Mary’s Blog

Today I am remembering our friend Brian Conduit who died on this date in 2009. He is responsible for introducing us to birding in Spain, and in general. He showed us all the good sites to see birds on the … Continued

After going around the fields on Tuesday when it was cloudy we took a return trip today in the sunshine. Some White Headed Ducks were on the pool at the start of the Salinas and at last we ticked off … Continued

Today we met up with Geoff and headed up the Madrid motorway towards Almansa. At the Bonete turn off we took the road towards Higuerela then headed across the country track towards Petrola. The first birds of note were two … Continued

Today we took a drive down to the Mar Menor, having a brief stop at Lo Monte on the way. There we saw 2 White Headed Duck, 2 Pochard, Shelducks, Cormorants, Little Grebe and Crested Lark. Next stop was for … Continued

We left GA and crossed the Salinas before meeting up with the others at El Pinet. The lagoons held a few Slender Billed Gulls, Avocets and Flamingos and Barry pointed out two Redshank and a Greenshank on a distant island. … Continued

A short visit to the Clot in the late afternoon proved interesting as we found a new hide with the fencing just being finished off. It is on the main path from the side gate, if you carry straight on … Continued

Today we had a trip inland firstly having a look at Tibi where a Raven flew over before we had a coffee break. Moving on to Maigmo we sat in the car as it was very cold up there! We … Continued

Today we had a quiet day with a nice lunch out at Urbanova. On our way back we drove up to the Gran Alacant cliffs near the lighthouse. We parked a little way along the road and walked across the … Continued

Day two saw us on our usual route across the countryside towards the El Hondo Visitor Centre at San Felipe. It was a hot day for February with the temperature reaching 25 degrees in places. Leaving Gran Alacant we first … Continued

We are having an early trip to Spain this year and it’s lovely to visit some favourite places again and see some great Spanish birds again. We had a short visit to El Clot and didn’t see anything extra special … Continued