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 [...]
The Rock Bunting Emberiza cia occurs right across Spain and Portugal, and can be found right across the Mediterranean region. Our recent visit to Hoya de la Mora brought good views of this year-long resident, so lets take another look at this attractive, colourful little species. The Rock Bunting is a bird of open, rocky [...]
The hills of Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche have been my temporary home for a couple of days now, and the patchwork of mixed oak woodland and sunny, open meadows have brought some great birdwatching. Today we’ll take a look at some of the birds of prey of the region…and where better to [...]
As we feared, the heavens have opened again, and heavy rain has brought our birdwatching to a temporary standstill once more. While we sit out the bad weather we thought we could take the chance to have a closer look at another of our local species, and today I’ve chosen a real personal favourite…the Blue [...]
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