Trip Report: Wheatears, Shrikes and Golden Eagles!

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 [...]

 
Red-rumped Swallows stay on with the sunshine

We’re in the first week of September, and many of our seasonal migrants are still with us.While our Barn Swallows have all but disappeared, the Red-rumped Swallow has yet to head south, and has stayed on with the last of the warm, sunny weather of summer. A true Mediterranean speciality, the Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica [...]

 

A day spent in the village this Sunday meant I was unable to watch and listen out for Bee Eaters on the hillside above Lanjaron. For the first time this Spring however I noticed just two Swifts amongst the throng of Swallows and Housemartins feeding over the village early evening. The first of the year [...]