Seven Day Tour - Coto Doņana and Extremadura
Seven Day Tour - Coto Doņana and Tarifa
Seven Day Tour - Tarifa - Gibraltar - Autumn Migration special
Coto Donana and Extremadura
- Feb 2nd - Feb 9th 2011 - Winter Cranes - Ģ850
- May 12th - May 19th 2010 - Spring Migration - Ģ850
What a fantastic combination, this exciting birdwatching tour joins together two of the top birding areas of Spain. The tour itinerary incorporates many of the best sites in these two prolific regions giving you the opportunity to witness a wildlife spectacular not seen in many other regions of Europe. Both areas are covered in other tours and the tour descriptions can be found on the relevent pages, just click here Doņana and here Extremadura for further details.
During the winter tour of February you will still see a vast number of birds including large flocks of Cranes, Bustards, Geese, Ducks, Storks, Larks, Pipits, Gulls and Waders. During March all the winter visitors will still be around but some early summer migrants will be arriving. Birds such as Lesser Kestrel, Gt Spotted Cuckoo, Pallid Swift, Wheatears, Black Kite and many more begin to arrive.
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Rice Harvest in Donana and Bustard flocks in Extremadura
Oct 16th - Oct 23rd 2010 - Ģ850
October is a fantastic time to visit Spain, the temperature is just lovely, the birds are beginning to flock and are very showy, the roads are empty, the autumn colours are tremendous and the complete tour is a joy to lead. You also have the added bonus of witnessing the rice harvest in Donana, during this time hoardes of birds flock behind tractors as they plough the rice paddies making ready for next season. The birds gorge themselves on Crayfish and many other crustaceans as they are unearthed during the ploughing process, the birds amass in their thousands a truly wonderful spectacle not to be missed.
In Extremadura you can be confident of seeing large flocks of Little Bustard and smaller flocks of Great Bustard as we explore the grassy plains of Belen and Casares. Other species forming large flocks are Corn Bunting, Spainsh Sparrow, Spotless Starling, Lapwing, Calandra Lark and there will still be many Northern Wheatears and Whinchats passing through. The chances of seeing a Golden Eagle drifting across the plains are good and a visit to Monfrague Nacional Parque will be a most enjoyable experience.
Coto Donana and Tarifa Spring/Autumn Migration
- Apr 7th - Apr 14th 2010 - Ģ850 - 5 places
- Apr 14th - Apr 21st 2010 - Ģ850 - Full
- Oct 3rd - Oct 10th 2010 - Ģ850 - 8 places
This exciting tour combines the wonderful range of habitats found in Donana, at a time when thousands of migrating birds are on the move to and from Spain, the winter visitors will be on their way to northern Europe and many more summer visitors will be pouring in from Africa. In addition you have have the prospect of seeing active raptor migration at its very best when you visit areas around Tarifa.
You will spend 3 nights in the superb Coto Donana and explore this vast wetlands area, visits will be made to Acebuche, El Rocio, La Rocina, the Northern Marshes and Jose Valverde Centre. One day will be spent visiting the fantastic marismas of the Rio O'Diel at Huelva where anything and everything turns up during the migration period. The latter four nights of this tour will be spent staying in a lovely hotel that sits in the hills just above Tarifa, there are spectacular views across to Africa and down to Gibraltar. You are situated immediately below the migration path of thousands of raptors an ideal base from which to visit the many raptor watch points dotted along the coast there. Visits to La Janda, Los Lances beach, the Rio Palmones, The Pine Woods of del Rey and mountainous areas amongst the 'Pueblos Blancos' will add tremendous variety to this trip and you will see a great number of species.
