A wildlife and photography trip to South West Spain, October 2021
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Blue skies, azure seas, lush parks, tree lined squares and monuments bathed in golden light. Nearby Los Torunos and Bahia de Cadiz reserves sheltered waders, small birds and wonderful Osprey.
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One of the most amazing wildlife reserves I've ever been to, supported by local communities and conservationists. Home to the elusive Iberian Lynx, raptors, farmland and wetland specialists and stunning storks.
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Venturing into the hot and dry highlands north of Seville, it's crammed with wildlife including the majestic Eagles, Hoopoes, Shrikes, Woodpeckers and hundreds of circling vultures.
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Marshes of global repute, the salt flats are speckled with raptors and waders both resident and just passing through as is Isla Cristina and the Palos Lagunas areas along the coast.
Sighting highlights
Imperial Eagle
Golden Eagle
Booted Eagle
Short-toed Eagle
Black-winged Kite
Red Kite
Buzzard
Hen Harrier
Marsh Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Black Vulture
Griffon Vulture
Osprey
Sparrowhawk
Goshawk
Lesser Kestrel
Common Kestrel
Barn Owl
Iberian Lynx
Wild Boar
Mouflon sheep
Red Fox
Mongoose
Red Deer
Fallow Deer
Moorish Wall Gecko
Mediterranean Chameleon
Grey Heron
Little Egret
Great White Egret
Squacco Heron
Purple Heron
Night Heron
Black Stork
White Stork
Glossy Ibis
Purple Swamphen
Black Necked Grebe
Marbled Duck
Pochard
Shoveller
Muscovy Duck
Teal
Monk Parakeet
Rose-Ringed Parakeet
Raven
Azure-winged Magpie
Magpie
Grey Partridge
Red Veined Darter dragonfly
Long-tailed Blue butterfly
Clouded Yellow butterfly
African Grass Blue butterfly
Two-striped Grasshopper
Ruddy Turnstone
Whimbrel
Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-winged Stilt
Redshank
Greenshank
Common Sandpiper
Snipe
Cormorant
Little Grebe
Sanderling
Spoonbill
Flamingo
Curlew Sandpiper
Stone Curlew
Lapwing
Wood Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Ruff
Avocet
Slender-billed Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Sandwich Tern
Plover
Common Stint
Kingfisher
Hoopoe
Greater Spotted Woodpecker
Wryneck
Sardinian Warbler
Greenfinch
Stonechat
Goldfinch
Serin
Crested Skylark
Skylark
Penduline Tit
Blackstart
Waxbill
Zitting Cisticola
Wheatear
Bluethroat
Iberian Sparrow
Black-headed Weaverbird
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Yellow Wagtail
Reed Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler
Cettis Warbler
Dartford Warbler
Southern Grey Shrike
Spotted Flycatcher
European Pied Flycatcher
Linnet
A big thank you to my tour guides Manu and Elena at Wild Donana and Jose Manuel at Ojos de Donana