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Alpine swift–Audouin’s gull–Black kite–Black redstart–Black-crowned night-heron–Blue rock-thrush–Booted eagle–Coal tit–Collared pratincole–Common firecrest–Common kingfisher–Common nightingale–Common redshank–Common redstart–Common reed warbler–Common tern–Crested lark–Dartford warbler–Dupont’s lark–Egyptian vulture–Eurasian blue tit–Eurasian griffon–Eurasian kestrel–Eurasian penduline-tit–Eurasian siskin–Eurasian skylark–Eurasian sparrowhawk–European serin–European stonechat–Glossy ibis–Golden eagle–Great cormorant–Great egret–Great reed warbler–Great spotted woodpecker–Hawfinch–House sparrow–Iberian green woodpecker–Long-tailed tit–Merlin–Montagu’s harrier–Moustached warbler–Northern wheatear–Peregine falcon–Purple heron–Red kite–Red-billed chough–Reed bunting–Rock bunting–Rock sparrow–Sandwich tern–Savi’s warbler–Sedge warbler–Short-toed snake-eagle–Short-toed treecreeper–Spectacled warbler–Thekla’s lark–Western Bonelli’s warbler–Western subalpine warbler–Western yellow wagtail–Whiskered tern–Willow warbler
April 2, 2025

Dupont’s expedition

The enigmatic Dupont’s lark is extremely range-restricted in our region. Some friends and I try to track[…]

Alpine swift–Armenian gull–Barn swallow–Black kite–Black redstart–Caucasian snowcock–Coal tit–Common buzzard–Common chaffinch–Common chiffchaff–Common raven–Common rosefinch–Common swift–Eurasian blackbird–Eurasian crag-martin–Eurasian griffon–Eurasian jay–Eurasian kestrel–Eurasian sparrowhawk–Eurasian treecreeper–European bee-eater–Feral pigeon–Golden eagle–Gray wagtail–Great spotted woodpecker–Great tit–Green warbler–Laughing dove–Lesser gray shrike–Levant sparrowhawk–Long-legged buzzard–Mistle thrush–Mountain chiffchaff–Northern wheatear–Purple heron–Red crossbill–Red-backed shrike–Rock bunting–Song thrush–Steppe buzzard–Wallcreeper–Water pipit–Western house-martin–White-throated dipper
September 21, 2024

Tales of the Greater Caucasus

A trip to Kazbegi five years ago marked my first experience watching birds abroad. Highlights include wallcreeper,[…]

Bank swallow–Black tern–Black-headed gull–Black-tailed godwit–Black-winged stilt–Bluethroat–Booted eagle–Collared pratincole–Common buzzard–Common greenshank–Common kingfisher–Common pochard–Common reed warbler–Common ringed plover–Common sandpiper–Common tern–Eurasian blue tit–Eurasian coot–Eurasian dotterel–Eurasian hoopoe–Eurasian jackdaw–Eurasian jay–Eurasian kestrel–Eurasian moorhen–Eurasian thick-knee–European bee-eater–European honey-buzzard–European pied flycatcher–European red-rumped swallow–European robin–European serin–European turtle-dove–Gadwall–Garganey–Glossy ibis–Golden eagle–Gray heron–Great egret–Greater flamingo–Kentish plover–Little bittern–Little grebe–Little ringed plover–Long-tailed tit–Mallard–Marbled duck–Mediterranean gull–Northern bald ibis–Northern shoveler–Northern wheatear–Pectoral sandpiper–Pied avocet–Purple heron–Red-knobbed coot–Red-necked nightjar–Rock bunting–Ruff–Sanderling–Sandwich tern–Sardinian warbler–Short-toed snake-eagle–Slender-billed gull–Squacco heron–Water rail–Western cattle egret–Western marsh harrier–Western subalpine warbler–Western yellow wagtail–Whinchat–Whiskered tern–White-headed duck–Willow warbler–Wood sandpiper–Yellow-legged gull–Zitting cisticola
September 17, 2024

Closing loops during fall migration

September brought the opportunity to look for long-awaited species: dotterel and northern bald ibis. Bee-eaters, wheatears, flycatchers,[…]

African darter–Broad-billed roller–Crested drongo–Cuckoo-roller–Eurasian moorhen–Frances’s sparrowhawk–Greater vasa parrot–Madagascar fish-eagle–Madagascar green-pigeon–Madagascar hoopoe–Madagascar jacana–Madagascar magpie-robin–Madagascar pygmy kingfisher–Malagasy bulbul–Malagasy coucal–Malagasy kingfisher–Malagasy palm swift–Malagasy paradise-flycatcher–Malagasy pond-heron–Mascarene martin–Olive bee-eater–Purple heron–Sakalava weaver–Schlegel’s asity–Sickle-billed vanga–Squacco heron–Striated heron–Van Dam’s vanga–Western cattle egret–White-breasted mesite–White-faced whistling-duck
December 10, 2023

The sacred Lake Ravelobe

Within Ankarafantsika National Park, Lake Ravelobe holds an enchanting, mysterious beauty. Highly endangered Coquerel’s sifaka, Madagascar fish-eagle,[…]

Black tern–Black-crowned night-heron–Black-headed gull–Common pochard–Eared grebe–Eurasian coot–Eurasian linnet–Eurasian thick-knee–European roller–European turtle-dove–Ferruginous duck–Gadwall–Glossy ibis–Gray heron–Great cormorant–Great crested grebe–Great reed warbler–Iberian gray shrike–Little bittern–Little egret–Little grebe–Marbled duck–Purple heron–Red-crested pochard–Red-knobbed coot–Slender-billed gull–Spotted flycatcher–Squacco heron–Western cattle egret–Western swamphen–Whiskered tern–White-headed duck–Woodchat shrike
July 14, 2023

Releasing threatened waterfowl

Amidst an avian botulism outbreak, several birds are released after recovering in the local wildlife rescue center.[…]

Adrián Colino Barea

Local birdwatching
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