April 25, 2016

LAGUNA MEDINA – LAGUNAS DE SANLUCAR – BONANZA SALT PANS – LAGUNA TARELO - CHIPIONA Another beautiful clear sunny day with a nice cooling breeze, top temperature was 29C. Bird of the day - LITTLE SWIFT

April 24, 2016

GAUCIN WOODS – DOLMEN DEL PUERTO DE ENCINAS BORRACHAS TRACK NEAR RONDA – SIERRA DE LAS NIEVES A cracking day birding in the mountains and valleys near Ronda with some exciting finds and excellent weather. ROCK THRUSH topped the list of local celebs.

April 23, 2016

RIO GENAL AND RIO GUADIARO VALLEYS – ENRIQUE WOODS – LAGUNA TORREGUADIARO – PALMONES SALT MARSH – SIERRA CRESTELLINA A stark contrast to yesterday as far as the birding was concerned, nowhere near as exciting but some nice species were added to our list.

April 22, 2016

MALAGA AIRPORT TO GAUCIN WITH STOPS AT FUENTE DE PIERDA AND TEBA BIRD OBSERVATORY What a great start to our 7-day migration tour, WHITE-WINGED TERN & BLACK TERN on the list !

April 21, 2016

JARAICEJO HEATHLAND – ‘THREE BRIDGES OVER THE RIVER ALMONTE – ARROYO CAMPO NATURE RESERVE ALMAREZ. Well it wasn’t raining today, hooray! The day started with an overcast sky but it did brighten up later.

April 20, 2016

LLANOS DE SANTA MARTA DE MAGASCA – TRANSFER TO MONFRAGÜE NACIONAL PARQUE Another day of bad weather, perfect for 3 hours then persistent rain, heavy at times, not good for birding!

April 19, 2016

BELEN PLAIN – SANTA MARTA DE MAGASCAR – RIO ALMONTE – CASARES PLAINS - TALAVAN RESERVOIR We had a great morning with some superb birding but the afternoon was more or less a write-off because of persistent heavy rainfall.

April 18, 2016

TRANSFER FROM COTO DONANA TO EXTREMADURA WITH STOPS AT ALENGE DAM & RESERVOIR – MERIDA – ACOLLORIN RESERVOIR Transfer day was a relaxed affair, we enjoyed a bit of a lie-in and left El Rocio after our 8am breakfast with 153 species on the list.

April 17, 2016

COREDOR DE VERDE, DEHESA DE ABAJO, NORTHERN MARSHES, JOSE VALVERDE VISITOR’S CENTRE. Today was our big day in the park and we had excellent weather for our visit, dry and sunny with some cloud, smashing!

April 16, 2016

SEA-WATCH FROM MATALASCANAS CLIFFS – LAGUNA PRIMERA DE LOS PALOS – PARK NATIONAL MARISMA DEL O’DIEL – LAGUNA EL PORTIL – CASTILLO DE NIEBLA The weather forecast predicted light rain and that’s exactly what we got, but it rained on and off all day with a strong breeze too! This reduced our birding somewhat as well as diminishing our sightings list, however we soldiered on and did the best we could.