As the last few weeks of summer unfold I’ve been working below the village for over a month now, and it’s time to take a look back at birdwatching in August down here in the valley below Lanjaron. House Sparrows and Spotless Starlings provide the background chatter as always, with Serin, Goldfinch, Spotted Flycatchers and [...]
After last Wednesday’s encounter with Bee Eaters on the hillside above the village, Birdwatchalpujarras are returning team-handed to see if we can improve on the photos so far. With Spanish Highs guide Mike at the wheel, Kiersten and I are free to concentrate on the main challenge of the day. We had no trouble locating [...]
Wednesday morning, and car trouble on the hillside above the village means we’ve got an hour to kill while the engine cools down. With the Lanjaron river below us a slow walk up the side of the valley was the perfect distraction. A pale-form Booted Eagle drifted lazily overhead as we set off, giving us [...]
It’s a hot Wednesday afternoon in the village and my new employer’s car is headed for the garage. With the park just opposite I need no pursuading to tag along…our birdwatching clients of last Friday had picked up good views of Golden Oriole there and I was sure there was a slim chance of a [...]
There’s no doubt about it, Bee Eaters have started appearing in some numbers again on the sunny lower slopes around the village. Not that they ever went away…during June I still heard their distinctive calls regularly. I suspect however that by and large they were concentrated at nesting colonies attending to the serious business of [...]
We’re in the third week of June already and it’s getting hotter every day. Working on the mountain above the village continues to bring great birdwatching as residents and summer migrants alike busy themselves with the hard work of nesting and rearing their young. The olive groves are alive with the calls of finches…large numbers [...]
Sunday morning, and Birdwatch Alpujarras are taking a couple of clients out for a few hours up the hillside above the village. The high winds and grey clouds of Saturday had given way to bright sunshine so we were hoping for a productive day. After the great birdwatching of last Wednesday we’re retracing my steps, [...]
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Another Wednesday arrives,and Birdwatchalpujarras are taking clients out for the day. We decided to take a run out to the marshland outside Padul, a patch we’d been wanting to get back to for some time and where we thought the walking would be a little easier. After a short drive from Lanjaron we were soon [...]
Wednesday morning and Birdwatchalpujarras are taking a client out for the day from our base of Lanjaron. A moment to collect our thoughts before the mission begins sees us take five minutes near the castle to discuss the route plan. A tropical sounding birdcall from the eucalyptus trees behind us grabbed my attention and then [...]
With a spare slot in the day we decided to take a short drive just outside Lanjaron and check a few likely locations for Bee Eaters. I’ve been seeing and hearing them regularly passing over the hillside above the village but really good views of birds perched between feeding flights was something I’d yet to [...]
