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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.............
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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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...................
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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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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 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..........
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a day spoilt by the weather, a cold, very windy day kept our sightings to a minimum............
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