Gaidis Grandans

Gaidis Grandans is a professional biologist and tour leader based in Druviena, in the forested northeastern interior of Latvia. He and his wife, a nature conservationist, run a small organic farm that doubles as a base for visiting birders and wildlife photographers, with their yard list including Three-toed Woodpecker, Pygmy Owl and Hazel Grouse. Grandans is associated with the Latvian Owl Research Society and is regarded as a local expert on the Kolka migration corridor as well as Latvia's wetland and boreal forest sites. He typically works with individuals and small groups, providing accommodation, hides for photographing lekking Black Grouse and Great Snipe, and logistics to Lubans wetland complex, Kemeri National Park and the Kolka Cape.