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About Swallow Birding On Swallow Birding trips we are enthusiastic, relaxed, friendly and fun. Swallow Birding cater for all levels of birding ability from the complete novice through to the experienced birder. Birds are our main passion, although we have included a few trips to see butterflies and dragonflies, which we could not resist! We have a good selection of tours for 2010:
Meet the Team
Transport On Swallow Birding day trips, transport from our base in Colchester to the venue is FREE, we can pick up en-route or meet at the site, all you pay for is the days' guiding. For breaks which include flights, our meeting point is at the airport of departure.Accommodation Our selection of Hotels, Inns and Guesthouses have been specially chosen because they are comfortable, relaxing and friendly. All rooms have private facilities and of course good food is very high on our agenda. Breaks are full board, unless otherwise stated, including packed lunches. Tailor-made Trips Swallow Birding organise birding trips for private individuals or groups such as U3A and the RSPB. Just phone or email to tell us where you would like to go and what you would like to see and we will sort out the details. |
Swallow Birding leader Steve Grimwade has been birdwatching
for over 25 years. During this time he has visited Spain, Portugal, Sweden, France, Holland, Belgium, Greece,
Israel, Hungary, Corsica and Cyprus in search of birds. He is a well-known birder in Essex having birdwatched
extensively in the county for over 20 years. Steve has found some rare birds in Essex and these
include Whiskered Tern and Pacific Golden Plover both of which were second records for the county.
Steve has also co-edited the Essex Bird Report,
winning the Best County Bird Report award. He was Art & Photographic Editor on the recently published
A & C Black book The Birds of Essex.
He served on the Essex Birdwatching Society's Executive
Committee as Publicity Officer and also lead their monthly birdwatching field meetings as principal guide for 15 years.
Steve also led guided walks for the Essex Wildlife Trust for over seven years. As well as birds, Steve also
has an interest in Butterflies, Moths, Wildflowers and Dragonflies which feature in some of our day trips.
Annette Adams has been birdwatching for more years than she
cares to mention and this has taken her all over Europe. Annette was manager of the Essex Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre at Abberton Reservoir for six years and during that time she arranged birdwatching minibus trips, birdwatching weekend trips in the UK and group trips to Europe for customers and volunteers as well as carrying out the daily running of the centre.
Annette makes sure everything runs smoothly on tours and behind the scenes for Swallow Birding.
She also makes a 'mean' fruit cake, a feature on all of our UK day trips.
Andrew Thompson assists with the PR side of Swallow Birding and can often be seen manning the Swallow Birding stand at events that we attend.
His first bird book was the Observers Book of British Birds which he won in a school fete in 1951 when he was 9 years old.
Birdwatching grew as an interest and over the years he developed a fascination for bird migration and an absolute passion for birds of prey,
travelling extensively in Europe in pursuit of both.
He held a BTO ringing permit for over 20 years which allowed him to work at observatories and ringing stations both in the UK
and such places as Finland, Israel, Gibraltar and Russia. Andrew has led numerous trips for Swallow Birding in Sweden and Spain.
Call us on 01206 210662 email info@swallowbirding.co.uk