Staff Report - Sarah - 'Bountiful Brazil'

Sarah Williams recently set foot in Brazil - South America until now, having been an unexplored region for Sarah. If you received last month's eNews, you will have learned about Sarah's involvement in the Hyacinth Macaw Project in the Pantanal. Sarah, as part of our 'Brazil's Endangered Wildlife' itinerary, also encountered plenty of the wide variety of other wildlife in the area, as well as a dip into the Natural Aquarium and visit to Blue Lake Grotto...

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Staff Report - Sarah -'Hyacinth Macaws in Brazil'

Several loud squawks and a flash of deep blue was my first introduction to the largest macaw in the world - the Hyacinth Macaw. I was in the South Pantanal, Brazil and spending the day with two girls who are part of a very small team who devote their time and effort to increasing the numbers of these stunning parrots in the wild...

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Customer Comment - Mr Parker - Tanzania

"Most important the animals, birds & scenery exceeded all our hopes."

Festival of Wildlife 2007 Feedback

Festival 2007 participants write in with some feeback about her experiences of the trip, and includes some fantastic photos... "Very many thanks to you all for another super Festival; so very different, but just as exciting amongst wonderful scenery, and to all the experts for imparting some of their experience in all forms."

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Festival of Wildlife 2007 - Diary

This year's festival in Canada promised Spirit Bears, Humpback whales, and all the usual fun amongst the wildlife lovers and experts alike....

"Nick was out whale-watching - and saw numerous Humpbacks. He says that they have the worst hallitosis of any mammal he has got close to - apparently, their breath smells of three week old fish guts mixed with rancid cabbage".

"Of course this was followed by another bear out in full view, feeding on the shoreline. Oh, and then there was the bear hauling a salmon out of the river whilst we were sitting at the viewing point - which of course was immediately followed by another right in front of us that proceeded to jump into the water and grapple with salmon, after salmon, after salmon. Not a bad start to the day."

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Mel Kinder in the Norfolk Broads - August 2007

Thankfully, many of the rarest British birds have recently shown to have increased in numbers by between 50% and 70% due to some Europe-wide conservation measures. Such measures have included outlawing egg poaching, trapping and hunting and well as safeguarding certain habitats - known as SPAs (Special Protection Areas).

Mel Kinder recently spent a week in Norfolk, where she witnessed how this area has benefited from EU funding to help certain breeds return.

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Customer Comment - Kenya - Tailor Made - Mr & Mrs Taylor

"Our guide was outstanding. He was very knowledgeable in Wildlife and the local areas - everything we wanted to see he showed us and he was a very careful and competent driver. It is thanks to him that our holiday was so perfect."