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 [...]
It’s the first day of February down here in Andalucia, and Kiersten and I are off to visit our local wetlands at Padul. The extensive reedbeds and the flat patchwork of cultivated plots and rough grassland make this reserve a productive birding patch at any time of the year, and it could well be the [...]
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 [...]
Thursday morning…and I’m off with a friend to El Torcal Nature Reserve. Located about 30km north of Malaga near the town of Antequera, the area boasts one of the most impressive limestone landscapes in Europe. Highly eroded, surreal rock formations provide a fascinating backdrop and with fantastic views out towards the coast and a unique [...]
Working in the sunshine again today, and I’m up on the hillside just outside the village of Lanjaron. Chaffinches , Blackbirds and Great Tits provided most of the background chatter, but some old favourites still managed to give the day a Mediterranean twist… We crossed a small stream on the track this morning, and a [...]
The first week of April has brought us a welcome patch of nice weather, and a chance to catch up with all those jobs on the land. The local birds have got their work cut out too and male Blackbirds, Serin, Great Tits and Spotless Starlings were all singing strongly today. One burst of birdsong [...]
It’s the start of a new week, and I’m gardening for the day for a friend above the village. It ‘s a nice sunny spring morning, and Chaffinches, Spotless Starlings, Great Tits and Blackbirds all added to the House Sparrow chatter to provide a familiar background buzz. No surprises there… This time, no mistake. I [...]
Well, it was bound to happen. I’m sure I heard them. Two of our A-list summer visitors, birds that bring a tropical splash of colour to our warmer months in Lanjaron. The Bee Eater and the Golden Oriole are birds everyone loves to see…but today was a frustrating affair. I was sure I heard those [...]
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 [...]
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