Our expedition training weekend on 2nd-4th May is one of the best events of the year. If you really want to know how our expeditions work without leaving the country then this one is for you. A complete 48 hour mock-up of the real thing!

If you are one of our 2009 team members or a past member of a team you will know this event is free but we want to lower the bar to encourage others to have a taster so here is a little incentive.

Book your place at half price before the end of March!

Just £99 for the weekend. If you want a full schedule of the programme then simply ask and we will send one to you.

If you subsequently join our team then the cost can contribute towards your place in the bush so the event becomes effectively free.

If you are not sure whether you can make it then you can still book later, subject to availability but the full advertised price applies.

Go for it! We hope you can join us.

Photo copyright David Bailey. Biosearch sponsors the Kestrel in the new Bird Atlas of Britain and Ireland

SPONSHORSHIP OF THE KESTREL (Falco tinnunculus)

Biosearch Expeditions has its roots in actively assisting wildlife conservation in the UK and also in the Nyika National Park in Malawi. Each year we take teams out to the remotest parts of the bush to camp and explore, recording data on all wildlife and assisting with monitoring poaching activity.

In the UK we have received the Lincolnshire Environmental Award for our farm, where we operate our training weekends and other events, which are open to all.

We have now set up a sponsorship agreement with the British Trust for Ornithology http://www.bto.org/ to support wild bird monitoring and the new Atlas of Breeding and Wintering Birds in the UK and Ireland.

The bird we are sponsoring for this atlas is the Common Kestrel. Kestrels have a wide distribution in Europe, Asia and Africa but are particularly well known in Britain, where they are frequently seen hovering over motorway verges or seen sitting on roadside posts. In Africa there are other subspecies of this iconic bird. In the Nyika National Park Falco tinnunculus rupicolis can be seen over the short grassland but it is far from common and we have not found evidence of breeding. We encourage those with an interest in birds and all wildlife to join our teams to help us research and explore the wildlife resources of Nyika. It is a beautiful upland wilderness, with fresh clear air, magnificent open skies and an absence of mosquitoes.

(Photo by permission of David Bailey)