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
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 and Luke Seitz -- Spanning from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico... (more)
Portugal, 4-17 October 2023, with Helder Cardoso -- Portugal offers a fantastic diversity of habitats... (more)
Health Protocols
To view our health policies, click here.
Guaranteed Tours
Uganda with Brian Finch - 18 June - 7 July.
Arizona Second Spring with Jon Dunn - 23 July - 3 August.
Costa Rica in July with Luke Seitz - 18-29 July.
Canary Islands with John Muddeman - 27 July-3 August.
CONFIRMING SOON:
Romania: Birds and Medieval Monasteries with Tudor Blaj - 18-27 August.
Oregon: Birds & Theater with Rich Hoyer - 22-28 August.
Oregon in Late Summer with Rich Hoyer - 28 Aug-8 September.
Alaska: Fall Migration at Gambell & Pribilofs with Raymond Vanbuskirk - 1-14 September.
Madagascar with Brian Finch - 6-24 September.
Private Tours
WINGS organizes private tours worldwide. Details here.
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Todies are the quintessential Caribbean bird. Jamaica and Puerto Rico each have one of these impossibly cute creatures, and the Dominican Republic has two! You can read the narrative accounts of our last tours to these islands here and here.
Photo: Anthony Collerton
From the Home/From the Field
May 11: Paul Holt is finally back in the field! A few images from Taiwan
Taiwan Barbet, arguably one of the island’s smartest, was the first of the endemics we saw. Equally vociferous Black-necklaced... (more)
May 2: Luke Seitz reports on our Guatemala tour
Our Guatemala tour in April was simply wonderful, with amazing views of most of the highland specialties and a great bird-filled... (more)
April 27: Jon Feenstra reports from the Upper Texas Coast
If there’s a place to be birding in North America in late April, it’s the Upper Texas Coast. We were there,... (more)
WINGS Publications
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Our Leaders & Staff
Paul French
Paul French was born and raised in Wolverhampton, the heart of the Industrial Revolution. Despite this early setback, Paul spent most of his free time exploring the fields and woods (and occasional private fishing pits!) of the surrounding area, while... (more)
Featured Tour
Guatemala
Just a three-hour flight from the US, the highlands of Guatemala’s Pacific slope are famous worldwide for holding a host of regional endemics. The improbable-looking Pink-headed Warbler might top the list, but it’s hardly outdone by other gems like Blue-throated Motmot, Blue-and-white Mockingbird, and Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo. With an... (more)
AZ Birding
Coming to southeastern Arizona and want guiding help for just a day or two? Find an excellent guide at AZ-Birding.
