ALL YEAR
£750 p/p
2 nights B&B
4 person max
Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita)
Photo by ©Andrew Fortuna
Chose your dates
3 days
Spain
Max 6 persons
Single supp £250
BOOKINGS
There are no fixed tours dates, you can choose you own. Dates are available on an upon-request basis and will get used up quite quickly. Please contact me asap to request your preferred dates to avoid disappointment.
Northern bald iris during our tours
©Andrew Fortuna
OVERVIEW
The strait of Gibraltar lies in a strategic location for birdwatching. Migration of soaring birds & seabirds occurs almost year-round and the sheer numbers can be impressive in the peak seasons March-May & August-October. Birds of prey such as Honey Buzzards, Black Kites, Short-toed Eagles, Booted Eagles, Griffon Vultures, White & black storks, pass in their thousands, with smaller numbers Egyptian & Griffon Vultures, Marsh, Hen and Montagu’s Harriers, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzards, Ospreys, Eleonora’s Falcon and many others.
The incredible experience of learning how to identify various raptors from a long distance by merely using head-on angle, flight action and build WITHOUT even perceiving any colour or other distinctive features of many species. itinerary will depend on the weather and wind direction on the day, but having experience bird of prey migration for the past 40 years, we know where the main passage routes will be the day before by paying attention to the clues natures gives you and which we have been able to tap into through the years.
We know exactly where to to be postioned to obtained the best photos. With the years, one tends to develop a sort of ‘perceptive ability’ to be able to predict small changes in wind direction which would influence where the main passage will flow by in order to be best positioned to photograph these lovely birds. Choose your dates during the Spring and Autumn on a first come first served basis.
Included
Pick-up from Gibraltar airport (optional Malaga)
Drop-off airports: Gibraltar – optional coach to Malaga airport
Ground transport in air-conditioned vehicle
2 nights accommodation in good quality accomodation
Breakfast, mineral water only
Services of professional bilingual birding guide
Use of KOWA telescope + KOWA eye pieces
Basic indemnity insurance
Bird checklist
All taxes
Not included
Health / personal / travel insurance
Dinner
A la carte meals
Extra drinks (inc alcohol)
All items of a personal nature
Air fare
Photo equipment hire (optional)
TARGET SPECIES
Black-shouldered Kite, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Bonelli’s Eagle, Short-toed Eagle, Golden Eagle, Booted Eagle, Eurasian Black (Cinereous) Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Audouin’s gull, Corys / Scopoli’s shearwater, Pallid Swift, Alpine Swift, Blue Rock Thrush, Black Stork, White Stork, Purple Heron, Squaco Heron, Little Bittern, Purple (Western) Swamp Hen, Savi’s Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Black-eared Wheatear, Black Wheatear, Subalpine Warbler, Red-knobbed Coot, White-headed Duck, Marbled Duck, Crag Martin, Red-rumped Swallow, Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Stone Curlew (Eurasian Thick-knee), European Bee-eater, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Eurasian Eagle Owl, Little Owl, Scops Owl, Whiskered Tern, Collared Pratincole and more!
Itinerary depends on preferences and prevailing weather / winds on the day, but essentially you will cover three different destination on each day, which can also be customised as much as feasibly possible depending on species required. Happy to discuss.
Route are customisable. Fees will reflect distances covered, fuel and number of persons – contact us for a quote and customise your tour experience. Shaded red areas reflect possible routes during the course of the 3 days, but not all shaded areas will be covered in a single day.
Some of the images from the tours
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