British Columbia Shorebird Migration

The Fraser River estuary and delta south of Vancouver is a wonderful area for shorebirds, with huge expanses of tidal mudflats, bogs, and marshes, and is recognized as an Important Bird Area (IBA) owing to its diverse habitats and the huge numbers of migrating and wintering waterbirds.

Our British Columbia Shorebird Migration tour will occur when shorebird migration is in full swing in August as Arctic breeding shorebirds head south. Boundary Bay is a key refueling site for shorebirds heading further south. On this birding tour, we explore the marshes, wetlands and coastal mudflats of the Fraser River delta, and our daily itinerary will be determined by tides and by reports of target species.