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LIVONIAN BAY, ESTONIA
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SIGIRIYA
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Loch Glascarnoch
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Pripyat River, Belarus
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Autumn at Lake Kerkini
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Black-headed Bunting
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The Gambia
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Durankulak Lake
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Madre de Dios River
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Wahgi Valley & the Mount Hagen
Our services
Bed & Birding is a franchise company that licenses different Bird Friendly Bed & Breakfast partners to use its branded identity and materials to market their services to birders. The Bed & Birding partners are carefully appraised against a set of service quality criteria, in order to provide both comfortable and memorable accommodation of course, but also with careful attention to the specific needs of birders.
A significant advantage of the network to travelling birders is the ability to promptly select the right birding location for their birdwatching holidays, because choice of an appropriate Bed and Birding establishment guarantees the most convenient and dedicated accommodation designed especially for birders.
We use the following criteria as a basis for classifying the Bed & Birding partners.
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| Minimum score needed per category | 35 | 55 | 75 | 100 | 135 |
The overall score and category will be determined on the basis of evidence provided for the features present or available (from your photographs, web site or our own site visit).
| General category criteria | Score |
| Library of bird and other wildlife books and checklists | 3 |
| Natural vegetation around | 1 - 15 |
| Close vicinity to wildlife areas (nature reserve, park, wetland...) | 5 - 15 |
| Terrace with panorama | 5 |
| List of species recorded in the area (month by month) | 3 |
| Birders lounge | 5 |
| Drying room | 3 |
| Garden attractive for wildlife | 1 - 10 |
| Equipment available to hire | |
| Wet weather attire | 3 |
| Bicycles | 2 |
| Telescope | 4 |
| Binoculars | 3 |
| Tripod | 2 |
| 4WD vehicle | 5 |
| GPS receiver | 3 |
| Boats (if you have water around) | 4 |
| Bird hide | 4 |
| Camera | 3 |
| Horses | 4 |
| Other (please specify in email) | 1 - 5 |
| Services | |
| Early breakfast | 3 |
| Access to a local avian specialist / guide | 5 |
| Other (please specify in email) | 1 - 10 |
| Sustainability | |
| Wastewater disposal system | 5 |
| Waste recycling | 3 |
| Low flow water supply system | 3 |
| Locally sourced food, when possible | 3 |
| Local construction materials | 5 |
| Use of renewable energy - e.g. solar panels | 5 |
| Electric boat engines used | 3 |
| Electric vehicles used | 3 |
| Conservation activities undertaken/supported | 3 - 5 |
| Other (please specify in email) | 1 - 5 |
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