A bright, sunny start to the day had Kiersten and I heading up into the mountains recently…only to be met by rolling, foggy clouds that brought our birdwatching day to a cold, wet and rather miserable end. Still, we managed to cobble together a day-list before the weather closed in around us, and there were [...]
With a flight booked for Christmas in the UK, I’ve still had time for one last trip up the mountain before the break, and we headed off last week on familiar tracks for Puente Palo. The hillsides had a bleak, exposed feel to them that day… and it has to be said as we wound [...]
We had guests on board today as we once again headed off up the mountain, to get a good, end-of-the-month look at what the local hillsides have to offer at this changeable, busy time of the year. We ended up having a thoroughly good time today, and managed to put some interesting local favourites on [...]
It’s the start of a new week, and the birdwatchalpujarras team are off on a day-trip to Sierra de Lugar. It’s been a while since we visited this productive local patch and with our friend Andreas on board for the day we’re hoping to add a few interesting species to his holiday tick-list! The secluded, [...]
It’s Friday morning, and the Birdwatchalpujarras team are off out with a client for the day. We’re meeting our new friend Val in the village of Canar, with plans to take the mountain track up to Puente Palo, a favourite drive that will take us through a number of different habitats and hopefully bring some [...]
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 [...]
It’s a bright Wednesday morning, and the Spanishhighs crew are off to explore the hillsides and walking trails of the Lecrin valley. I’m coming along for the birdwatching of course…with migrant summer visitors arriving every day it was a nice chance to check out a new patch. We headed out into the hills and valleys [...]
September has arrived, bringing a welcome break in the weather and the daunting prospect of migration for many of our summer visitors. With the new month upon us a trip out with my binoculars was well overdue, so I jumped at the chance to go walking with a friend in the mountains around Trevelez, a [...]
Saturday morning and it’s a day off to go walking above the white village of Capileira. Warned in advance about the cold… a very windy day and I suspected I’d be glad of all the extra clothing I was advised to bring along. Passed through the village and drove on up towards Hoya de Portillo [...]
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