Birdwatching Holidays with Calidris Birding Tours

Worldwide birding tours that create a balance between finding the maximum number of species and spending the time to enjoy watching them at a sensible pace.

We aim to provide well-planned and professionally-led birding tours that not only supply the best opportunities to see many of the world's most exciting birds but are fun to be on too; very much a birding holiday. Our tours are listed by date with summaries of the key bird species, price and trip overview, please take a look at them all here - Birding Tour Calendar.

All of our advertised itineraries can be arranged as private tours; just email us to request a private tour - info@calidrisbirdingtours.com

We certainly do welcome your emails but please check our Frequently Asked Questions page to see if your general questions about our tours are answered there.

UPCOMING BIRDING TOURS

Asian Dowitcher

Central and Northern Thailand Birding Tour

22nd Jan-12th Feb 2026: Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Great Hornbill, Giant Nuthatch, Blue Pitta, Black-and-red Broadbill, Mrs Hume’s Pheasant, Yellow-breasted Bunting, Asian Dowitcher, Nordmann’s Greenshank, Scarlet-faced Liocichla, Pied Harrier – £4695 PP

Lesser Adjutant

Cambodia Birding Tour

12th-26th March 2026: Giant Ibis, Greater Adjutant, Black-headed Woodpecker, White-shouldered Ibis, Mekong Wagtail, Cambodian Tailorbird, White-backed Vulture, Bengal Florican, White-winged Duck, Sarus Crane, White-rumped Falcon – £4050 PP

South Vietnam Birding Tour

29th March-9th April 2026: Bar-bellied Pitta, Vietnamese Cutia, Germain’s Peacock Pheasant, Collared Laughingthrush, Blue-rumped Pitta, Vietnamese Greenfinch, Pale-headed Woodpecker, Indochinese Green Magpie – £3350 PP

Mangrove Pitta

Thailand and Vietnam Pittas Birding Tour

19th April-3rd May 2026: Blue Pitta, Hooded Pitta, Bar-bellied Pitta, Blue-winged Pitta, Mangrove Pitta, Blue-rumped Pitta, Malayan Banded Pitta, Brown-winged Kingfisher, Black-headed Woodpecker, Ruddy Kingfisher, Silver-breasted Broadbill – £3850 PP

White-browed Tit-warbler

Central Asia Birding Tour

17-31st May 2026: Highlights include Ibisbill, Himalayan Snowcock, MacQueen’s Bustard, Black Lark, White-capped Bunting, Saxaul Sparrow, White-browed Tit-warbler, Himalayan Rubythroat, Demoiselle Crane – £4200 PP

Azure Tit

Mongolia Birding Tour

16th-30th June 2026: Mongolian Ground Jay, White-naped Crane, Oriental Plover, Mongolian Lark, Azure Tit, Swan Goose, Siberian Rubythroat, Black-billed Capercaillie, Altai Snowcock, Pallas’s Sandgrouse, Saxaul Sparrow, Godlewski’s Bunting,  – £4425

Elegant Trogon

Mexico Rare Endemics Birding Tour

20th July – 4th August 2026: Eared Quetzal, Thick-billed Parrot, Maroon-fronted Parrot, Worthen’s Sparrow, Tawny-collared Nightjar, Aztec Thrush, Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl, Blue-capped Motmot, Bronze-winged Woodpecker, Crimson-collared Grosbeak – £4150 PP

Saudi Arabia Birding Tour

6th-16th August 2026: Arabian Golden Sparrow, Crab Plover, Philby’s Partridge, Yemen Thrush, Arabian Lark, Yemen Linnet, Arabian Woodpecker, Desert Owl, Asir Magpie, Arabian Serin, White-eyed Gull, Arabian Scops Owl, Thick-billed Lark – £3750 PP

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