Aussie Bird Tours

Mike's passion about birds and nature was infectious. He took us to three different types of habitats which gave us an excellent range of birds to see and listen to. Mike was also extremely knowledgeable and gave us lots of information and answered all our questions. I highly recommend his bird watching tour.

Mike was absolutely fabulous. He is very knowledgeable and has an amazing ability to identify the type of bird and their sounds. We saw over 50 species of birds. Highly recommended for everyone including novices like us.

I took my Dad along to this tour for a Christmas present, and we were greatly impressed! Mike is an incredibly experienced, knowledgeable and passionate birder who everyone can learn from. He is an expert, and catered well to all levels - Dad’s been into birds since he was young and still gained a wealth of knowledge but I am only new and enjoyed it greatly. He was well-equipped, providing binoculars and a bird book. He took us to places we have never explored even being locals!

First time bird watching and had a fabulous time. Beautiful senary, abundance of birds and great knowledge from our guide Mike and his offsider for the day, Martin. Highly recommended and would do it again.

My partner and I had a great time on the tour. Mike showed us all the hot spots and shared a lot of his extensive knowledge on the local birds and others. Perfect for beginners like myself and has fired up my passion to explore the outdoors. Would highly recommend others. Attached are some of the birds we saw on our tour.

I had a great tour with Martin from Aussie Bird Tours. He was very friendly and checked my level of knowledge, if there was anything specific I wanted to see and whether I was interested in taking photos. Martin was super friendly, very knowledgeable and pitched the information he shared about the birds we saw at exactly the right level. He took me to a few different spots in Sydney and knew exactly what to look out for and where. In total we saw 55 different birds and heard two more! A great experience that I would definitely recommend if you are interested in birds. Thanks Martin!

Mike is a fantastic guide! This is my first experience birding in Australia, and he is a phenomenal guide. He is highly knowledgeable, thoughtful to all participants, and tenacious in his goal to find and identify birds for the group. I look forward to going on another one of his bird tours again as soon as I can!

Yesterday I went on a 4 hour tour of the Northern Beaches with my family. Mike was such a knowledgeable guide and showed us 49 types of birds across three different locations. Mike has a passion for his work and this was shown through his explanations and patience in finding the birds. Mike’s calm and genuine approach made the morning very relaxing and the scenery was beautiful!Thanks so much Mike!I would highly recommend a tour with Mike!

I had three days available for birding in Sydney in May 2023 and asked Mike for guiding support. He put me in touch with Martin Allen, who took me varied sites within 90 minutes of central Sydney, including lakes and lagoons, rainforest, dry forest, scrub. We saw over 120 species and I was able to photograph the vast majority. Martin was very patient with me as a newcomer to Australian birding and explained features, field marks, habitats, and was happy to wait until I had secured record shots. He drove carefully and furnished snacks and rinks, as well as finding pleasant lunch spots. We ticked most of my list with only a couple of dips (Rock Warbler, Lyrebird), and managed an amazing recovery on nightbirds, securing Tawny Frogmouth and Powerful Owl at the end of the third day. A pleasant and knowledgeable birding companion who knew where to go and what the birds would be doing. Thank you Martin, and thank you Mike for the connection.

I cannot emphasize how awesome the birding tour of Sydney's northern beaches was! I'm a pretty avid birdwatcher, and I saw over 10 *new* species (with over 50 total). Beyond the new species, hands-down the best part was learning from Mike himself. All of my birdwatching up until now has been self-taught (from books or apps), but learning from Mike was really incredible. My favorite parts were:- watching a Pacific Koel baby being fed by its Red Wattlebird parent (the cuckoo is a parasitic species-- I had read about it in books, but it was wild to see with my own eyes!)- learning to tell the differences between stints, turnstones, plovers and tattlers- hearing some of the bird sounds (this one is nearly impossible to do without someone else)- seeing several Eastern Whip birds. I've heard dozens, but they're notoriously hard to actually seeI highly recommend the tour for anyone who is interested in Aussie birds :)