Spain Birdwatching - Guided Birding In Spain
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This trip is possible any 2 days during the week (Monday/Tuesday, Tuesday/Wednesday, Wednesday/Thursday or Thursday/Friday) throughout the winter months (October - April) depending on my availablity. It is especially designed to see Trumpeter Finch in the Cabo de Gata Park. The trip will include 1 night in a hotel in the park on a bed and breakfast basis and guiding costs. Lunch, dinner and items of a personal nature (including insurance) are not included. Transportation can be provided with me driving or clients may use their own car and drive.
There is a maximum of 4 people possible on these trips.
The tour would start and end in Alicante province.
Costs will be (Me Driving):
| No. of people | In Double Room | In Single Room |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | €409 | |
| 2 | €209 | €239 |
| 3 | €145 | €175 |
| 4 | €119 | €149 |
Costs will be (Clients Driving):
| No. of people | In Double Room | In Single Room |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | €289 | |
| 2 | €139 | €169 |
| 3 | €109 | €139 |
| 4 | €89 | €119 |
These prices are per person. An example is if 2 people wished
to participate and they shared a double room and drove, then the total cost would be €278 (2 x €139)
whereas if 4 people wished to participate, 2 sharing a double and 2 in singles and I drove, the total cost
would be €536 (2 x €119 + 2 x €149).
Sightings for this trip made during January 2018 included Wigeon, Common Scoter, White Headed Duck, Yelkouan and Balearic Shearwaters, Gannet, Shag, Great White Egret, Golden, Booted and Bonelli's Eagles, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Goshawk, Peregrine, Crane, Little Bustard, Stone Curlew, Grey and Golden Plovers, Great and Arctic Skuas, Puffin, Razorbill, Black Bellied Sandgrouse, Dupont's Lark, Ring Ouzel, Spectacled and Dartford Warblers, Spanish and Rock Sparrows, Trumpeter Finch and Rock Bunting.
To make a booking please
E-Mail me at grahamcritchell@yahoo.co.uk
with preferred dates and numbers.
My thanks go to David Wright, a birder I know who provided the
picture of the Trumpeter Finch.
This trip is possible any 2 days during the week (Monday/Tuesday, Tuesday/Wednesday, Wednesday/Thursday or Thursday/Friday) throughout the winter months (October - April) depending on my availablity. It is especially designed to see Bustards, Sandgrouse and other steppe birds depending on season. The trip will include 1 night in a hotel near Albacete on a bed and breakfast basis and guiding costs. Dinner is an option at €15 per person. Lunch and items of a personal nature (including insurance) are not included. Transportation can be provided with me driving or clients may use their own car and drive.
There is a maximum of 4 people possible on these trips.
The tour would start and end in Alicante province.
Costs will be (Me Driving):
| No. of people | In Double Room | In Single Room |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | €429 | |
| 2 | €219 | €249 |
| 3 | €159 | €189 |
| 4 | €129 | €159 |
Costs will be (Clients Driving):
| No. of people | In Double Room | In Single Room |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | €299 | |
| 2 | €149 | €179 |
| 3 | €129 | €159 |
| 4 | €99 | €129 |
These prices are per person. An example is if 2 people wished
to participate and they shared a double room and drove, then the total cost would be €298 (2 x €149)
whereas if 4 people wished to participate, 2 sharing a double and 2 in singles and I drove, the total cost
would be €576 (2 x €129 + 2 x €159).
This area is very good for steppe birds and has shallow lagoons
in season. This is 'the' place to see Great Bustard which is
almost unmissable. It is also good for Little Bustard, Black Bellied Sandgrouse,
Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse and occasionally Dupont's Lark.
Typical species that may be seen are:
All Year
Golden Eagle, Booted Eagle, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Goshawk,
Kestrel, Peregrine, Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Stone Curlew,
Black Bellied Sandgrouse, Pin Tailed Sandgrouse, Crested Lark,
Thekla Lark, Woodlark, Lesser Short Toed Lark, Calandra Lark, Dupont’s Lark,
Black Wheatear, Wren, Blue Tit, Crested Tit, Short Toed Treecreeper, Jay,
Red Billed Chough, Carrion Crow, Raven, Rock Sparrow, Corn Bunting and Rock Bunting.
Spring/Summer/Autumn
Quail, Short Toed Eagle, Black Kite, Montagu's Harrier, Lesser Kestrel,
Hobby, Gull Billed Tern, Black Tern, Whiskered Tern, Turtle Dove,
Cuckoo, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Scops Owl, Red Necked Nightjar,
Hoopoe, Bee-eater, Roller, Short Toed Lark, Red Rumped Swallow, Tawny Pipit,
Tree Pipit, Nightingale, Redstart, Wheatear, Black Eared Wheatear,
Spectacled Warbler, Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Melodious Warbler,
Isabelline Warbler, Bonelli's Warbler, Firecrest, Spotted Flycatcher,
Pied Flycatcher, Woodchat Shrike and Golden Oriole.
Winter
Pintail, Wigeon, Teal, Tufted Duck, Red Kite, Hen Harrier, Merlin,
Crane, Short Eared Owl, Skylark, Water Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Redwing,
Fieldfare, Brambling, Siskin and Reed Bunting.
Vagrants and Rarities
Cream Coloured Courser bred in the area in 2012 and again in 2017.
To make a booking please E-Mail me at grahamcritchell@yahoo.co.uk with preferred dates and numbers.