Members Trip Reports


High Mountains and high winds... PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 11 December 2011 11:35

black-redstartHigh altitude birding! Our December field meeting, well more like a relaxed jaunt in the high mountains, visited the Sierra de Grazalema. So near to the festive holidays, but not so near as to interfere with our member’s plans for Christmas, we were led through wonderfully scenic routes by our Chairman Peter Jones. It was another huge success and a well attended meeting by our members. Our happy band of birders braved chill winds in the high mountain passes, ate homemade mince pies, laughed a lot and had a great time discovering wintering species of the area such as Ring Ouzel, Alpine Accentor and more besides….

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Morocco Birding in Winter PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 08 December 2009 15:02

slender-billed-gullBird watching in Morocco. A winter’s birding tour in Morocco, the society’s first overseas tour! With 15 members, we toured the marshland habitats of the northwestern Atlantic coast of Morocco and sampled not only the varied birdlife of Morocco, but also to some extent gave ourselves a taste of this wonderful country. We were based in Asilah and made excursions to the Oued Tahadart flood plains, the lower Loukos marshes near Larache and ventured south to Moulay Bousselham and the large marsh and lagoon of Merja Zerga. A very successful and enjoyable tour.

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Spain including Majorca PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 12 October 2008 15:39

From 5th April to 20th April 2008

Organized by         : Spanish Nature www.spanishnature.com
Trip Report Author: Mick Richardson

Majorca – Extremadura – Doñana – Ronda – Granada

Day 1 - 5th April 2008.
Salinas de Levante, Colonia San Jordi and Salinas Colonia San Jordi.
Weather: Bright and sunny but windy later.

After a swift and eventless pick up at Palma airport the five of us headed out south west via Campos to Salinas de Levante, an area of working and disused saltpans. We first parked just off the main road to Colonia San Jordi
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Previous field meetings can be viewed HERE

2012 February. Almeria Province. See HERE for details.
2012 March 31st. Jaen Province. See HERE for details.
2012 April. Granada Province. See HERE for details.
2012 May 26th. Cadiz Province. See HERE for details.
2012 June 16th. Huelva Province.
See HERE for details.
2012 July 14th. AGM Malaga Province. Details to follow.
2012 August 25th. Malaga Province. Ringing details to follow.
2012 September. Iberia Bird Festival. Details to follow.

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