New travel guide lists best birdwatching

A new guide to the world's finedst birwatching experiences comes from the Lonely Planet stable. It lists 60 of the "most enchanting" species and where to see them in their natural habitats, including UK favourites Cornish choughs, the bitterns of Minsmere and swifts in Selborne.Writer, wildlife photgrapher amd contributor Bella Falk has picked eight top spots. As well as Minsmere they include the Serengeti dawn chorus in Tanzania where you can see species such as Verreaux's eagles, Curi-Cancha Reserve, Costa Rica fpr keel billed toucans, and the Akan International Crane Centre in Hokkaido, Japan, where uou might see as many as 150 red crowed cranes fly in between November and early March.

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