The bad weather continued until it brightened in the afternoon, not a bad list today.......Eagle Owl, Bluethroat, Collared Pratincole, Stone Curlew, Bald Ibis, Wryneck.....
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The bad weather continued until it brightened in the afternoon, not a bad list today.......Eagle Owl, Bluethroat, Collared Pratincole, Stone Curlew, Bald Ibis, Wryneck.....
Read ArticleThe weather played a big part of our sightings today it was dull and overcast with a couple of bright spells, it was cold too. So numbers were down but we managed to see some nice migrants ranging from Eagles to Flycatchers..........
Read ArticleThe weather played a big part of our sightings today it was dull and overcast with a couple of bright spells, it was cold too. So numbers were down but we managed to see some nice migrants ranging from Eagles to Flycatchers..........
Read Articlea day spoilt by the weather, a cold, very windy day kept our sightings to a minimum............
Read ArticleFor the last couple of days Beth and Barbara have been with us and today four more clients joined us to form the group for this eight-day tour of Andalucia looking for migrating birds and resident breeding species.........
Read ArticleJimmy's flight was not until late in the day so we had a morning left in which to go birding. The weather was beautiful as usual as we set off down the hill to the Rio Genal. We had heard from Penny and Paul our local birding friends that Common Nightingales had arrived back on their breeding grounds so we went to look for them............
Read ArticleOur last full day and still we had a few species to find, the weather was beautiful, those cold wet days at the beginning of the tour are long forgotten now.......
Read ArticleA beautiful sunny day was spent on Gibraltar, we saw many raptors drift over in small groups, a flock of 52 BEE-EATERS was nice to see.........
Read ArticleAnother superb sunny day with a full day's programme and some exciting venues...........new migrants seen today included Woodchat Shrikes, Common Redstarts, Hoopoes, Collared Pratincoles, Black-eared Wheater, Northern Wheatear, Whinchat and BEE-EATERS
Read ArticleA lovely Spanish spring day, with a top temperature of 25C, no wind and a clear sky, just lovely! We saw a good number of species including more firsts' for the year.......Montagu's Harrier, Tree Pipit & Collared Pratincole to name but a few...........
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