The plains of Spain - and no rain!
It was a very different habitat here on the plains
The wildflowers were a riot of colour
The air was full of the songs of hundreds of Corn Buntings
Their cousins, the Cirl Buntings, were shy and harder to photograph
One of our main target birds was the Little Bustard, here a female
This male was displaying giving his famous "raspberry" call
This handsome male Black-eared Wheatear popped up
The countryside here was dresssed in the greens of Spring
As we watched a Bonelli's Eagle Tel looked up and....
There right above us was a Short-toed Eagle, what a view!
Olive groves also held more delights for us
This lovely Woodchat Shrike posed for us
Views of Hoopoes were even better!
White Storks in flight are magnificent birds
But their choice of nest site can be a little crazy. Stork on a Crane!
What a view this proud mum must have?
As we travelled through the stunning landscape we encounterd one of THE highlights
A flock of European Bee-eaters!
Just awesome.
We enjoyed amazing birding in the plains and caught up with many other wonderful birds including Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Calandra Larks, Stone Curlews, Southern Grey Shrikes, Western Orphean Warbler, Montagu's Harrier, Collared Pratincole and more! If you would like to see a full list of the birds recorded on this magical holiday just drop us a line -
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