A Last bit of Birding before Summer in the UK
After our trip to the Pyrenees we were feeling a bit flat, so on Monday after doing a few chores we had a quick drive to El Pinet and around the El Hondo fields to see what we could find. … Continued
Flowers of The Pyrenees
While we were in The Pyrenees, John took to taking photos of flowers, not only because there are some amazing ones there, but also because often they are a lot easier to capture than the birds!
The Pyrenees
This blog entry comes with a couple of warnings. Firstly, if you read my blog from last year’s visit to The Pyrenees this one will be quite similar. Secondly, it is not all about the birds for us as we … Continued
El Clot and Carabassi Woods
We have been to the Clot three days this week. On Monday we saw a few good birds including three Little Owls, one in a dead tree with a Green Woodpecker at the top, another in the next tree along … Continued
Santa Pola Salinas, El Hondo fields and El Pinet
Between paying some bills in Elche and getting some food from Iceland, we had a strange detour across the El Hondo fields to see if we could find any of the newly arrived birds. Amazingly, we did find one of … Continued
Audouin’s Gulls
Barry Chambers sent in this information:- Audouin’s Gulls are not unusual in our area but some changes have happened in Rojales over the past 5 years with these gulls. I first noticed them in the centre of the town five … Continued
Andujar Trip – Part Two – by Malcolm Palmer
We left our Hotel in Andújar after our two pleasant nights there, and headed back eastwards. A small navigational glitch was quickly overcome, and we made our way to the Embalse de la Puente de la Cerrada, in fact a … Continued
Andujar Trip – Part One – by Malcolm Palmer
Eleven members set off on a sunny day for a morning’s drive to Andújar, in Jaén Province, where the three carloads all met up at miraculously similar times at the comfortable Hotel Del Val. We had a bite to eat, … Continued
Rhayader, Wales
Last week we stayed at a farm in Wales where we saw a few birds to add to our list. Quite a lot of the the birds could be seen from the window of our loft apartment, including a Red … Continued
Belvide, Staffordshire, England
Another visit to Belvide today where we saw similar species to the previous visit but added Common Sandpiper to the list. At one point Steve (the resident expert) can zooming past on his bike calling “Glossy Ibis on the North … Continued