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Category: My Local Patch

Categories: My Local Patch, Newsflash Posted on October 13, 2021

October in the mountains

September gently passed over my mountains, its balmy days giving leave for many of our familiar summer birds to depart on their southern passage to Africa. Only a few, foolhardy maybe, lingered and perhaps lulled into believing autumn would never arrive. After such a hot … Continue readingOctober in the mountains

by Peter Jones Leave a comment
Categories: My Local Patch, Newsflash Posted on July 1, 2020August 31, 2020

Wild Serranía de Ronda – July Field Meeting

Have you ever had that prickly feeling at the base of your neck, when your hairs stand up and you are in wonder? It is a kind of out of body experience, where your spirit dances with joy and you can feel with your eyes. … Continue readingWild Serranía de Ronda – July Field Meeting

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Categories: My Local Patch Posted on May 31, 2015August 20, 2019

Terrace Temptations

I’ve always denied having a birding ‘patch’, but it’s gradually dawned on me that the terrace of my house in Alcala de los Gazules is a patch, albeit an extremely small one. I’m being a little disengenuous here since the terrace has an 180° view … Continue readingTerrace Temptations

by José Barrera Leave a comment
Categories: My Local Patch Posted on November 13, 2014August 20, 2019

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 golf courses. I try to … Continue readingMy Golf Club

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Categories: My Local Patch Posted on July 26, 2014August 21, 2019

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 of a White Stork on … Continue readingSeville Province – Our garden and the sky above it

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Categories: My Local Patch Posted on July 23, 2014August 21, 2019

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 edge being 200 metres above … Continue readingHigueron – Malaga Province

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Categories: My Local Patch Posted on February 4, 2014August 21, 2019

Olvera – Cadiz Province

North of Ronda lies my village of Olvera, my local patch; from here I travel west to Campillos and Fuente de Piedra, east to Arcos de la Frontera, north to Osuna and south to Montejaque.  Olvera is a large village with a population of approx. … Continue readingOlvera – Cadiz Province

by José Barrera Leave a comment
Categories: My Local Patch Posted on January 22, 2014August 21, 2019

Overlooking the sea from the foothills of Axarquia

I am lucky enough to live near the pretty white village of Frigiliana which overlooks the sea from the foothills of the Axarquia, a region of high sierras, to the East of Malaga. As a boy I remember reading my “Observer’s Book of Birds” and … Continue readingOverlooking the sea from the foothills of Axarquia

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Categories: My Local Patch Posted on August 12, 2013August 21, 2019

A Patch in the Sun

La Rondeña sits on a ridge in the Sierra Cabrera, a range of hills some fifty kilometres north east of Almeria city. Patchwork, it’s always been a facet of birding that I’ve enjoyed. There’s something rather satisfying about working your own area on a regular … Continue readingA Patch in the Sun

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Categories: My Local Patch Posted on April 1, 2013August 21, 2019

Every birder should have one, but Marbella?

It was when a birder commented on one of my photographs that they would not have associated a Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus with Marbella, that I started to think about the wonderful birdlife that we are blessed with here on the Costa del Sol. Most … Continue readingEvery birder should have one, but Marbella?

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