There’s no doubt about it, Bee Eaters have started appearing in some numbers again on the sunny lower slopes around the village. Not that they ever went away…during June I still heard their distinctive calls regularly. I suspect however that by and large they were concentrated at nesting colonies attending to the serious business of [...]
It’s a hot Wednesday afternoon in the village and my new employer’s car is headed for the garage. With the park just opposite I need no pursuading to tag along…our birdwatching clients of last Friday had picked up good views of Golden Oriole there and I was sure there was a slim chance of a [...]
Tuesday, and it’s a working day as usual up above Lanjaron. With my shift over however I grabbed the chance to check out the flocks of Swifts swarming over the hillside above the house. I had heard but didn’t see Bee Eaters up there somewhere and was hoping for a glimpse of one of our [...]
We’re in the third week of June already and it’s getting hotter every day. Working on the mountain above the village continues to bring great birdwatching as residents and summer migrants alike busy themselves with the hard work of nesting and rearing their young. The olive groves are alive with the calls of finches…large numbers [...]
Sunday morning, and Birdwatch Alpujarras are taking a couple of clients out for a few hours up the hillside above the village. The high winds and grey clouds of Saturday had given way to bright sunshine so we were hoping for a productive day. After the great birdwatching of last Wednesday we’re retracing my steps, [...]
Another Wednesday morning arrives, and it’s birdwatching on the local patch as usual. First trip of a new month and I’m hitching a lift up the mountainside to take a walk back down through one of my favourite stretches just outside the village. On the drive up the slope we passed through pasture and old [...]
May 222009
Another Wednesday arrives,and Birdwatchalpujarras are taking clients out for the day. We decided to take a run out to the marshland outside Padul, a patch we’d been wanting to get back to for some time and where we thought the walking would be a little easier. After a short drive from Lanjaron we were soon [...]
Wednesday morning and Birdwatchalpujarras are taking a client out for the day from our base of Lanjaron. A moment to collect our thoughts before the mission begins sees us take five minutes near the castle to discuss the route plan. A tropical sounding birdcall from the eucalyptus trees behind us grabbed my attention and then [...]
With a spare slot in the day we decided to take a short drive just outside Lanjaron and check a few likely locations for Bee Eaters. I’ve been seeing and hearing them regularly passing over the hillside above the village but really good views of birds perched between feeding flights was something I’d yet to [...]
Apr 262009
After a great day yesterday south of Padul it’s back to work today…and Bee Eaters continue to pass over the hillside above Lanjaron in some numbers. Around midday a flock of maybe twenty came by, circling noisily overhead and giving good views before drifting slowly west. I’ve seen the odd Swift in amongst these groups [...]
