Black Wheatears show well on the winter hillsides of Lanjaron

With no sign of much needed rain it’s still bitterly cold down here in the Alpujarras, but some of our local year-long residents continue to put on a display right through the winter months and are still showing well on the hillsides just outside the village. Regular readers of our posts will recognize the striking [...]

 
"Sardies" and Black Wheatears - two local favourites to kick off the new month!

We start the new month with more shots of two of our favourite local species – the Black Wheatear and the Sardinian Warbler. With some of our more colourful summer visitors now absent for the winter, the bold, black and white plumage of these year-long residents is always eye-catching at this time of year and [...]

 
Trip Report: Wheatears, Shrikes and Golden Eagles!

We had guests on board today as we once again headed off up the mountain, to get a good, end-of-the-month look at what the local hillsides have to offer at this changeable, busy time of the year. We ended up having a thoroughly good time today, and managed to put some interesting local favourites on [...]

 
Shrikes, Wheatears and Bee Eaters...September in Andalucia

The second week of September is upon us, and Kiersten and I headed out on familiar tracks up the mountain today, to catch up on seasonal arrivals and departures on the hillsides around the village. What we got was a fabulous day of birdwatching, with a couple of real surprises along the way. Our first [...]

 
Our first Subalpine Warbler! A trip report from Sierra de Lugar

It’s the start of a new week, and the birdwatchalpujarras team are off on a day-trip to Sierra de Lugar. It’s been a while since we visited this productive local patch and with our friend Andreas on board for the day we’re hoping to add a few interesting species to his holiday tick-list! The secluded, [...]

 
A day-trip report: July in the Alpujarras

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 [...]

 
Hoopoes, Shrikes and a Golden Oriole - daytripping with the Birdwatchalpujarras team

It’s the start of another week, and we’re off out again with guests for the day. We hoped the sunny hillsides around the village would bring us a few summer favourites…and we were soon on our way up the mountain once more. Black Wheatear showed well on rocky outcrops above the road as we headed [...]

 
The magnificent raptors of Andalucia - a day-trip with the birdwatchalpujarras team

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 [...]

 
Blue Rock Thrush and Black Wheatear...February on Sierra de Lujar

Kiersten’s out on the road once again, driving guides and clients into the mountains with the Spannishhighs team. With a spare couple of hours there was time for some birding too today, and she headed for the craggy gorge at the foot of Sierra de Lujar. A favourite birding location at any time of year, [...]

 
Blue Rock Thrush and Black Wheatear...Lanjaron at the start of November

It’s late in the afternoon, and the Birdwatchalpujarras team have spent a distinctly breezy day out at the wetlands of Padul with a group of clients. With some daylight left, we had the chance to fit a final quick challenge into the day: could we possibly find our new friend Karen a Blue Rock Thrush? [...]