Welcome to the Probirder website!

If you are planning a trip to Eastern Europe you have come to the right place. In particular, if you are looking for a quality birding or wildlife-watching tour then we are here to help as we offer an unrivalled selection of carefully planned tour itineraries. We also guide groups for many global wildlife holiday companies and arrange tours for clubs, societies, families with children and disabled birders. Probirder also supplies expert local guides for individual birders and self-formed groups. Besides birds we also arrange tours focusing on mammals, butterflies, natural history in general and wildlife tracking.

Responsible Travel & Conservation Since our first birding tours in the late 1980s Probirder has regularly supported local conservation projects, made donations of funds & equipment & employed local people in the areas in which we guide tours. We are strongly committed to conservation in Eastern Europe. All Probirder guides are members of local and national conservation groups and are committed to conservation in their respective countries and indeed globally. Probirder practises responsible and low-impact travel.

Recommended by Lonely Planet and Bradt Travel Guides

Probirder - Birding in Eastern Europe Unrivalled experience in guiding visiting birders The best and original itineraries Over 500 tours successfully completed The top local guides from the Baltic to the Balkans All levels of ability and styles of birding welcome Unbeatable value for money and service Supporters of local conservation initiatives And first at finding the birds!

Probirder was created over 20 years ago as an information source and guiding service by well-known birder and author Gerard Gorman. Gerard began exploring Eastern Europe, from the Baltic to the Balkans, in the mid-1980s, acquiring a wealth of experience (and experiences!) in the field. Today he is widely regarded as Eastern Europe's most accomplished birding guide having personally led over 500 tours and having devised many more. He is author of six books including the birding site guides to Eastern Europe, the handbook to Europe's woodpeckers and the guide to Central and Eastern European Wildlife.

Since those early days Probirder has evolved into the leading operator of birding and wildlife tours in Eastern Europe. From the very beginning Probirder has led the way in the region by being first in the field and then by developing a pioneering range of tour itineraries. Indeed, our team is proud of the fact that every Probirder tour itinerary is original. Indeed, all of the classic bird tours on offer in Eastern Europe today are based on original Probirder itineraries.

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