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

The Rise of the Glossy Ibis

“It seems now we are all in a war zone, we are fighting on so many fronts to conserve and preserve what we have left, and yet this story of the Glossy Ibis should give us all hope that things ...
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June 25, 2022 / About Birds, ABS news, Andalucia Bird Society, Andalusia Birds, Article Library, Birding in Andalucia, Birds of Andalucia, Glossy Ibis, Newsflash, Newsletters

Andalucía Birding in May

I am often asked what my favourite time of year is for birds. It is a difficult question and one that I am at odds with. Is it springtime when our summer birds return promising longer and warmer days or ...

May 13, 2022 / About Birds, ABS news, Andalucia Bird Society, andalucia birds, Andalusia Birds, Birding in Andalucia, Birds of Andalucia, Newsflash

Bird of the Month – March 2022

The Common Nightingale - Luscinia megarhynchos What is your favourite bird that you most look forward to seeing return to us this spring and stay for our summer? If you are like me, then it is a hard choice with ...

March 30, 2022 / About Birds, ABS news, Andalucia Bird Society, Andalusia Birds, Bird of the Month, Birding in Andalucia, Newsflash

Birding Sites

Birding Sites – Vejer de la Frontera a place to explore

Unless they’re very fortunate and live near a ‘hotspot’, birders often tend to neglect their immediate surroundings in favour of heading off to a more distant locality where a good range of species can be more reliably found. With various ...

November 16, 2021 / ABS news, Andalucia Bird Society, Andalusia Birding Sites, Andalusia Birds, Birding in Andalucia, Birding Sites

Birding Sites – Marismas de Barbate

Where to watch birds in Andalucia is a feature article we hope might be appreciated by members both resident and those visiting here. This regular feature, in collaboration with John Cantelo and others, will be dedicated to a single birding ...

June 14, 2021 / ABS news, Andalucia Bird Society, Andalusia Birding Sites, Andalusia Birds, Article Library, Birding in Andalucia, Birding Sites

DÓNDE VER AVES EN LA PROVINCIA DE CÓRDOBA

Casi siempre que se hace referencia al Birdwatching en Andalucía, se suele tener una imagen clara de dónde poder disfrutar de esta afición dirigiendo nuestras miradas a las provincias de Huelva, Cádiz y Sevilla. Si nos damos cuenta, son provincias ...

May 26, 2021 / ABS news, Andalucia Bird Society, Andalusia Birding Sites, Article Library, Birding in Andalucia, Birding Sites

Comparative Field Guide

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Conservation

Global Bird Weekend – Join ABS Team for this event

We are proud, as a Society, to be once again supporting Global Birding for their upcoming 'Global Bird Weekend'. The event for 2021 is in support of Birdlife International's appeal for their project to protect wetlands and migratory birds, an ...

August 28, 2021 / ABS - Conservation Projects, ABS news, Andalucia Bird Society, Andalusia Birds, Birds of Andalucia, Conservation, Conservation, Global Bird Weekend, Newsflash

ABS Conservation News and Update

Montagu's Harrier Project Aguiluzo Cenizo, the Montagu's Harrier project, there has been a 100% increase in the number of protected nests. There are good numbers of chicks in the hacking project, the book on Sacapuntas (a female raised by the ...

May 23, 2021 / ABS - Conservation Projects, ABS news, Andalucia Bird Society, Andalusia Birds, Birding in Andalucia, Conservation, Conservation, Newsflash

Hola Olivos, adiós a la fauna y flora!

EL OLIVAR. ¿EL OCASO DEL CAMPO ANDALUZ? Desde niño, mi entusiasmo, curiosidad y amor por la naturaleza se fueron forjando a orillas del Guadalquivir, a su paso por la provincia de Jaén. En este sentido, puedo decir que fui un ...

May 7, 2021 / ABS news, Andalucia Bird Society, Article Library, Conservation, Conservation, Newsflash

Flowers

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Insects

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Interviews

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My Local Patch

My Golf Club

We all know that Andalucía is a great place to be a birder. But there are some misguided fools, who live here or visit in order to whack a small white ball, into a very small hole, on very big ...

November 13, 2014 / My Local Patch

Seville Province – Our garden and the sky above it

How quickly we become blasé about the birds we once considered exotic! When we first arrived in Andalucía I got Tom (my husband) to abandon the car in Arahal high street for me to jump out and take a photo ...

July 26, 2014 / My Local Patch

Higueron – Malaga Province

The map below shows the location of my local patch between Fuengirola and Benalmádena, about 20 kilometres westwards of Málaga along the A7 autovía. It sits on the lower slopes of the foothills of Sierra de Mijas, its higher, northern ...

July 23, 2014 / My Local Patch

Photography

Nature in Focus – Lenses

The availability of high quality digital cameras, coupled with the computer processing options that follow, provide many outlets for the pictures produced. This has enticed many nature enthusiasts to start recording their own experiences and views of birds, animals and ...

August 15, 2014 / Photography

Nature in Focus – Cameras

INTRODUCTION This is the first of a projected series of articles aimed at providing background information and techniques to help novices and those with some experience to obtain high quality photographs of wildlife, birds and animals, as well as plants. ...

July 24, 2014 / Photography

A new way to see Andalucian Wildlife

In September 2013 I was fortunate enough to visit Agustin Perez Amil and his wonderful collection of hides labelled under the name of Alpasin Ecotourismo. Located in the Sierra Morena area, close to Adamuz, these hides give visitors like me ...

July 23, 2014 / Photography

Surveys

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Visit Reports

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Various

Birds on Spanish Maps

Birders might not immediately think they need to know much about maps. We tend to know our best local birding spots and there is of course the ABS network to tap into. If all else fails there are also books ...

July 20, 2014 / Various

Guy Mountfort’s Doñana

Portrait of a Wilderness In the Spring 2013 edition (Volume Two, Issue Two) of Birds of Andalucía, a small panel on P15, headed ‘Did You Know?’, pointed out the fact that there is no obvious physical recognition anywhere of the ...

February 4, 2014 / Various