - 28 October-14 November. One space remains.
Lesser Antilles with Ryan Chenery - 6-19 November.
Oman with Fabrice Schmitt - 20 November-1 December. Two spaces remain.
Panama: Western Highlands and Bocas del Toro with Gavin Bieber - 17-26 November.
Chile: Tierra del Fuego to the Atacama Desert with Luke Seitz and Quillen Vidoz - 30 October-15 November.
CONFIRMING SOON:
Guyana with Luke Seitz - 23 November-6 December.
Private Tours
WINGS organizes private tours worldwide. Details here.
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Eastern Striped Manakin, now its own species, can be found on our tour, Brazil: The Northeast - Bahia the Beautiful
From the Home/From the Field
August 7: John Muddeman reports from the Canary Islands
The much older semi-desert eastern islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura complement one another: the lovely white towns... (more)
July 26: Rich Hoyer has recently returned from Brazil
So many species, so many highlights, and so many wonderful memories were the result of this year's Marvelous Mato Grosso... (more)
July 3: Jake Mohlmann and Raymond Vanbuskirk recently completed their Alaska Majesty tour
We just completed an amazing trip all over Alaska on our WINGS tour. Around Anchorage, woodpeckers were in good supply and... (more)
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Our Leaders & Staff
Paul Holt
Paul Holt was born in the west Pennine town of Burnley, Lancashire in 1963. Unable to remember the first bird he looked at or when he actually started birding he recollects that there were natural history books and binoculars in the house from an early... (more)
Featured Tour
Colorado: Lekking Grouse
April is a spectacular time of year in Colorado. Late winter and early spring combine stunningly beautiful snowcapped peaks with the first blush of green on the river-edge cottonwoods and prairies. It’s also the time when the five lekking grouse species—Sharp-tailed Grouse, Greater and Gunnison Sage-Grouse, and Lesser and Greater Prairie-Chickens—are... (more)
AZ Birding
Coming to southeastern Arizona and want guiding help for just a day or two? Find an excellent guide at AZ-Birding.
