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 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 [...]
Not the most dramatic of sightings by any means, but Kiersten’s latest shots of this Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus had me checking the Sightings lists to see when we had last seen them. The species is a year-long resident across much of western Europe, and occurs across the whole of southern Spain. It was in [...]
It’s a bright, sunny Wednesday morning down here in the valley below the village of Lanjaron…and with some time on my hands before I start work later in the day it’s a great oppurtunity to catch up on what’s out and about in the “backyard”. In no time at all all the usual suspects had [...]
Finished work 2pm, with a Booted Eagle soaring over the hillside overhead. Like many I see locally this was the pale form…distinctive black and white plumage under the wing makes identification a bit easier. Decided to take a walk up the mountainside with Great Tits, Chaffinches and Sardinian Warblers providing the usual soundtrack. Quickly found [...]
Wednesday morning, day off work! Decided to go for a longer walk higher up beyond the tree line. Headed off on my usual route intending to work my way up the mountain. Reached a large flat terrace where I often stop to see what’s about, around 8.30am. Watched a fox prowling the slope above me [...]
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