Bird Migration Tours & Holidays

To see bird migration – the spectacle of thousands of birds travelling the flyways of the world – you would be wise to book up for specific migration wildlife tours. Timing is everything if you want to experience the full effect of this global phenomenon.

Witnessing bird migration in all its glory makes for more than just an exciting wildlife holiday. The preservation of the planet’s migration corridors has become a conservation priority over recent decades as global bird species have declined. The loss of important feeding and resting places on their annual migrations, as well as human persecution, have taken a toll on the numbers of birds being able to travel safely between their winter and summer residences.

Making bird migration a focus of the tourist industry in the form of bespoke wildlife tours is assisting to raise awareness of the value of keeping these flyways open and secure. Of course, helping conservation efforts is just one reason for planning a migration wildlife tour. Let’s return to what an awe-inspiring experience it is to see thousands of raptors passing overhead as they stream across southern Europe or fill the air around watering places in Africa.

Southern Portugal – Alentejo and the Sagres Peninsula – Andalucía and the Ebro Delta in Spain are just some of the European destinations to enjoy migration season. In Italy and the Danube Delta many bird species pass through on their journey from Africa to northern Europe. Wetland birds travelling through Asian countries such as Mongolia, or avian species moving around the Americas, swell the ranks of the resident birds at these special times of year.

These seasonal visitors greatly increase the enjoyment of a birding trip to many countries around the world, but you have to know where and when to be there. That’s where the expert knowledge of a specialist Blue Sky Wildlife tour operator comes into play. The local guides you can contact direct through their pages will supply the information you need to book a bird migration wildlife tour of a lifetime.