Category: Trip Reports

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THE PIRON RIVER WITCH MASQUEMONTE

The Pirón River Valley is an exceptionally attractive natural area located at an hour-and-a-half drive from Madrid. It is a unique landscape of holm oaks and junipers which contrasts with limestone slopes, all accompanied...

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URBAN BIRDING IN TRUJILLO WITH MARTIN KELSEY

The cold morning presented a clear sky after the storms, defying the prediction of heavy snowfalls throughout the Iberian Peninsula. In the bullring car park, in the monumental town of Trujillo (Extremadura), I was...

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VISIT TO VILLAFÁFILA – AUTUMN 2015

Almost a year after our last visit, we returned to the Villafáfila Natural Reserve to enjoy migratory birds. On our way to the lakes along the road from Villalpando to Villafáfila, we were surprised...

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VISIT TO VIVENCIA DEHESA

The thermometer overwhelms the feeling of life in the pastureland of Cáceres while the scents from the holm oaks and the cistus increase the pleasant sensation we feel every time we arrive to these...

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LAGUNA DE EL PORTIL NATURAL RESERVE

The evening falls over the coastal wetland as a small flock of Glossy Ibises flies over at low height. Down in the water, some spoonbills wade in the shore looking for food. The movement...

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NATURAL AREA OF THE ODIEL MARSHES

In the southwest of Andalusia, in the early afternoon, we could take a break from the summer heat wave. The subtle saltpetre smell from the saltmarshes made us imagine the possible sightings awaiting us...

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IN SEARCH OF GALICIAN BIRDS OF PREY

We travelled to Galicia with our beloved friend Miguel, who had organised a circular route by car through the provinces of Lugo and Ourense. The plan was to go across different settlements in search...

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CRANES IN THE MARSHLANDS OF HUELVA

Eight o´clock in the morning in the marshes of the River Tinto. The first sunbeams shine behind Moguer “the light with the time inside” as defined by the local Nobel Award, Juan Ramón Jiménez....