We saw exactly 200 species over the six days, the extra diversity versus our last trip being the northern coast around Rio Lagartos. I cannot recommend this area highly enough, easy relaxed birding and loads to see, and I don't think we encountered anyone whilst out on the various tracks. Cozumel was excellent too, very glad that we added that on at the beginning as the two endemics got the trip off to a great start. Other than the scumbag police near Tulum we had no issues whatsoever.
Of the 200, 12 were lifers, versus 30 last time. This was not a productive trip in that respect but neither was it expected to be, compared to somewhere like the Pantanal where so much was new. My Mexico list now stands at 245 having only visited the Yucatan twice, so to have seen over 40 new birds across those two trips feels OK. I am not sure I would do other areas of Mexico by myself but I need to research that more fully - the FCDO webpage about safety and security is extremely lengthy.
Trip List
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