Located just outside Malaga, the mouth of the Rio Guadalhorce may at first seem an unlikely site for birdwatching. However, the complex of ponds and scrubland that sits between the two arms of the river – widened and engineered to avoid flooding upstream – is a key stretch of wetland habitat within Andalucia, and with [...]
With some of our most exotic, tropical-looking species on their way back to wintering grounds in Africa, it’s great to catch up with this spectacular year-long resident, and once again get this colourful species on the list for the month. The Hoopoe Upupa epops is migratory over pretty much all of its European range, but [...]
The second week of September is upon us, and Kiersten and I headed out on familiar tracks up the mountain today, to catch up on seasonal arrivals and departures on the hillsides around the village. What we got was a fabulous day of birdwatching, with a couple of real surprises along the way. Our first [...]
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 [...]
It’s the first week of July, and with some new birdwatching friends all the way from Denmark the birdwatchalpujarras team are once again out on a day trip on the hillsides above Lanjaron. With a few of our local favourites on the wish-list for the day we headed for the first of some likely locations…and [...]
It’s the start of another week, and we’re off out again with guests for the day. We hoped the sunny hillsides around the village would bring us a few summer favourites…and we were soon on our way up the mountain once more. Black Wheatear showed well on rocky outcrops above the road as we headed [...]
The chance of a lift up the mountain was too good to miss this morning, and gave me a great chance to get another look at some favourite spots on the hillside above the village. The drive uphill is a familiar route, and the usual suspects showed well along the way. Woodchat Shrikes of course, [...]
It’s another bright June morning down here in Andalucia, and with guests on board for the day we’re looking forward to some great birding on the hillsides above the village. With the season well under way there’s always plenty to look out for, and so we picked up our new friends Steve and Linda and [...]
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 [...]
Exotic and flamboyant, the Hoopoe Upupa epops is without a doubt one of Andalucia’s most unmistakable birds. Migratory over most of its European range, the species is a year-long resident in southern Spain and Kiersten’s latest shots of this terrific bird are a great way to end the month! The Hoopoe is a bird of [...]
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