Welcome to the ABS Article Archives - Andalucia Bird Society

Our archives contain all articles written by members and friends of the Society. Most of the articles will also have been published in our member’s quarterly magazine ‘Birds of Andalucía’. The subjects are mostly related to birds, but other areas of general interest, fauna and flora are also included.
For our member’s convenience the archives have been arranged in indexes so that topics of interest can be found more easily.

Adding to our Archives
We are fortunate to have in our midst a number of members who enjoy producing articles of interest for publication. If you, like them, would care to donate an article for inclusion in our archive’s library, please send your copy by email attachment to the Society (abs.sociedad@gmail.com) clearly stating your name and contact details. We will accredit your name for any published articles on this website or our quarterly magazine. We hope all authors interested in the Society will help to create to this ever improving and growing resource.

About Birds

Winter is heralded by a Snow Bunting

Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis makes an appearance as we enter our winter. Seems appropriate to me and also somewhat surprising. These birds are highly social during the winter so an appearance by a single bird is doubly unexpected. Our bird ...
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December 2, 2019 / About Birds, Newsflash

Moussier’s Redstart (Phoenicurus moussieri) and Andalucía

The region’s close proximity to Morocco produces the odd record of birds native to Africa. Unsurprisingly these records are increasing in modern times as a result of climate change. Over the last decade sightings of a particularly beautiful bird, the ...
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November 28, 2019 / About Birds, Newsflash

Bird of the Month – November 2019

We are extremely fortunate to have our common giant of the skies, Griffon Vulture, present throughout our region. Who couldn’t be impressed by seeing this huge raptor soaring overhead in large flocks, using updraughts and thermals as they effortlessly cruise ...
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November 24, 2019 / About Birds, Newsflash

Birding Sites

Andalucía and the Andalucía Bird Society

Andalucía, the southern most point of the Iberian Peninsula, is the second largest of the autonomous communities in Spain and it contains 8 provinces. It covers nearly 9 million hectares, an area larger than Scotland and almost as large as ...
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April 1, 2013 / Birding Sites

Wetland, Steppes and Migration

Since ancient times wetlands have been considered as worthless areas of standing water and also sources of infection. This idea is very unrealistic, since wetlands are ecosystems of great biodiversity despite occupying a small part of the earth's surface. Wetlands ...
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April 1, 2013 / Birding Sites

The Odiel Marshes

The Odiel Marshes between the sea, the earth and the sky In front of Huelva, possibly the oldest city in Western Europe, an estuary was born from the tidal sea and the embrace of the rivers Odiel and Tinto whose ...
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March 29, 2013 / Birding Sites