Top 10 destinations for twitchers

If you don’t know what a ‘twitcher’ is then this list is probably not for you – then again, perhaps you don’t even know you’re  a twitcher yet. (Twitcher is just another name for birdwatcher.)With over 10,000 species of birds in the world, twitchers travel far and wide to get a glimpse or catch the call of their favourite feathered friends. Modern-day shooting parties armed with cameras and binoculars flock to these 10 birdwatching hot spots.1. Papua New GuineaImage by tarotasticThis largely untouched and isolated archipelago has much wonderful natural habitat intact. The stars of the show are the fantastical birds of paradise, of which there are more than 40 species, all individually bizarre. With brilliant colours and showy, sweeping...

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