We sent Naturetrek’s newest recruit, Bret Charman, on a month long trip to India to get a taste of this diverse country. We did give Bret one main task before he left: take plenty of photographs.  He was more than happy to oblige.

We sent Naturetrek’s newest recruit, Bret Charman, on a month-long trip to India to get a taste of this diverse country. We did give Bret one main task before he left – to take plenty of photographs – and he was more than happy to oblige.

European migrants, plus desert and oasis specialities were among the many birds on tour leader Richard Bashford’s list at the start of our 'Birding Southern Morocco' tour in April …

As well as enjoying endemic and rare orchids on Sicily in April/May, botanist Jessica Turner was also impressed by the aerial acrobats of a Lanner Falcon – as it dipped into Etna’s cone!

In La Brenne and Vienne, there’s a wide range of very good quality wetland areas, which equates to high dragonfly diversity! You can hope to see upwards of about 40 species on the 8-day holiday (more species than are found in the whole of the UK).