A full day in 'true' Donana was thwarted by road-closures we couldn't get out to the Jose Valverde Centre, nevertheless we had a great day out seeing RED-KNOBBED COOT, BLACK-WINGED KITE and some wonderful wildlife spectacles...........
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Today we went to the coast at Huelva to visit the O'Diel natural park, the weather was smashing we listed nearly 90 species in some wonderful habitat.......
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Our first full day was spent at the visitor's centres found on the edge of the national park, we enjoyed a great day out but the species of birds was quite low for this time of the year......
Read ArticleA long drive to some remote woodland to look for WHITE-BACKED and GREY-HEADED WOODPECKERS resulted in partial success.........
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This tour started at Malaga Airport in lovely sunshine, our group of 7 Wing-spanners enjoyed a couple of hours birding near the airport before driving off to Coto Donana. We stopped at the fabulous Laguna Fuente de Piedra where we saw a good number of species.....
Read ArticleOur last day! We had a limited amount of time in the morning for one last birding excursion, everyone opted for a short local, walk to look for Bonelli's Warbler in the cork forest........
Read ArticleA very cold morning saw us struggle to get out of the bus, eventually the sun came out and warmed us up. We finally found DIPPER, also ALPINE SWIFT, DARTFORD WARBLER, FIRECREST.............
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Although the weather improved somewhat today we didn't see much migration passage............just over 100 Black Kites was the best sighting with 65 of these perched along a fence-line...................
Read ArticleAlthough the weather improved somewhat today we didn't see much migration passage............just over 100 Black Kites was the best sighting with 65 of these perched along a fence-line...................
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A better day weather-wise, we also saw more species than any previous day on this tour, the highlight must have been the sight of several thousand Greater Flamingos at Laguna Fuente de Piedra........
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