Europe is a crowded continent, but on its fringes and in its dusty corners there are still places where wilderness reigns, and where the footfall of humanity is relatively light.
No birder really needs much excuse to take flight from the British winter. Who wouldn’t swap short days, frosts, grim overcast skies and – let’s face it, the Brexit saga – for sun-soaked locations with colourful birds and thrilling species that they’ve never seen before?
An entry to our 2019 Writing Competition, Jane Fenton travelled on our 'Brazilian Pantanal & Iguazu Falls' tour.