Photo Safaris By Region AFRICA - Botswana Wildlife - Madagascar - Masai Mara Wildlife Reserve, Kenya ANTARCTICA - Ultimate Antarctica ASIA - Essential China—Iconic Landmarks & Landscapes - India—Rajasthan & Puskar Fair - Japan's Winter Wildlife - Laos & Vietnam - Mongolia—The Golden Eagle Festival EUROPE - Best of the Greek Isles - Eclectic Holland - Finland's Arctic Wildlife - Turkey—Continental Crossroads - Tuscany - White Horses of France's Camargue NORTH AMERICA - Alaska Overland - Aurora Borealis—Fairbanks, Alaska - Bald Eagles of the Chilkat River, Alaska - Bosque del Apache & White Sands, New Mexico - Brown Bears of Katmai National Park in Summer - Brown Bears of Katmai National Park in Autumn - Colorado Fall Colors - Denali National Park in Autumn - Exploring Lake Powell - Florida Birds—Best of the West - Grand Canyon at Havasu Falls - Great Smoky Mountains - Horses & Icons of the Wild West - Humpback Whales of Alaska's Inside Passage - Mexico's Colonial Heartland - Monument Valley & Slot Canyons - Nova Scotia—Photo Tour for Women - Olympic National Park, Washington - Predatory Animals of North America - Springtime in Callaway Gardens, Georgia - Ultimate Wolves - Ultimate Yellowstone - Washington's Palouse Country - World's Best Raptor Shoot - Yellowstone & Grand Tetons in Autumn - Nature & Digital Photography Seminars with John Shaw PACIFICA - Midway Atoll SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA - Galápagos - Patagonia's Mountain Landscapes - Ultimate Dolphins Wildlife Models Shoot - Wildlife of Brazil's Pantanal Photo Safaris By Date JANUARY - Ultimate Wolves - Nature & Digital Photography Seminars with John Shaw, Dallas, TX & Raleigh, NC - Ultimate Yellowstone FEBRUARY - Japan's Winter Wildlife MARCH - Florida Birds—Best of the West - Nature & Digital Photography Seminars with John Shaw, Phoenix, AZ & Boston, MA - Midway Atoll - Aurora Borealis—Fairbanks, Alaska - Monument Valley & Slot Canyons - White Horses of France's Camargue APRIL - Springtime in Callaway Gardens, Georgia - Galápagos - Finland's Arctic Wildlife - Patagonia's Mountain Landscapes - Eclectic Holland - Great Smoky Mountains - Grand Canyon at Havasu Falls - Mexico's Colonial Heartland MAY - Wildlife of Brazil's Pantanal - Turkey—Continental Crossroads - Ultimate Dolphins Wildlife Models Shoot - Best of the Greek Isles - Tuscany JUNE - Washington's Palouse Country - Predatory Animals of North America JULY - Brown Bears of Katmai National Park in Summer - Olympic National Park, Washington AUGUST - Washington's Palouse Country - Humpback Whales of Alaska's Inside Passage SEPTEMBER - Masai Mara Wildlife Reserve, Kenya - Denali National Park in Autumn - Alaska Overland - Essential China—Iconic Landmarks & Landscapes - Brown Bears of Katmai National Park in Autumn - Madagascar - Yellowstone & Grand Tetons in Autumn - Botswana Wildlife - Colorado Fall Colors - Predatory Animals of North America - Horses & Icons of the Wild West - Mongolia—The Golden Eagle Festival OCTOBER - Exploring Lake Powell - World's Best Raptor Shoot - Nova Scotia—Photo Tour for Women - India—Rajasthan & Puskar Fair NOVEMBER - Laos & Vietnam - Ultimate Antarctica - Bald Eagles of the Chilkat River, Alaska DECEMBER - Bosque del Apache & White Sands, New Mexico

		Dates Jan 25–Feb 7, 2008 Leaders David Tipling and Len Rue, Jr. Fee $4,795 from Heathrow Airport, London; departing from Newcastle, UK Deposit $400 Limit 14 Terms and Conditions When it comes to preservation of wildfowl habitat, Great Britain sets the gold standard. The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust has created a network of safe wintering and breeding grounds for an enormous range of birds, large and small. We have planned a photography journey to three world-famous reserves operated by WWT—Slimbridge, Martin Mere and Caerlaverock—as well as a private farm in Wales where extraordinary conservation efforts have preserved the UK’s last remaining red kites. We’ve timed this trip for peak numbers of wintering waterfowl. January is a fabulous month to come to Slimbridge since a vast number of northern migrants stay on the reserve during the winter months, including over 200 Bewick’s swans. The scenery here provides a fantastic backdrop to any photo—gorgeous willows, reed beds, ponds and streams run through the 100-acre waterfowl collection—and blinds overlook 700 acres of open reserve. In addition, Slimbridge is a superb site for photographing often hard to approach wildfowl species. Each day there is an afternoon feeding on Rushy Lake, where the migrant birds are attracted close at hand before they roost for the evening. Gigrin Farm in central Wales is the best place in Europe for photographing red kites. Over 150 birds come to this feeding station daily, and can be photographed from well-placed blinds as they swoop in to pluck food from the ground. Martin Mere, like Slimbridge, maintains a collection of more than 100 species of rare ducks, geese, swans and flamingos. A wide range of wild birds can also be photographed here, with the possibility of shooting wild pinkfooted geese that have migrated south from Spitsbergen. Geese winter in the tens of thousands but, as with all wildlife, it comes down to the luck of the draw as to how close they will be to the 10 blinds on the reserve grounds. Caerlaverock Westlands Centre in Scotland is set amid spectacular scenery—dominated 1n the west by the 2,000-foot granite mass of Criffel Peak and in the south by the mountains of the English Lake District. The reserve is famous for hosting most of the Spitsbergen population of barnacle geese in winter, numbering about 27,000 birds. Twice a day hundreds of photogenic whooper swans are fed here. They arrive in family groups and depart after feeding, giving great opportunities for flight, landing and take-off shots. Seahouses Harbor on the Northumberland coast, our last stop, is perhaps the easiest place in Europe to photograph common eider ducks. Eiders are regarded as the first bird in the world to have been given conservation protection. In this fishing harbor they are hand tame and flight shots of the striking black and white males are easy. If there are rough seas, some great images of males riding the frothy waves are possible. Join British bird photographer David Tipling and Len Rue, Jr. for a comprehensive, yet easygoing journey that will dazzle wildlife photographers, highlight some of the wild spaces in hidden corners of the British Isles—as well as provide time for a pint at a local pub! Day 1 Depart from home. Day 2 (Jan 26) Arrive in London’s Heathrow Airport. Meet at our airport hotel. Day 3 We drive to Slimbridge. After lunch spend the afternoon photographing the reserve’s waterfowl collection. (BLD) Days 4–5 We return to Slimbridge. (BLD) Days 6–7 We depart early on Day 6 for Wales and Gigrin Farm, arriving for the early afternoon feeding of red kites and other birds. We photograph each afternoon at the feeding, and take time to shoot local landscapes as well. (BLD) Day 8 We drive north to Martin Mere, arriving in late afternoon. (BLD) Day 9 We spend the morning photographing at the Martin Mere Reserve. In late afternoon we drive to Caerlaverock in Scotland. (BLD) Day 10 We spend most of the day photographing barnacle geese and the daily feeding of whooper swans. (BLD) Day 11 Drive this afternoon to Seahouses Harbor on the Northumberland coast. (BLD) Day 12 We photograph the coastline famous for its spectacular castles, and tame eider ducks in the harbor. (BLD) Day 13 After another morning photographing in the area, we drive to Newcastle on the River Tyne, our final destination. (BLD) Day 14 We depart the Newcastle Airport for connections home through London. (B)

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