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 [...]
S’Albufera in Mallorca is a must for anyone interested in birdwatching, in fact even if your not interested you will enjoy your time there. So on a day off from the mountains we spent a few hours here. It is the largest wetland in Mallorca with plenty of hides to enable close viewing of the [...]
Ive managed to get a few more days over in Mallorca recently and combined some mountain days with birdwatching. One of my favourite mountains is Puig Tomir, it’s a relatively easy short accent to the summit with a little bit of scrambling assisted by some lengths of cable. I have never failed to see Black [...]
Short-toed Treecreepers flit through the olive groves on the hillside above Lanjaron as the end of a terrific month of birdwatching approaches… There are few pairs of species as hard to tell apart as the Treecreepers…but thankfully for birdwatchers down here in Andalucia, the Treecreeper’ s range only stretches down to Northern Spain. So it [...]
It’s the first week of June and with many of our seasonal migrants back for the summer, its time for me to take a walk down into the valley below Lanjaron to see what’s going on “in the backyard”. Even this close to the village the birdwatching can be spectacular, and there is always something [...]
We round the month off today with a look at another of the species Kiersten encountered on her recent trip to the wetlands of Fuente de Piedra. The Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula is one of the reserve’s more striking waders, and there a few key points to look for when it comes to ID… Note [...]
Bright, pristine plumage against the backdrop of a brilliant blue summer sky…the beautiful Woodchat Shrike is back from African wintering grounds, once again bringing an exotic splash of colour to the hillsides of Lanjaron. These fantastic shots from Richard at Spanish Highs Mountain Guides have captured this spectacular species perfectly, so let’s take a closer [...]
May in the Alpujarras…and the birdwatching just gets better and better! Our local birds of prey continue to put on a fantastic display, and today it was the turn of one of our passage visitors. After the wonderful arrival of Honey Buzzards on the 3rd of the month, Kiersten has once again snapped some terrific [...]
It’s a warm Wednesday evening in the first week of May, and I’m up on the hillside above village having dinner with friends. Not the most likely time for a spot of birdwatching, but “never say never”… It must have been around 10.30pm. Dark for over an hour, with the usual swarms of flies and [...]
It’s the first day of the new month, and the birdwatching down here in Andalucia continues to improve every day. A walk back down the track tonight brought the beautiful song of Nightingales, singing strongly from trees and bushes along the way as I dropped down into the valley…but tonight there was a new, familiar [...]
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