The Buzzard Buteo buteo is one of Europe’s most common and widespread species of raptor, and is present right across Iberia as a breeding species. It is in the winter months that we tend to see them locally however, and Kiersten’s latest images have once again put this familiar bird of prey on the list [...]
With no sign of much needed rain it’s still bitterly cold down here in the Alpujarras, but some of our local year-long residents continue to put on a display right through the winter months and are still showing well on the hillsides just outside the village. Regular readers of our posts will recognize the striking [...]
A very happy New Year to all our readers…and what better way to pass on our season’s greetings than with this familiar character? The Robin is a year-long, breeding resident across most of Iberia, but like elsewhere in mainland Europe it’s a shy and wary woodland bird in Spain and can be difficult to see [...]
Not too much to go on with today’s shots, she’d be the first to admit – But Kiersten saw enough of this Bonelli’s Eagle to clinche the ID, and it’s another great addition to the list for the month. With our migrant Short-toed and almost all of our Booted Eagles sunning themselves on African wintering [...]
We start the new month with more shots of two of our favourite local species – the Black Wheatear and the Sardinian Warbler. With some of our more colourful summer visitors now absent for the winter, the bold, black and white plumage of these year-long residents is always eye-catching at this time of year and [...]
Our resident raptors have continued to put on an impressive display throughout the month. Bonelli’s Eagles have shown well above the village over the last few days, and Kiersten has been on-hand with her camera to record all the action. Let’s take a closer look at our latest shots of one of our most spectacular [...]
It’s late in the afternoon, and the Birdwatchalpujarras team have spent a distinctly breezy day out at the wetlands of Padul with a group of clients. With some daylight left, we had the chance to fit a final quick challenge into the day: could we possibly find our new friend Karen a Blue Rock Thrush? [...]
Fantastic views of an Iberian favourite…a Southern Grey Shrike shows well on the hillside above Lanjaron as August rolls on! As promised, it’s time to take a closer look at some of the birds we encountered on our recent day-trip, and first up is this wonderful sub-species of the Great Grey Shrike, Lanius excubitor. We’ve [...]
Few other birds could sum up the dry, arid summer months of southern Spain better than the magnificent Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus. The hot, parched valleys and remote, mountain peaks of Andalucia provide the perfect habitat for this impressive raptor, and Kiersten has been spending time with her camera in one of the species’ local [...]
It’s a warm Wednesday evening in the first week of May, and I’m up on the hillside above village having dinner with friends. Not the most likely time for a spot of birdwatching, but “never say never”… It must have been around 10.30pm. Dark for over an hour, with the usual swarms of flies and [...]
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