European Bird Guides (1 Viewer)

Hi

Anyone have contact details for any pro bird guides in any of the following places?:

Southern Sweden
Southern Finland
Czech Republic
Slovakia

Thanks in advance.

European bird guides

Gruff Dodd said:

Hi

Anyone have contact details for any pro bird guides in any of the following places?:

Southern Sweden
Southern Finland
Czech Republic
Slovakia

Thanks in advance.

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I must admit that I don't know what makes a bird guide a "pro" bird guide, sorry, but I would go for a general European bird guide. Thus, when I went to the Czech Republic (Prague & Kutna Hora) in Feb. 2004 for what was, admittedly, a boozy trip, I used the Collins Pocket Guide to Birds of Britain & Europe with North Africa & the Middle East by Heinzel, Fitter & Parslow. The river in the middle of Prague was quite good for commoner species of birds. I even saw a kingfisher at Slovansky ostrov. Some of the others on the trip saw a middle spotted woodpecker by Prague Castle, which I missed, as I doing the sights in the Old and New Town. I remember Prague as being a good place for jays, but we don't have them here in the Isle of Man.
Allen

Gruff means 'people' guides... not book guides...

Tim

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Tim Allwood said:

Gruff means 'people' guides... not book guides...

Tim

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Thanks, Tim! Thanks for your explanation.
If there are any "pro" guides out there for Patagonia, I am keen to go there next year. Having been no further than Prague and the Canaries before last month, I have now been to Australia with my 2 teenagers, and am now bitten by the "bug," but not the "holidays with offspring" bug - I had enough of that when they were younger! All I got in Australia (well, 90% of the time) was "Dad's spending all his time birdwatching," a terrible misrepresentation! If there are birds about, I have a look at them!
Allen

Gruff,

try contacting Saker Tours at www.sakertour.hu I used them a few years ago in Hungary and Slovakia. I don't know how they operate now but they had an excellent Slovakian guide called Bohumil Muhren who found me all the local specialities, i.e Three-toed, and Grey Headed Woodpecker, Wallcreeper and Tengmalms Owl. we dipped on Pygmy Owl, but not for lack of trying - and we heard them often!

Darrell