Located just outside Malaga, the mouth of the Rio Guadalhorce may at first seem an unlikely site for birdwatching. However, the complex of ponds and scrubland that sits between the two arms of the river – widened and engineered to avoid flooding upstream – is a key stretch of wetland habitat within Andalucia, and with [...]
It’s the first day of March, and with a couple of birdwatching friends birdwatchalpujarras is off to visit the saltwater lagoon of Fuente de Piedra. This fascinating stretch of wetland habitat can be productive at almost any time of year, and with the spring passage upon us the first of the season’s migrants may just [...]
We’re in the first week of September, and many of our seasonal migrants are still with us.While our Barn Swallows have all but disappeared, the Red-rumped Swallow has yet to head south, and has stayed on with the last of the warm, sunny weather of summer. A true Mediterranean speciality, the Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica [...]
It’s another bright August morning, and the birdwatchalpujarras team are off on another day-trip on the hillsides above the village. Clear blue skies promised another sunny summer day…so to avoid the worst of the heat we made an early start, and with our new friend Ian on board we headed off on our favourite track [...]
It’s the first week of July, and with some new birdwatching friends all the way from Denmark the birdwatchalpujarras team are once again out on a day trip on the hillsides above Lanjaron. With a few of our local favourites on the wish-list for the day we headed for the first of some likely locations…and [...]
It’s Friday morning, and the Birdwatchalpujarras team are off out with a client for the day. We’re meeting our new friend Val in the village of Canar, with plans to take the mountain track up to Puente Palo, a favourite drive that will take us through a number of different habitats and hopefully bring some [...]
It’s the first week of June and with many of our seasonal migrants back for the summer, its time for me to take a walk down into the valley below Lanjaron to see what’s going on “in the backyard”. Even this close to the village the birdwatching can be spectacular, and there is always something [...]
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