The gardens and other patches of broken, open land around the village hold a surprising range of species at this time of year, and it’s a great time to take a seasonal look at what can be seen – and heard – on our local patch if you step out of the door… House Sparrows, [...]
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 [...]
Another remarkable April…no surprise really that our wonderful summer migrants have captured our attention this month. Our birdwatching down here in the Alpujarras isn’t only about our seasonal visitors, however… The Raven is a year-long resident across much of its European range, often choosing the wildest and craggiest country on which to live and breed. [...]
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 [...]
Friday morning…and there was something odd going on the terraces around the house today. Most of the usual suspects were, I thought, around as normal but there was a sense of unrest about everything. I counted first one, then two, three and maybe a fourth Spotted Flycatcher, but their “tzick…tzick” alarm calls had a tense [...]
Wednesday comes around and I’m on birdwatching detail again, and I’m braving the heat of the day to take a walk down the mountain to a recreational area I’ve yet to check out. With a couple of new species added to the list in the last couple of days I’m armed with my camera and [...]
With bad weather through the week had to make the most of the weekend…headed off on Sunday up the hillside to the east of the village, hoping for the best. I have to say the day couldn’t have started any better. Before very long we found one of the region’s most spectacular summer visitors, our [...]
Working this morning, but still managed to stop and watch a Booted Eagle as it worked the wind and drifted lazily over the hillside below. Dark form this time, but the pale patch underneath the end of the wing showed well in good light…a glimpse of the paler “V” of diagonal wing bars across the [...]
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