Cracking site / forum here if, like me, you're partial to a taste of Southern Spain. It's called the
Andalucia Bird Society. Click
here to view the site
For my money
Andalucia is by far the best area of Spain and not just for birding, with its magnificent scenery, year round climate and relative absence of heavy tourism, its a place well worth spending some time exploring .... just as me 'n me old mucker Mark have done dozens of times now and it's never failed to disappoint. Best time to go is anywhere between March and early May and anything can turn up on passage. One of these days I'll get around to properly sorting all my Andalucia records and there are many many highlights but a few stand out .....
Golden Orioles making landfall and flying through the bushes at dawn, my first ever
Roller perched on top of a prickly pear by the roadside, a displaying
Imperial Eagle at
Bonanza, a
Rock Sparrow singing right above our tents in the Rhonda Valley and just the sheer number of times we witnessed masses of raptors migrating North over the
Straights of Gibralter ...... wetted your appetite?
This
Andalucia Bird Society site has certainly given me some new ideas for places previously unvisited and contains a wealth of birding and non birding info on the area, it even has a useful guide to separating
Lesser and
Common Kestrel (something I've never quite mastered!) .... well worth checking out my friends!
Self indulgent sample of Andalucian birds (all pics from the above site)
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| Black Shouldered Kite |
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| Purple Heron |
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| Imperial Eagle |
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| Spectacled Warbler |
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| Montague's Harrier (female) |
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| Rock Thrush |
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Great Bustard
Mmh .... just seen a flight out to Malaga for £29 return in March ... seriously considering it!!
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