If you are keen on owls and woodpeckers then our Czech trips are well worth joining. We have been running Spring Tours to Bohemia & Moravia since the 1980s. Species we regularly find include Pygmy, Tengmalm's & Eagle Owls, Black & Hazel Grouse & Three-toed & Grey-headed Woodpeckers.

In Slovakia we look for Alpine birds, forest owls & all 10 European woodpeckers with exceptional local guides on our Mountain Forests Tour. Special birds here include Ural & Pygmy Owls, Hazel Grouse, Lesser Spotted Eagle, White-backed & Three-toed Woodpeckers, Thrush Nightingale & Wallcreeper.

We have been running Hungary tours since the 1980s. We have a range of tours in Spring, Summer and Autumn. Species include Great Bustard, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Red-footed Falcon, Saker, Bluethroat & Aquatic Warbler. In autumn there are around 100,000 Common Cranes.

Our first tour to Romania was in 1987 & our Danube Delta & Dobrudja Tour is now the very best available. On this tour we see Dalmatian Pelican, Pygmy Cormorant, Levant Sparrowhawk, Pied & Isabelline Wheatears, Sombre Tit & Olivaceous & Paddyfield Warblers. Our winter Red-breasted Geese Tour, was the first of its kind.

We run tours in this up-and-coming destination in April taking in the Dalmatian coast and the Paklenica & Krka National Parks. Pygmy Cormorant, Rock Partridge, Scops Owl, Rock Nuthatch, Pallid & Alpine Swifts, Crag Martin, Black-eared Wheatear and Blue Rock Thrush are likely. Coastal wetlands have waders such as Black-winged Stilt.

This is a superb country for birds and in most years we run tours in all four seasons, including winter for Red-breasted Geese. Special birds include Griffon & Eurasian Black Vultures, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Wallcreeper, Rock Nuthatch, Syrian & White-backed Woodpeckers & Masked Shrike. Wetlands host White & Dalmatian Pelicans & Ferruginous Duck.

Serbia has been off the birding tour map in recent years, but we at Probirder believe it is time for that to change. This fascinating and fantastic birding destination is rich in habitats and landscapes where there are birds to excite everyone. Serbia is particularly good for birds of prey. Join us in spring or autumn on one of our pioneering tours around the lowlands, wetlands and uplands of this wildlife rich country.

We arrange tours in this wild-life rich destination in all four seasons, again with top local guides. Attractions are White-tailed, Lesser & Greater Spotted Eagles, Hazel Grouse, Great Snipe, White-backed & Three-toed Woodpeckers, Collared & Red-breasted Flycatchers, Citrine Wagtail, Ortolan Bunting and Aquatic Warbler.

If you are keen on boreal birds such as grouse, owls and woodpeckers, then our Estonian trips are ideal. We usually visit in spring to take in the best of the Baltic wildfowl migration and the early breeding birds of bogs and forests. In early spring the Baltic Sea off Estonia's islands is one of the best areas in Europe to see Steller's Eiders.

If mountain landscapes and Alpine birds are your thing, then Slovenia could well be for you. We usually visit the impressive Julian and Kamniske-Savinjske Alps and the Triglav NP in spring to search for Ptarmigan, Wallcreeper, Water Pipit, Snow Finch, Alpine Accentor, Alpine Chough and forest species such as woodpeckers, owls, Hazel Grouse and Nutcracker.