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
“In order to raise money for the Andalucia Bird Society, we are selling a series of notebooks on Amazon and all the royalties from sales we will donate to ABS to support the fantastic conservation work they do. The notebooks are lined softcover books and … Continue readingBuy a notebook and help conservation
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 extremely important conservation project for … Continue readingGlobal Bird Weekend – Join ABS Team for this event
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 project) was published and she … Continue readingABS Conservation News and Update
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 niño privilegiado ya que pasé … Continue readingHola Olivos, adiós a la fauna y flora!
As spring approaches our birding lives are dominated by one thing – migration. Migration is a physically demanding time, and the birds must have stored enough fat (energy) for them to make it through to their breeding grounds. Many of these birds will stop and … Continue readingABS and Conservation
Spain is a big country, the second biggest in Europe and this size is reflected in the diversity of its topography, climate, geology and ecology. From true desert to sub-tropical cloud forest and baking lowland plain to high alpine glacier, Spain is a remarkable and … Continue readingWhy Natural Areas are Important for Birds
One of life’s greatest pleasures is being able to help bird conservation efforts here in Andalucía. I am so grateful to our members at the Andalucía Bird Society for their continuing support towards our conservation projects. 2020 sees the Society contributing to: ‘Saving the Montagu’s … Continue readingConservation and ABS
I am, like all our members, so extremely proud of the support we are able to give to various conservation projects. It has long been the aim of the Society to become a major source of assistance to regional conservation. Together our members are making … Continue readingTogether supporting conservation
