Plan

Where to go birding

Every destination is rated month by month, so you can travel when the birds are there. Pick a month, a continent or a habitat.

80 destinations

Papua New Guinea Tari Valley Highland forests with some of the most spectacular birds-of-paradise.

JJanuary: Poor or no data
FFebruary: Poor or no data
MMarch: Poor or no data
AApril: Poor or no data
MMay: Good
JJune: Best
JJuly: Best
AAugust: Best
SSeptember: Best
OOctober: Good
NNovember: Poor or no data
DDecember: Poor or no data

Tarifa and the Strait of Gibraltar

Spain Tarifa and the Strait of Gibraltar Europe's busiest crossing point for storks and raptors heading to Africa.

JJanuary: Poor or no data
FFebruary: Poor or no data
MMarch: Good
AApril: Good
MMay: Good
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Best
SSeptember: Best
OOctober: Best
NNovember: Poor or no data
DDecember: Poor or no data

Australia Tasmania An island state with 12 endemic birds and wild southern landscapes.

JJanuary: Best
FFebruary: Best
MMarch: Best
AApril: Good
MMay: Poor or no data
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Poor or no data
SSeptember: Good
OOctober: Best
NNovember: Best
DDecember: Best

Thattekad Bird Sanctuary

India Thattekad Bird Sanctuary Lowland forest in the Western Ghats with frogmouths and endemic flycatchers.

JJanuary: Best
FFebruary: Best
MMarch: Best
AApril: Good
MMay: Poor or no data
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Poor or no data
SSeptember: Poor or no data
OOctober: Poor or no data
NNovember: Good
DDecember: Best

Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island

St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island The world's most remote inhabited island with endemic land birds and seabirds.

JJanuary: Best
FFebruary: Best
MMarch: Best
AApril: Good
MMay: Poor or no data
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Poor or no data
SSeptember: Poor or no data
OOctober: Poor or no data
NNovember: Good
DDecember: Best

Norway Varanger Arctic seabird cliffs and Siberian ducks at the edge of Europe.

JJanuary: Poor or no data
FFebruary: Poor or no data
MMarch: Best
AApril: Best
MMay: Good
JJune: Best
JJuly: Good
AAugust: Poor or no data
SSeptember: Poor or no data
OOctober: Poor or no data
NNovember: Poor or no data
DDecember: Poor or no data

Veracruz River of Raptors

Mexico Veracruz River of Raptors Millions of hawks and vultures funnel between mountains and sea each autumn.

JJanuary: Poor or no data
FFebruary: Poor or no data
MMarch: Good
AApril: Good
MMay: Poor or no data
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Poor or no data
SSeptember: Best
OOctober: Best
NNovember: Good
DDecember: Poor or no data

Netherlands Wadden Sea A vast tidal sea shared by three countries: millions of shorebirds on passage.

JJanuary: Good
FFebruary: Good
MMarch: Best
AApril: Best
MMay: Best
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Best
SSeptember: Best
OOctober: Best
NNovember: Good
DDecember: Good