• Next Thursday! ¡Próximo Jueves! @Team_eBird

    Next Thursday we will be giving a presentation about eBird and its Mobile App at CIMA #Tarifa El próximo jueves daremos una presentación sobre eBird y su aplicación para móvil en el CIMA, Tarifa. Hablaremos sobre las numerosas utilidades de esta revolucionaria plataforma y pondremos ejemplos prácticos para familiarizarnos con la aplicación. Creemos que es…

  • Whale watching The Strait! 20 Orcas today in the Strait of Gibraltar

    Whale watching trips are certainly a fantastic added value in our birding tours, but more and more nature enthusiasts are realizing that the Strait of Gibraltar is a fabulous whale watching destination by itself! In July and August the lead role is played by the different family groups of orcas that live in The Strait…

  • Dragonflies peak season in the Strait of Gibraltar

    July is popularly known for being a “slow month” within the birding community. This rule doesn’t apply everywhere though, and the Strait of Gibraltar is fortunate to have all-year round migration and great birding in summer. These days we have had birding sessions that include Northern Bald Ibis Spanish Imperial and Bonelli’s Eagle, Black-winged Kite, Isabelline…

  • Crowdfunding for Montagu’s Harrier succesful!

    As in many other areas within its European range, the breeding population of Montagu´s Harriers in the Strait of Gibraltar is suffering an alarming decline. Indeed, the number of chicks fledged over the last years is probably too low to ensure the future sustainability of the local population in the long term. Cereal fields, where…

  • Birding Trip with Steve Kelling from Team eBird in Tarifa

    We had a really fun birding day in Tarifa with Steve Kelling from Team eBird – Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 86 species in mid June is a good number for Tarifa and surroundings. We could show Steve a pair of Spanish Imperial Eagles, a spectacular breeding Squacco Heron, Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin and a few Tawny Pipits,…

  • Birding Trip to the Bay of Dakhla and Aousserd Region – Part III

    Day 8, 20 February: Bay of Dakhla by boat The day broke clear and calm, so we decided that we would dedicate it to navigate the Bay of Dakhla on a boat provided by Dakhla Attitude hotel.. We did two trips, the first one in the morning which lasted three hours, and the second one,…

  • Birding Trip to the Bay of Dakhla and Aousserd Region – Part II

    Day 6 , 18 February – Aousserd Road & Oued Jenna After breakfast we met with Taoufik El Balla and Mohamed Samlali from ANI, who had kindly shorted out a visit to the Oued Jenna and Aousserd region for us. We jumped into their Landrover Defender which was loaded with everything we would need for…

  • Birding Trip to the Bay of Dakhla and Aousserd Region – Part I

    In autumn 2015 we were asked by Dakhla Attitude Hotel, to scout the area and assess the possibilities to accommodate birding and nature enthusiasts’ groups during trips to the Atlantic Sahara. We scheduled the trip for the middle of February 2016, which is a good time for birding in the area both in terms of…

  • Two continents, two seas, three countries, lots of birds and much more with Avifauna from Sweden!

    We have recently finished the second edition of a very successful tour in the Strait of Gibraltar and Northern Morocco with a wonderful group of 10 birders from Sweden leaded by Gigi Shalstrand /Avifauna. Some of the highlights of the 8 days of birding include: striking views of a Booted Eagle feeding on a recently…