A bright, sunny start to the day had Kiersten and I heading up into the mountains recently…only to be met by rolling, foggy clouds that brought our birdwatching day to a cold, wet and rather miserable end. Still, we managed to cobble together a day-list before the weather closed in around us, and there were [...]
Kiersten’s Spanishhighs duties have once again taken her into the wooded slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range…bringing another encounter with one of the region’s most highly adapted woodland species. The Nuthatch Sitta europaea spends most of its life clinging to the trunks and branches of trees, foraging endlessly for insects, nuts, berries and seeds. [...]
With a flight booked for Christmas in the UK, I’ve still had time for one last trip up the mountain before the break, and we headed off last week on familiar tracks for Puente Palo. The hillsides had a bleak, exposed feel to them that day… and it has to be said as we wound [...]
It’s our first morning at the mountain refuge, run by our friend Javier in the Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche, in the Sierra de Morena range north of Seville. With the team leaving me to fend for myself later today, there was still time for Kiersten and I to take an early morning [...]
I’ve been looking forward to this for some time. Birdwatchalpujarras are heading west to explore Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche, a hilly, forested region in the Sierra de Morena range north of Seville. A wonderful opportunity to take a closer look at the Cork Oak habitat on the Extremeduran border…and a terrific chance [...]
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 [...]
Instantly familiar to birdwatchers back in the UK, the Nuthatch Sitta europaea has proved to be something of a rarity down here in Andalucia. Our sighting during our trip on the 18th of this month had me tracking back to the last time we’d seen one, and I had to go back to June 2009… [...]
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 [...]
Wednesday comes around and I’m on birdwatching detail again, and I’m braving the heat of the day to take a walk down the mountain to a recreational area I’ve yet to check out. With a couple of new species added to the list in the last couple of days I’m armed with my camera and [...]
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