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Extremadura 14 – 21 February 2012

Leaders

Martin Kelsey OBE is our regular leader in Extremadura where he lives with his family, close to Finca Santa Marta. His background in ecology includes a three-year study on marsh warblers. After three years in the Amazon rainforest with the British Ornithologists' Union, where he met his wife Claudia, he worked for BirdLife International, before joining Save the Children.

Click here to find out more about Martin.
Martin Kelsey's blog about birds in Extremadura.

Chris Durdin is the driving force behind Honeyguide, running holidays since 1991. For many years he combined this with his work for the RSPB in Eastern England, often the Society’s spokesman, but has been concentrating on Honeyguide full-time since 2009, alongside writing a book about Norfolk’s cranes. He’s also a qualified soccer coach, for one son’s under nine year group. As a naturalist, Chris is an all rounder.

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'The RSPB takes its hat off to a star performer' - see news release here.

As well as looking after the Honeyguide website, Chris (as a volunteer) also looks after websites for Hillside Rovers Football Club and Flowers of Crete.

White storks at Trujillo

White storks at Trujillo

Martin Kelsey

Martin Kelsey OBE, pictured (a little unfairly) after a vulture had just flown overhead. We don't go in for much photo manipulation, but the same photo is in Honeyguide's brochure but with the dropping removed.

Chris Durdin

Chris Durdin

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