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Birding Iceland on the Fly

10,000 Birds

The hotel owner told us that visiting them in the evening had the best showing of puffins as they returned to the cliffs from the sea. I can hardly begin to describe the surreal experience that unfolded before me. It is truly a magical place, an experience like none other. A great meal but I was eager to get to the bird cliffs.

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Birding by Volunteering

10,000 Birds

Volunteering provides a very different experience to tourism though. In California I smelt the breath a Blue Whale as it passed feet beneath my boat. You may not get the species counts that the race delivers, but you’ll have memories burned into your skull. In the Bahamas I swam in a pod of feeding dolphins.

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