Mary’s Blog

We arrived at Zaragoza Airport on Thursday night and the first bird we saw was, as predicted, a Black Kite. The hotel was next to a park and it was quite surprising to see Mute Swans on the lake there. … Continued

It was our last day so we had a short trip into the woods near Carabassi beach. We didn’t find our main target birds of Spotted Flycatcher or Rufous Bush Robin, but we did see Serin, Long tailed Tit, Blackbird, … Continued

Today we collected Paul and Greta and set off across the fields to ‘find some birds’. As we drove across the Salinas I started my list with Southern Grey Shrike, Little Tern, Shelduck, Flamingo, Avocet, Black winged Stilt and Cormorant. … Continued

Today we met Barry and Carol at the arches in the Crevillente canyon where we looked and listened for Golden Oriole but, having no luck, we continued up to the canyon. On the way up we saw three Little Owls, … Continued

Day one of a four day trip to Gran Alacant found us in the dry hide where we came across Mark Etheridge. We had a chat and listened to a Great Reed Warbler singing before a Purple Heron flew over … Continued

During our month in Gran Alacant we stayed near the Clot giving us plenty of opportunities to visit this great little site. There were numerous birds we saw on a regular basis, but on each visit we seemed to add … Continued

We had agreed to go up to Petrola with Geoff Culliford to try to find some Great Bustards for him. Our first birds were numerous Crows and Magpies along with the odd Crested Lark. Not a very inspiring start. Eventually … Continued

On Thursday we left the hotel to head home, taking the coastal route via Los Alcazares, San Pedro del Pinatar and Cabo Roig for lunch. During our coffee stop in Los Alcazares we heard and then saw a small group … Continued

On Wednesday we headed to the small gorge near Aledo. On arrival at the car park we first saw Crested Larks before heading into the gorge where a group of about ten Chough were making quite a racket! We enjoyed … Continued

This week we went for a few days away with our friends, Dave and Lin. We stayed at the Jardines de La Santa near Aledo, a very nice hotel which was formerly a monastery. Anyone reading this will soon realise … Continued