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.

Read about highlights from recent tours to Poland, Romania, Madagascar and Indonesia …

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?

If you thought that the UK was a poor place for mammals, you’d be quite wrong!

An entry to our 2019 Writing Competition, Jane Fenton travelled on our 'Brazilian Pantanal & Iguazu Falls' tour.