There are lots of opportunities to see brown bears in the wild across Europe, North America and Asia as they are the most widely distributed bears in the world. On a special Eurasian brown bear trip in Europe, there can be no greater thrill than …
Global Bird Weekend Breaks Two World Records
More than 38,000 birdwatchers around the world took part in the first Global Bird Weekend in October. It has been dubbed ‘The Biggest Birdwatching Event in History’. And it is considered to be one of the greatest citizen science projects ever undertaken. The many birdwatchers …
Why Nature Conservation and Ecotourism Are So Important
Conserving nature by opting for ecotourism Ecotourism expert and advisor Barrie Cooper gives good reasons why we have to conserve our planet’s natural resources and choose our holidays with nature conservation in mind. This is the only planet in the Universe where life exists. There …
Virtual Birdfair 2020 – Must-See Wildlife Travel Exhibitors
The coronavirus pandemic has put paid to live events in 2020 but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy everything Birdfair traditionally stages at its home on the Rutland Water Nature Reserve, only online. The experiences on offer at Virtual Birdfair 2020 include top-class lectures and …
Welcome to #FlywayBirding!
It’s always a joy to observe birds in any location, but what if there was a way to experience their whole journey? Niki Williamson of the Inglorious Bustards introduces you to the concept of Flyway Birding… It´s not that long since we largely believed that …
Rwanda Wildlife: 6 Must See Species
Rwanda is known as the Land of a Thousand Hills. With three national parks and several forest reserves, it is an amazing landscape rich with mountains, lakes and savannahs. Although landlocked, this small nation – just over the size of Wales – has a very …
How Wildlife Tour Operators are Adapting to Coronavirus as Travel Restrictions Ease
Europe is slowly comes out of lockdown, and the wildlife tour operators that feature on Blue Sky Wildlife are putting measures in place. They are following their governments’ guidelines to ensure the safety of their guests and changing the way they run trips. Nature lovers …
Saving Australia’s Smaller Wildlife After the Bushfires
The extensive bushfires following a long drought in Australia in 2019 devastated populations of many of the country’s smaller indigenous animals. For some species, human intervention was a benefit in helping the survivors regain normality. Here, Ronda Green, proprietor of Araucaria Ecotours and chair of …
Local Wildlife Specialist Criteria
Blue Sky Wildlife Criteria for Local Wildlife Specialists Blue Sky Wildlife is an online marketplace designed to help independent eco-tourists and travellers find a specialist wildlife day trip/tour/safari/extended holiday. We do this by publicising local wildlife specialists or experts, and putting the travellers in touch …
Iberian lynx Conservation – European Success Story
The Iberian lynx is one a European conservation success story, with numbers of the rarest species of cat in the world, now also in the wild up more than five-fold in just 15 years. The most recent figures, from the 2017 census, show that there …