On April Fools Day, I set off with the great expectation to rendezvous with a great group of people who are not easily fooled when it comes to our feathered friends. My mission, to attend another ABS Field Meeting, but this particular day especially caught … Continue readingLesser Kestrel – Conservation event Los Barrios (Cádiz)
Event by Andalucia Bird Society – Caring for Nature Location: Estella del Marques (see map) Date: Sunday 26th February 2023 Public Our Society recently donated €500,00 to the Swift Project (Proyecto Vencejos) in the name of its membership. This sum of money was collected from your … Continue readingMember’s Day building Common Swift nestboxes – 26th February 2023
This video tells the story of “Sacapuntos”. A female Montagu’s Harrier rescued as a nestling when she was just a few days old. She spent a short period in the Crea -Dunas de San Antón, until she was transferred to Tahivilla on 6th of June, … Continue readingThe Story of “Sacapuntos”
Cabra Field Meeting Afternoon Report During the afternoon of the November field meeting in the Cabra area, we had a very interesting presentation in a beautiful location and we were all looking forward to listening to our friend and ABS member Antonio Pestana. Project Alba, … Continue readingABS Supporting Barn Owls with Antonio Pestana
Our Patron Tim Appleton MBE has issued a press release on the results of this year’s Global Birdfair and the Society is proud to have supported this event. We look forward to another edition of Global Birdfair in 2023 if it can be organised. PRESS … Continue readingGlobal Birdfair 2022 Results
ABS are pleased to present this year’s Montagu’s Harrier project reports, the first an interim report followed by a summary at the project’s end. In total we have donated over 10,000 euro to this project (2,000 for 2022) and are extremely proud to be associated … Continue readingABS Donation to the Montagu’s Harrier Project 2022
We are delighted to announce we have donated 500 euro to support the ‘Save our Swifts’ project here in Andalucía. Thanks to our members for their very generous donations. Funds were received at field meetings throughout the year from members and another display of … Continue readingABS Donation to Save our Swifts
Andalusia is packed full of beautiful towns and mountain villages usually surrounded by a pristine natural habitat and full of old-world romance. The Arab whitewashed hamlets of the south where an enchanting world of Moorish charm awaits visitors who travel off the beaten path. These … Continue readingSwift – The Bird of the Wind
During 2020 a new hacking campaign could not be carried out in the Sierras Subbéticas due to bureaucratic problems, attributed to COVID-19 and other causes that, as it is said in el Quijote, “… whose name I do not want to remember”. However, during the year of … Continue readingThe Barn Owl Project – Proyec-tyto Alba 2021
The beautiful Montagu’s harrier is an emblematic bird of warm open spaces like extensive grassland, heath and steppe. Like many species associated with this habitat its population is declining. In Western Europe around 70% of the breeding population relies on agricultural land, making it vulnerable … Continue reading2021 conservation campaign for Montagu’s Harrier in La Janda
