Dave Pearce
Originally from Barnsley in South Yorkshire, Dave now lives in East Yorkshire, and alongside guiding bird tours works as a Consultant Ornithologist, undertaking bird surveys, bird monitoring and research from Scotland to Kent, Wales to Norfolk and many points in-between.
He studied Ornithology at the University of Birmingham and Ornithology and Countryside Management at Bishop Burton College in East Yorkshire, and worked for the Peak District National Park Authority as Peak Birds Project Officer from 2009-2011. Since 2009 he has also been involved in the conservation and monitoring of upland breeding waders, and other bird species, in the Dark Peak region of the Peak District, and recently co-authored a breeding bird atlas covering a large part of South Yorkshire and part of West Yorkshire, published in 2018.
Birding since the early 1970s, he has travelled widely throughout Britain in search of birds, often in the pursuit of rarities, and has a particular interest in bird migration. He has also spent time birding in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North America, Australia, Africa and the Caribbean, especially enjoying birding along the Yorkshire coast, on Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides, around Varanger in northern Norway and in Hong Kong. Outside work and birding, his interests include music, playing the drums and football.
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NEW! Cairngorms and East Sutherland
- 08 Mar - 15 Mar 2025Special Offer
Exploring lesser-known places, with raptors at the fore
Prices from £1595 pp
Duration: 8 Days
- 08 Mar - 15 Mar 2025
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Spring into Scotland including Mull
- 29 Mar - 05 Apr 2025Special Offer
A week of Highland birding with TWO nights on the magical Isle of Mull
Prices from £1695 pp
Duration: 8 Days
- 29 Mar - 05 Apr 2025
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Superb spring birding from the pre-Pyrenees to the Ebro Delta
Prices from £2195 pp
Duration: 9 Days
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Superb spring birding on the southern Outer Hebrides: North and South Uist, Benbecula and Berneray.
Prices from £1895 pp
Duration: 7 Days
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Prices from £2145 pp
Duration: 8 Days
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NEW! Outer Hebrides Summer Explorer
- 28 Jun - 04 Jul 2025
An exciting new tour to the Hebrides, featuring TWO boat trips and some less visited islands
Prices from £2345 pp
Duration: 7 Days
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Highlands and the Outer Hebrides
- 30 Aug - 06 Sep 2025Special Offer
A week long summer holiday to the Highlands and the Southern Outer Hebrides
Prices from £1695 pp
Duration: 8 Days
- 30 Aug - 06 Sep 2025
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NEW! Highlands and the Far North in Autumn
- 27 Sep - 04 Oct 2025Special Offer
Great local birding and exciting migration in Caithness and north-east Highlands.
Prices from £1695 pp
Duration: 8 Days
- 27 Sep - 04 Oct 2025
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Outer Hebrides in Autumn for birders
- 04 Oct - 10 Oct 2025
Rarity hunting in the Outer Hebrides, birding South Uist, Benbecula, North Uist, Berneray, Harris and Lewis!
Prices from £1945 pp
Duration: 7 Days
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Kenyan Ultimate Birding Tour
- 30 Nov - 14 Dec 2025
A Massive birdlist including many East African endemics
Prices from £6295 pp
Duration: 15 Days