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Trip Reports & Sightings Posted by Ian Merrill
Madeira - 8th to 15th August 2009, author Ian Merrill (added September 7, 2009)
(Zino's, Fea's and Bulwer's Petrels, Macaronesian Shearwater, Madeiran Storm-Petrel, Sperm Whale and Monk Seal)
Canary Islands 2008: Tenerife, Fuerteventura and La Gomera 12th - 18th March 2008, author Ian Merrill (added September 3, 2008)
(Tenerife, Fuerteventura and La Gomera. Highlights Houbara Bustard, Laurel Pigeon, Canary Island Stonechat, Blue Chaffinch)
Madagascar 2007: 25th August to 15th September, author Ian Merrill (added September 3, 2008)
(3 mesites, White-browed and Madagascar Long-eared Owls, 5 ground-rollers, 2 asites, 2 sunbird-asites, Helmet Vanga, 26 lemur species)
Poland - 16th to 22nd June 2005, author Ian Merrill (added October 9, 2005)
The Big Midwest Vacation - Colorado and Wyoming - 17th June to 2nd July 2006, author Ian Merrill (link created October 25, 2006)
(Gunnison Sage Grouse, White-tailed Ptarmigan, Black Swift, American Three-toed and Black-backed Woodpeckers, Black & Brown-capped Rosy Finches, McCown's & Chestnut-collared Longspurs)
The Big Midwest Vacation - Colorado and Wyoming - 17th June to 2nd July 2006, author Ian Merrill (added October 25, 2006)
(Gunnison Sage Grouse, White-tailed Ptarmigan, Black Swift, American Three-toed and Black-backed Woodpeckers, Black & Brown-capped Rosy Finches, McCown's & Chestnut-collared Longspurs)
Uganda - 28th May - 13th June 2004, author Ian Merrill (added October 19, 2004)
North-eastern South Africa - 27th September - 11th October 2008, author Ian Merrill (added November 14, 2008)
(Highlights: Taita Falcon, Barrow's and Blue Korhaans, Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon, Cape Parrot, Cape Eagle Owl, Knysna Woodpecker, Short-clawed, Rudd's and Botha's Larks, Blue Swallow, Spotted Ground-Thrush, Drakensberg Rockjumper, Pink-throated Twinspot)
Japan 2007: Honshu, Kyushu and Hokkaido - 18th February to 4th March 2007, author Ian Merrill (added May 9, 2007) 
(Japan in winter is a ‘must-do birding trip’ with Steller’s and White-tailed Eagles, Red-crowned Cranes and Blakiston’s Fish-Owls)
The Trench Foot Tour - Philippines 2006: South Luzon, Mindanao and Palawan - 4th to 18th February 2006, author Ian Merrill (added May 15, 2006)
(As one of the most physically demanding, rain-drenched and sleepless trips draws to a conclusion, it will not, however, be the hardship that will stick in the memory. It will be the awesome adult Philippine Eagle calling in the canopy above our heads.....)
Southern and West-Central Peru - 27th August to 16th September 2006, author Ian Merrill (added June 14, 2007)
(730 species seen in three weeks, including Junin Grebe, Blue-headed Macaw, Scarlet-hooded Barbet, Royal and White-bellied Cincloides, Peruvian Recurvebill, Rufous-fronted Antthrush and Red-and-white Antpitta.)
Sri Lanka - Serendipity on the Teardrop of India - 16th to 24th January, author Ian Merrill (added July 1, 2005)
Sri Lanka Update - 5th - 25th January 2005 – Don’t cancel your trip!, author Ian Merrill (added January 26, 2005)
(All the endemics seen including Serendib Scops-Owl)
Indonesia 2004: Sulawesi, Halmahera and Western Irian Jaya - 21st August to 16th September, author Ian Merrill (added February 25, 2005)
(Sulawesi Leaf-Warbler, Satanic Nightjar, Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle, Sulawesi Myzomela, Sulawesi Nightjar)
Namibia 2009: The Namib Desert, Namibian Escarpment and Etosha - 17th to 29th January 2009, author Ian Merrill (added February 24, 2009)
(Orange River and Hartlaub's Francolins, Burchell's Courser, Ruppell's Parrot, Monotonous, Dune, Dusky, Gray's, Benguela Long-billed and Stark's Larks, Herero Chat, Rockrunner and Bare-cheeked Babbler)
Spain: Extremadura and Andalucia - 15th to 25th June 2007, author Ian Merrill (added February 21, 2008)
(Spanish Imperial Eagle, Bonelli's Eagle, Eurasian Eagle Owl, Western Orphean Warbler, Western Olivaceous Warbler, Citril Finch)
Papua New Guinea and New Britain (plus Singapore and Malaysia) - 28th August to 24th September 2005, author Ian Merrill (added December 6, 2005)
(Betelnut Grins and Paradise Birds)