Kiersten was once again out and about with the Spanishhighs team over the weekend, driving a carload of keen walkers into the beautiful Cumbres Verdes mountains, situated to the SE of Granada. She knew there was time for some birdwatching along the way, so with our friend Marianne along for the ride they headed off [...]
We start the new month with a real personal favourite…hardly the most flamboyant or exotic looking of our summer visitors, but the Spotted Flycatcher is always full of character and it’s nice to have some new images for you today. Let’s take what might well be our last, seasonal look at Kiersten’s latest shots of [...]
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 [...]
Birding holidays to Mallorca are not just about the island’s wonderful wetlands. There are a host of other habitats to explore, and its hillsides and woodlands are full of passage migrants at this time of year. Kiersten returned with some terrific images, and today we’ll take a look at two more of the island’s seasonal [...]
Another sunny Wednesday morning on the last day of June…and I’m gardening in the sunshine again. A nice chance to keep my eyes and ears open of course, and check up on what’s passing through the gardens and orchards in the valley below the village. The usual tits and finches provided much of the background [...]
It’s the second week of May and our summer visitors are continuing to arrive…and Kiersten has taken some fantastic shots of another seasonal favourite. Our Spotted Flycatchers have returned once again, and it’s another first for the year! At first sight undoubtedly one of our more unassuming birds. Get the right view though, and there [...]
With the month rolling on it’s time to catch up with all the comings and goings “on the doorstep” as I take another look at birdwatching down in the valley below the village. All those House Martins that hung on through the tail-end of summmer have finally really thinned out now…with just the last one [...]
With the marauding Sparrowhawk having failed to reappear for a day or so and after a distinct improvement in the weather it would appear to be “business as usual” down here in the valley below Lanjaron. A walk back down the hill this morning brought the now familiar trills of Alpine Swifts over the cliff-face [...]
Friday morning…and there was something odd going on the terraces around the house today. Most of the usual suspects were, I thought, around as normal but there was a sense of unrest about everything. I counted first one, then two, three and maybe a fourth Spotted Flycatcher, but their “tzick…tzick” alarm calls had a tense [...]
After the relentless sunshine of summer the weather has finally broken…we’re in the second day of thunder and lightening and pounding rain, got caught in it earlier and it was freezing. Not before I’d managed to get out on patrol again however, as I continue to check out the valley below Lanjaron for departures and [...]
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