All of the tours listed below have been devised and designed by Gerard Gorman, author of BIRDING IN EASTERN EUROPE. The wealth of experience that goes into our itineraries cannot be matched, though it can be copied, in fact the majority of birding itineraries on other websites and in many tour brochures are based upon Probirder experience. Gerard personally leads some tours himself whilst others are led by expert locals. Our leaders include the very best Hungarian, Slovak, Czech, Polish, Romanian and Bulgarian birding guides. All guides speak English.

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.

We are now in our 20th year of running Hungary tours. Take a look at this selection Woodpecker Tour, May Tour, Summer Tour, Autumn Crane Tour. Species include Great Bustard, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Red-footed Falcon, Saker, Bluethroat & Aquatic Warbler. In autumn there are over 70,000 Common Cranes.

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.

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 Red-breasted Geese Tour, too, was the first of its kind.

This is a superb country for birds and here our Three Classic Tours offer some superb Balkan birding experiences. 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.

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.

We arrange tailor-made tours in this well-established destination, again with excellent 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.