Nuthatch, Cirl Buntings and Melodious Warblers...the beautiful oak woodland of Sierra de Aracena

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 [...]

 
Birdwatchalpujarras on the road! A field trip to Sierra de Morena

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 [...]

 

Friday afternoon, and I’m off walking with a mate, exploring the local patch again. A run up the outskirts of Granada proved to be a bit of a disappointment…we’d hoped for a stretch of mixed woodland, but found little more than a pine plantation that had about as much life in it as the commercial [...]