Great views of another local character today, as a male Blue Rock Thrush showed well on the boulder-strewn slopes just below the village… The Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius is a year-long resident across most of its European range, and breeds in Spain, Portugal and right round the Mediterranean region. It occurs in gorges and [...]
Bold, bright and full of character…the Coal Tit is of course a familiar garden bird to countless birdwatchers back in the UK. It breeds right across Europe, and is a widespread year-long resident over most of the Iberian peninsula. Not the rarest Andalucian character by any means, but the shots are nice anyway! Compact, active [...]
It’s a bright but chilly January morning, and we’re off with local walking guide Martin Riley to explore the coniferous woodland habitat of Sierra de Huetor, a natural park to the north-east of Granada. Large expanses of the park’s forests were devastated by a huge fire in 1993, but there has been a programme of [...]
Another nice tick for the month-list down here in Lanjaron! Rock Bunting Emberiza cia breed throughout Spain and Portugal and right across the Mediterranean region. They favour steep, rocky areas with scattered crags, boulders and bushes…and the hillsides of Andalucia provide this attractive little bird with everything it needs! Compact, slim and colourful, the Rock [...]
One of the more common Sylvia warblers, the Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla has a wide distribution and breeds across most of western Europe. In the north and east of their range they tend to be migratory, while western and southern individuals are more sedentary. The Alpujarras have a resident breeding population and they can be found [...]
The Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita is a year-long resident in the north of Spain, but in the south it is generally a bird of the colder months. Migratory over most of its European range, most birds head south-east in the autumn, pouring into France and then on to wintering grounds around the Mediterranean. Not all Chiffchaff [...]
The Spanish Highs Mountain Guides team have been out and about above the snowline again, and Richard returned with some great snaps of a favourite species from our pine forest habitat. Crossbills are birds of spruce, larch and pine woodland, and use their specialized crossed beaks to prise the seeds from the cones of these [...]
At the start of last month we reported on the arrival of large numbers of wintering Chiffchaff, and this familiar little species is continuing to show well in the orchards, gardens and olive groves around the village… As Kiersten’s latest images show, the Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita can be unobtrusive and hard to spot in amongst [...]
It’s the first day of December, and what better way to start the new month than with the latest images of one of our favourite seasonal visitors, the Black Redstart… Regular readers of our birding reports will recognize this species straight away. Definitely one of our more striking winter characters, and Kiersten captured all the [...]
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? [...]
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