Valencia Birding

18/01/2025

Report on a recent 3-day Valencia Birding trip for a returning client and friend from the UK. Click on the image below to open...

We provide guided Bird Watching Tours throughout Eastern Spain, encompassing Valencia, Alicante and Castilla de la Mancha. This area of Spain is blessed with an incredibly diverse range of habitats and excellent birding sites, many of which are virtually unknown! We cater for all levels of bird enth...

17/01/2025

On the final day of the Valencia Birding trip with Tony, this Wryneck suddenly appeared on a fencepost, in one of three wetlands that we visited in Alicante.

17/01/2025

More Great Bustards from earlier this week!

17/01/2025

A brief video of Great Bustards, seen on the steppe during a recent 3-day Valencia Birding trip with returning client and friend Tony from the UK. Full trip report to follow soon...

27/12/2024

The final Valencia Birding trip before Christmas 2024 was to the wetlands of Alicante, with a family from Galicia. Click on the image below to open...

We provide guided Bird Watching Tours throughout Eastern Spain, encompassing Valencia, Alicante and Castilla de la Mancha. This area of Spain is blessed with an incredibly diverse range of habitats and excellent birding sites, many of which are virtually unknown! We cater for all levels of bird enth...

23/12/2024

22/12/2024

The first guided Valencia Birding trip to GVA Parc Natural de l'Albufera since the disasterous flooding in late October. Click on the image below to open the post...

We provide guided Bird Watching Tours throughout Eastern Spain, encompassing Valencia, Alicante and Castilla de la Mancha. This area of Spain is blessed with an incredibly diverse range of habitats and excellent birding sites, many of which are virtually unknown! We cater for all levels of bird enth...

11/11/2024

Here's a short article I've written to provide information about the current situation here with regard to bird watching and nature tourism following the recent floods to the west and south of Valencia. Click on the image below to open...

We provide guided Bird Watching Tours throughout Eastern Spain, encompassing Valencia, Alicante and Castilla de la Mancha. This area of Spain is blessed with an incredibly diverse range of habitats and excellent birding sites, many of which are virtually unknown! We cater for all levels of bird enth...

30/10/2024

Sincere thanks to all those who have been thinking about us and have written to us following the devastating floods in the Valencia region. I feel extremely fortunate to be able to say that we're fine. We were very lucky not to be in the worst affected areas. Thanks again for all your kind thoughts and messages. Our hearts go out to those poor people who have lost so much. 💚

22/10/2024

A brief report on recent Valencia Birding trips to the wetlands of Alicante. Click on the image below to open...

We provide guided Bird Watching Tours throughout Eastern Spain, encompassing Valencia, Alicante and Castilla de la Mancha. This area of Spain is blessed with an incredibly diverse range of habitats and excellent birding sites, many of which are virtually unknown! We cater for all levels of bird enth...

22/10/2024

Here's a brief capture of a small group of Spoonbills that came to feed right next to the hide during a recent Valencia Birding trip to Alicante for returning friends and clients Jayne and David from Yorkshire.

17/09/2024

A few shots from yesterday's Valencia Birding trip to Alicante for Irene and Stefan from the Netherlands. Highlights were many but included White Headed Duck, Marbled Teal and Red Knobbed Coot on the lagoons. Passage migrants (although breeding species in the region) included Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, Bee Eater and Reed Warbler. Early "winter" visitors included Bluethroat and Eurasian Teal. An Osprey provided an obvious special moment and the day was brought to a close with great views of a juvenile Roller!

13/09/2024

As the summer gives way to autumn, we look forward to a busy season ahead...

Valencia Birding

We provide guided Bird Watching Tours throughout Eastern Spain, encompassing Valencia, Alicante and Castilla de la Mancha. This area of Spain is blessed with an incredibly diverse range of habitats and excellent birding sites, many of which are virtually unknown! We cater for all levels of bird enth...

09/08/2024

This year's Osprey reintroduction project continues at Pego Oliva Marsh. All the birds have now been released and are beginning to explore their surroundings. Following and monitoring them presents its challenges, but that's a key part of the work at this stage. Last week we were delighted to welcome Ian Perks from the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation. Ian personally collected many of these chicks from their original nests in Scotland, often together with Tim Mackrill, Fraser and Justin. Other chicks were collected by Davie Anderson. The last time Ian saw these birds they were in transport crates leaving the Scottish Highlands, so for him to see them flying over the marsh was very special.

With Itzy Colodro Sainz, Marc Estornell, David Izquierdo Acebes, Guillermo, Ian Perks, Emmanuelle Csabaï, Fany Jrd

Photo of Osprey kindly provided by Juan Mariano Quiles Garcia

Fundación Migres · CIMA Centro Internacional de Migración de Aves Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation Generalitat Valenciana Red Natura 2000 Ajuntament de Pego Ajuntament d'Oliva Ajuntament de Dénia Ajuntament de Xàbia

22/07/2024

It's been a very intense month so far! The first couple of weeks were spent collecting Osprey chicks in Scotland with Itzy Colodro Sainz and the amazingly professional team from the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation and Fundación Migres · CIMA Centro Internacional de Migración de Aves.

We succeeded, together with Animal Couriers, in translocating 12 chicks from Scotland to the Pego Oliva Natural Park in Spain, where they will eventually be released.

After a couple of days back in Spain, I then made a brief return to the UK where I attended the Global Birdfair, working on the Birding CV stand. It was great to catch up with so many friends and clients and to spend the weekend promoting the Valencian Community as a top European birding destination.

Then back to Spain to continue supporting the Osprey project! More on progress with that soon.

Fundación Migres · CIMA Centro Internacional de Migración de Aves Iberdrola Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation Generalitat Valenciana Red Natura 2000 Ajuntament de Pego Ajuntament d'Oliva Ajuntament de Dénia Ajuntament de Xàbia Birding CV

12/07/2024

update!

The lovely folks at the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation report the Arkaig chicks are feeding well & seem settled in their lovely dry aviary. It's still too early to say they are out of the woods entirely but their final vet screening happens next week, so we will get more concrete info after that.

Louis & Dorcha are still frequenting the nest. You can watch their antics live ▶️ https://buff.ly/3vjBTVR

Thanks to everyone for their support.

The Woodland Trust Arkaig Community Forest