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Calandra lark–Carrion crow–Common nightingale–Common quail–Common shelduck–Corn bunting–Eurasian blue tit–Eurasian coot–Eurasian hoopoe–Eurasian thick-knee–European bee-eater–Gray heron–Great bustard–Great spotted cuckoo–Great spotted woodpecker–Greater short-toed lark–Green sandpiper–Lesser kestrel–Little bustard–Meadow pipit–Northern lapwing–Northern wheatear–Rock sparrow–Spanish eagle–Spanish sparrow–Thekla’s lark–Whinchat–Woodchat shrike–Zitting cisticola
April 12, 2025

The dance of bustards

April in Spain calls for the steppe. Little and great bustards are busy with their spectacular displays,[…]

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[…]

Common buzzard–Common chiffchaff–Common crane–Common flameback–Common pochard–Common shelduck–Dalmatian pelican–Dunlin–Dunnock–Eurasian blue tit–Eurasian collared-dove–Eurasian curlew–Eurasian kestrel–Eurasian skylark–Eurasian teal–Eurasian wigeon–Eurasian wren–European goldfinch–European green woodpecker–European starling–Ferruginous duck–Gadwall–Great tit–Great white pelican–Greater spotted eagle–Greater white-fronted goose–Hawfinch–Hen harrier–Lesser white-fronted goose–Little bustard–Mallard–Merlin–Northern lapwing–Northern pintail–Oriental turtle-dove–Pygmy cormorant–Redwing–Siberian chiffchaff–Sombre tit–Syrian woodpecker–Tufted duck–Tundra swan–Western marsh harrier–Western rock nuthatch–Whooper swan
December 22, 2024

The morning of three diamonds

A morning visit to Lake Kerkini looking for lesser white-fronted geese and tundra swans resulted in three[…]

Alpine accentor–Citril finch–Coal tit–Common chaffinch–Common firecrest–Eurasian blackbird–Eurasian blue tit–Eurasian griffon–Eurasian nuthatch–Fieldfare–Goldcrest–Golden eagle–Great tit–Long-tailed tit–Mistle thrush–Red crossbill–Redwing–Ring ouzel–Short-toed treecreeper–Song thrush–White-winged snowfinch
December 16, 2024

Winter birds in Aitana and Penyagolosa

Hiking paid off lately with montane winter specialties. Aitana provided goldcrest, ring ouzel, fieldfare, and redwing. Penyagolosa[…]

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,[…]

Adrián Colino Barea

Local birdwatching
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