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The Very Best of North Wales Daytrip

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Hawfinch can be encountered – best times are February – March and October – December.

Exciting News – More Best of North Wales Day Trips Dates Added!

Saturday 10th October 2026 – Best of North Wales Birdwatching Trips Day Trip.

Monday 12th October 2026 – Best of North Wales Birdwatching Trips Day Trip.

Sunday 1st November 2026 – Best of North Wales Birdwatching Trips Day Trip.

Saturday 14th November 2026 – Best of North Wales Birdwatching Trips Day Trip.

Email us [email protected] if you would like to book a day trip.

North Wales is a wonderful location for a birdwatching holiday or day trip with a huge range of species and habitats packed into a small area. Our guided daytrip is the perfect introduction to birdwatching in North Wales at any time of year as we visit the best locations for each season. Join us as we look for the special birds and mammals each of these habitats has to offer.

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Price:

£150 per person, minimum two, maximum three participants, or £300 for one person.

Notes:

Dotterel pass through North Wales on their migration – May and September.

Dates

More dates will be posted as soon as possible, so please check back for more. If you don’t see a date that suits you, please email us on

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Some of the places we regularly visit on our day trips, depending on time of year, include..

RSPB South Stack, RSPB Cors Ddyga, RSPB Conwy, Great Orme, Conwy Valley, Clocaenog Forest, Aber Ogwen NWT, Llanfairfechan and many more. All locations are within easy reach of our base in Llandudno. Our tours usually start at 8am and return to Llandudno late afternoon. We are very flexible with meeting points and start and finish times.

Overview

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Everyone loves to see Atlantic Puffins – April – early July.

The variety of habitats in North Wales allows us to visit lagoons, estuary, woodland, water meadows, coastal cliffs and seashore, all in one bird-packed guided birdwatching day. Our target bird species may include Red-billed Chough, Black Guillemot, Atlantic Puffin, Dipper, Goshawk, Hen Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Red Kite, Pied Flycatcher, Common Redstart, Wood Warbler, Common Crossbill, Hawfinch, resident breeding birds and any migrants on the move.

With many years’ experience in running popular guided daytrips throughout the year, we know just where to go for the best birds. We are also in touch with the latest bird news so we can look for any special birds that may be in the area. We always take our time to enjoy good looks at all the birds we encounter to give you the best possible experience.

Expect a bird-packed and fun-filled guided birdwatching daytrip!

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On this small-group guided birdwatching daytrip, we take a maximum of three participants, the majority of tours have just two guests, to make sure that everyone enjoys individual attention and the best possible opportunities for watching all the birds that we encounter. At Birdwatching Trips we work hard to ensure that everyone enjoys the best possible guided birdwatching experience.

Most trips start at Llandudno West Shore at 8am, but please contact us for more details as this may vary on certain tours and we are very flexible about start times and locations. Very happy to meet you at a railway station or wherever we can agree a good picking up point. If you would like more information, please email us on [email protected].

Please note that all our birdwatching daytrips may involve going up and down steps, and a walk of up to a mile unaided over rough and uneven ground. Please email us on [email protected] or call us on 01492 872407 if you would like to discuss this in more detail.

At Birdwatching Trips We Also Offer The Following Experiences

Custom Tours for one to six guests tailor made to be perfect for you. Our Custom Tours are offered here in the UK and throughout the world. Our Tours for Two are proving very popular indeed. A custom tour may be just right for you for many reasons, a pace ideal for you, type of accommodation you choose, locations and birds that you wish to enjoy when you want to. We can tailor make the trip to search for tricky to see species, help with identification, an introduction to birdwatching – whatever you would like!

Set departure Birdwatching Trips Tours – ranging from a day out, a weekend, a week, two weeks, and longer tours here in the UK and throughout the world. Amongst our destinations we offer in the UK are – North Wales, Norfolk, Yorkshire, Dorset, Isles of Scilly, Isle of Mull, Highlands of Scotland. Overseas – Finland and Arctic Norway, Spain, Morocco, Estonia, Sweden, Thailand, Northern India, India for Tigers, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Georgia, USA, Namibia, and South Africa. We take a maximum of six guests with a minimum of two professional bird guides on our tours, on most overseas tours we have three professional bird guides.

Hawfinch, another North Wales seasonal speciality

Black Guillemot, seen here in breeding plumage

Charismatic Red-billed Chough will be on our target list

Common Buzzard

Black-tailed Godwit

Pied Flycatcher

Wryneck we found on Anglesey.

Black Redstart a scarce migrant.

Atlantic Puffin April - July

Eurasian Dotterel a scarce migrant.

Common Crossbill

Great Orme goat.

Red Squirrel we see on Anglesey

Red-billed Chough resident.

Coal Tit

Common Kingfisher

European Robin

Great Tit

Juvenile Ruff

Lovely to see beautiful juvenile Ruff.

White-breasted Dipper

What’s Included:

A Kingfisher brightens any day!

This price includes a full day’s escorted guided birdwatching, entrance fees to all nature reserves where applicable, use of our field guides, use of our top-of-the-range telescopes, free binocular loan on the day if requested, and individual checklists of the birds we will be looking for.

What’s NOT Included:

If you like cake best to book on one of our tours with Iolo Williams!

It does not include any personal items or meals, drinks or snacks.

For more information

please just email us on [email protected] and let us tailor the perfect tour for you!