April 27, 2015

We caught up with a few of the island's specialities today as we drove to the north coast and some central locations in the mountains......

April 26, 2015

What a great day on this magical island, perfect weather and a wealth of birds.......we saw a first for Lesvos in the shape of a Demoiselle Crane and a supporting cast of 85 other species.............

April 25, 2015

A great start to this dream European destination, PENDULINE TIT, LITTLE BITTERN, LONG-LEGGED BUZZARD, TEMMINCK'S STINT and 50 other species seen in 3 hours this afternoon

April 20, 2015

Birding all day in plains and steppe of Extremadura in fantastic weather.......it doesn't get much better than this............

April 19, 2015

Our transfer from Donana to Extremadura went smoothly we made frequent stops arriving at FINCA SANTA MARTA late afternoon.

April 18, 2015

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...........

April 17, 2015

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.......

April 16, 2015

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......

April 16, 2015

A long drive to some remote woodland to look for WHITE-BACKED and GREY-HEADED WOODPECKERS resulted in partial success.........

April 15, 2015

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.....