Trip Reports
Spain - Aragon - The Steppes and Pyrenees - 7th - 20th May 2009, author Stephen Blaber (added September 9, 2009)
(Great Bustard, Black Woodpecker, Dupont's Lark, Black Wheatear, Alpine Chough) Spain - Madeira - July 2009, author Steve Bird (link created September 27, 2009)
(Zino's Petrel seen well, plus Fea's Petrel, Bulwer's Petrels, Trocaz Pigeon, Brydes Whale and much more) Almeria, 2nd - 9th October 2003, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Madrid and Extramadura, 19th - 26th June 2004, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Spain, May 25th - June 10th 2002, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Spanish Pyrenees to Ebro Delta, summer 2004, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Spanish Pyrenees, June 2002, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Extramadura, 18th May - 25th 2004, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Northern, Central and Southern Spain, February 2004
, author Surfbirds Admin (link created September 24, 2004)
The Pyrenees, July 2002, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Salou, Catalonia, May 28th - June 5th 2004, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Biscay and the Picos de Europa, 11th - 17th September 2002, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Spain, Picos, Plains and the Pyrenees, 1st - 7th July 2004, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Extramadura and Cota Donana, Spain, 11th - 20th April 2003, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Valencia, birding in and around Oliva, January - December, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Spain (Andalucia and Extremedura), April 7th - 16th 1999, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
The Spanish Pyrenees and the Zaragoza Plains, 22nd May - 1st June 2003, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Spain, 27th June - 5th July 1999, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Spain, The French Pyrenees and Majorca, 22nd June - 5th July 2003, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Spain, 6th - 22nd April 2001, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Spain, Coto Donana National Park, 1st - 8th May 2004, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Almeria (south-east Spain), 1999 and 2002, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Ebro Delta, Spain and the Ile de Re, France, May 2004, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
Bay of Biscay - 14th - 18th August 2009, author Owain Gabb (added September 2, 2009)
(Minke and Fin Whale, five species of shearwater, Sabine's Gull) Spain, Extremadura - 2nd to 9th September 2006, author Andy Lovering (added September 13, 2006)
(Spanish Imperial Eagle, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse & Azure-winged Magpies) South-West Spain: Coto Donana and Sierra de Grazalema - 14th - 16th May 2004, author Surfbirds Admin (added October 8, 2004) 
(with photos of Rock Thrush, Red-knobbed Coot and White-headed Duck) Birding Trip to Pyrenees 19th - 23rd June 2009, author Tony Moverley (added October 7, 2009)
(Loporzano, San Julian de Banzo, Hecho, Gabardito, Rock Thrush, Roller, Melodious Warbler, Rock Sparrow, Golden Eagle,) Huelva Province, Spain - 18th - 28th March 2010, author Philip Andrews (added October 26, 2010)
(Coto Donana) Majorca - 27th September - 4th October 2008, author Derek Lister (added October 14, 2008)
Aragon: The Belchite Steppes, Los Monegros and the Pyrenees - 30th April - 4th May 2008, author Michael Cram (link created November 4, 2008)
(131 species recorded on the trip) Mallorca Oct 2006, author Stephen Burch (link created November 4, 2006)
(Bluethroat, Albufera, Waterworks, Black Vulture, Audouins Gull) Coto Donana and Tarifa Migration Watch - October 3rd - 10th 2008, author Bob Buckler (added November 27, 2008)
Spain - Coto Donana and Extremedura - May 18th - 25th 2008, author Bob Buckler (added November 26, 2008)
Extremadura and the Sierra de Gredos - May 26th - June 1st 2008, author Bob Buckler (added November 26, 2008)
Spain, author Roger Puxley (added November 23, 2005)
(Pyrenees foothills, Steppe & Plains - 9th - 13th November 2005) Lanzarote, Canary islands, between 20 October and 2 November 2005, author John Armstrong (added November 22, 2005)
(see text of report) Spain - July 29th - August 19th 2003, author Surfbirds Admin (added November 15, 2004)
(Monfrague, Coto Donana, Laguna Medina, Castro Urdiales and Eagle Owl !) South-west Spain - 15th - 19th October 2008, author Ian Graham (added November 11, 2008)
(photos of Booted Eagle, Blue Rock Thrush, Caspian Tern, Southern Grey Shrike and others) Southern Spain (Cota Donana and Grazalema) April 2005, author Alan Miller (added May 8, 2005)
(The spectacle of thousands of birds at El Rocio marshes from our hotel room, amazing views of Red-necked Nightjar on the road in front of the car, and stunning views in the mountains with raptors circling overhead were some of the highlights of 10 days sp) (Mostly) Extremadura - 11th – 21st April 2010, author Alan Whitehead (added May 5, 2010)
Birding Trip to Coto Doñana, Spain in April 2005, author Tony Moverley (added May 5, 2005)
(Villamanrique, El Rocio, La Rocina, Valverde, Matalascanas, Marbled Duck, Black-shouldered Kite, Squacco Heron, Black-eared Wheatear, Black Vulture) Spanish Pyrenees, May 18th to 23rd 2006, author John Hopper (added May 31, 2006)
Spain Extremadura & Sierra Gredos - 9th - 16th May 2009, author Eric Barnes (added May 30, 2009)
(Spanish Imperial Eagle, Black-shouldered Kite, Citril Finch, Spectacled Warbler, Black Vulture, Lesser Kestrel, Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Azure-winged Magpie, Roller, Thekla Lark, Calandra Lark, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush) Picos de Europa, 15th - 19th May 2008, author Tony Moverley (added May 27, 2008)
(Potes, Espinama, Fuente De, Bonneli's Warbler, Alpine Accentor) Spain, Extremadura & Sierra Gredos - 10th - 17th May 2008, author Eric Barnes (added May 25, 2008)
(Extremadura, Sierra Gredos, Monfrague, Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Calandra Lark, Roller, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Black Vulture,) Southern Spain May 4th - 7th May 2006, author Richard Bonser (added May 24, 2006)
(I was keen on seeing Western Olivaceous Warbler and Common Waxbill) Spain - Extremadura, Coto Donana and Sierra Guadarrama - 26th March – 10th April 2004, author Guy Langan (added May 23, 2005)
Spain March 12 - April 13 2005, author Blake T. Matheson (added May 2, 2005)
(Dupont's Lark, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Moustached Warbler, Spanish Imperial Eagle) Spain - Southern Costa Blanca - 1 November – 5 November 2011, author Chris Baird (added May 18, 2012)
(Hondo) Spain - Southern Costa Blanca - 10-17 March 2012 , author Chris Baird (added May 18, 2012)
(Alicante Area - 184 Species in a week) Flight of the Pratincole – four Suffolk birders go to Extremadura, Spain - April 3rd-10th 2011, author Gi Grieco (added May 18, 2011)
(Extremadura, Spain, birds, orchids, snake, lizards, Monfrague, La Serena, ) Spain - Biscay and the Picos de Europa, 10 – 15 May 2009, author Jim Frost (added May 17, 2009)
(Alpine Accentor, Fuente De, Picos de Europa, Snowfinch, Biscay) Conil de la Frontera, Cadiz Province, Spain 15th-28th April 2007, author Dave Flumm (added May 14, 2007)
Spain 25-Apr - 10-May 2002 - 245 species, author Bas Van de Meulengraaf (link created March 7, 2005)
(Monfrague, Pyrenees, Aiguamolls de L'emporda, Doñana, El Rocio, Cabo de Gata, Belchite, Laguna de Medina, El Hondo) Spain - Ebro Delta & Belchite - March 2006, author Iben Hove Sørensen (link created March 31, 2006)
(Ebro Delta, Steppes of Belchite) Spain - The Ebro lands - March 2006, author Iben Hove Sørensen (link created March 30, 2006)
(Catalonia, Ebro Delta, Els Ports, Montsia) Fuerteventura, Canary Islands 2nd - 8th March 2005, author John Waldon (added March 30, 2005)
(Fuerteventura, Houbara Bustard, Stone Curlew, Berthelot's Pipit) Spain - Cranes & Wallcreepers - 19th - 26th February 2012, author Christopher Hall (added March 3, 2012)
(Boletas Birdwatching Centre, Pyrenees, Santa Cilia vulture feeding station, Vadiello reservoir, Sotonera, El Planeron) Spain - Ebro Delta - February 2007, author Iben Hove Sørensen (link created March 27, 2007)
(Ebro Delta, Great Bittern, Black-winged Stilt, Audouin's Gull) Spain - Ebro Delta & Montsia mountain chain - February 2007, author Iben Hove Sørensen (link created March 27, 2007)
(Ebro Delta, Montsia, 1 day, 102 species recorded) The Spanish Pyrenees - 11th - 20th July 2004, author Steve Bird (added March 20, 2007)
Sierra de Andujar, Sierra Morena, Spain - 1st - 5th February 2010, author Lee Dingain (link created March 18, 2010)
(seeing the Iberian Lynx) Coto Donana, Spain, 17th – 24th February, 2007, author Christopher Hall (added March 17, 2007)
(By the end of this most productive trip we had seen everything from the tiny Zitting Cisticola to the mighty Spanish Imperial Eagle) Gran Canaria - March 6th - 12th 2008, author Urban Lundström (added March 16, 2008)
(Meloneras, Maspalomas, Playa del Inglés, San Augustin, Black-winged Stilt, Little Egret, Spoonbill, Cory´s Shearwater) Extramadura March 1st -8th 2012 , author Craig Shaw (link created March 12, 2012)
(Black Vulture, Rock Bunting, Great Spotted Cuckoo. Great and Little Bustard) Birding in Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac Natural Park, Barcelona province, Spain, author Antonio Rodriguez (added June 9, 2010)
(Sant Llorenç del Munt, Barcelona, Spain) Central Spain, 28th - 30th May 2005, author Gruff Dodd (added June 9, 2005)
Le Pineda, Costa Dorada, Spain - May 26th - June 2nd 2009, author Derek Lister (added June 7, 2009)
(Ebre Delta Parc Natural Reserve ,) Spain - Pyrenees, Belchite & the Ebro Delta - May 2006, author Iben Hove Sørensen (link created June 7, 2006)
(Guara, Hecho valley, Monegros, steppes of Belchite, Ebro Delta, Montsia, Llobregat Delta, Pectoral Sandpiper, Dupont's Lark, Lammergeier) Andalucia - April 9th - 21st 2011, author Alan Whitehead (link created June 5, 2011)
(Aim of this report is to update information on mostly well-known sites in order to help birders seeking key species) Spain - Castilla la Mancha & Extremadura - April - May 2006, author Julian Sykes (added June 5, 2006)
(Monfrague, Gredos, Los Cabaneros, Trujillo) Extremadura & Sierra Gredos - 5th - 12th May 2010, author Eric Barnes (added June 3, 2010)
(Monfrague, Gredos, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Eagle Owl, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Citril Finch, Western Bonelli's Warbler, Iberian Azure-winged Magpie, Iberian Pied Flycatcher, Black Vulture, Rock Sparrow, Collared Pratincole, Red Avadavat) Southern Andalucia - Coto Donana - May 24th - June 7th 2007, author Derek Lister (added June 27, 2007)
Extremadura, Spain 15/4/2007 – 25/4/07, author Nick Ransdale (added June 27, 2007)
Extremadura - May 10th - 17th 2009, author Stewart Betts and Chris Small (link created June 22, 2009)
Southern and Western Spain, 16-28 May 2009, author Catherine McFadden (added June 16, 2009)
(Donana NP, Extremadura, Sierra de Gredos, Hoce del Rio Duraton, Dupont's Lark) Eastern Pyrenees - 2nd - 7th June 2011, author Tony Moverley (added June 15, 2011)
(Espot, Sant Llorenc, Roller, Lammergeier, Golden Eagle, Rock Bunting, Citril Finch, Great Reed Warbler, Little Bittern) Spain - White-rumped and Little Swifts - June 08, author Christopher Grafton (added June 13, 2008)
(Sierra De La Plata, White Rumped/Little Swift) Mont-Rebei i Alinyà: vulture's paradise, author Dani Valverde (link created June 12, 2009)
(Mont-Rebei Canyon, Alinyà Valley, Griffon Vulture, Cinereous Vulture, Aegyptian Vulture, Lammergeier, Golden Eagle) Spain - Extremadura - 22th - 29th April 2006, author Cristian Jensen Marcet (link created June 1, 2006)
(Extremadura, Monfragüe, Serena, Black Vulture, Black-shouldered Kite, Spectacled Warbler, Eagle Owl, Azure-winged Magpie, Spanish Imperial Eagle) Spain - 28th April - 22nd May 2006, author Andy Stepniewski (added July 4, 2008)
(Barcelona, Ebro, Pyrenees, Belchite, Monfrague, Coto Donana, Western Gredos, Cabo de Gato) Spain, Murcia to Alicante August 2008 and May 2009, author Dermot Smith (added July 3, 2009)
(El Hondo, El Pinet, Santa Pola) Spain - Extremadura & Andalucia - 7th - 18th May, 2010, author Ed Kwater (added July 16, 2010)
Spain - Ebro Delta - July 2006, author Iben Hove Sørensen (link created July 15, 2006)
(Ebro Delta) Spanish Pyrenees - June 2010 - Sunrise Birding, LLC - Private Tour, author Gina Nichol (link created July 13, 2010)
(Lammergeier, Wallcreeper, Citril Finch, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Black-eared Wheatear) Southern and Western Spain (including Coto de Donana, Extremadura and Sepulveda), 16 - 25th May 2006 written by Jan Goedelt, author Jan Goedelt (added July 11, 2006)
(Extremadura, Coto de Donana, Sepulveda) Spain - Report - Bird Trip to Andalucia May 2005 - Audouin Birding Tours, author Cristian Jensen Marcet (link created January 29, 2006)
(Gibraltar, Donana, Doñana, Odiel, Lances, Bolonia, Alcornocales, Janda, Spoonbill, Flamingo, Squaco, heron, Audouin, Bird trip, report, Birding, Cristian Jensen Marcet, Iben Hove Sørensen, Rufous bush robin,) Spain - Report - Bird Trip to Extremadura May 2005 - Audouin Birding Tours, author Cristian Jensen Marcet (link created January 29, 2006)
(Monfragüe Nature Park, Monfrague, Arrocampo Reservoir, Serena Steppes, Cornalvo Nature Park, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Black-shouldered kite, Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Eagle Owl, Sandgrouses, Cristian Jensen Marcet, Black Stork, Black wheatear,) Iberian Birding Trip to Faro, Portugal and Coto Doñana, Spain in December 2004, author Tony Moverley (added January 2, 2005)
(Faro, Quinta do Lago, Coto Doñana, Black-winged Kite, Audouin's Gull) Barcelona, Spain - 20th - 23rd January 2012, author Mark Hows (added February 9, 2012)
(The opportunity to visit Barcelona was impossible to resist with its excellent selection of exotics and close proximity to the Pyrenees a good trip was in order) Spain - Mallorca, author Paul Wetton (link created February 5, 2005)
(Mallorca, Balearic Warbler, Spectacled Warbler, Audouins Gull, Purple Gallinule) Tenerife, Canary Islands 4th-17th February 2006, author Alan Miller (added February 27, 2006)
(Blue Chaffinch, Berthelot's Pipit, Plain Swift, African Blue Tit, Canary) Spain: Extremadura and Andalucia - 15th to 25th June 2007, author Ian Merrill (added February 21, 2008)
(Spanish Imperial Eagle, Bonelli's Eagle, Eurasian Eagle Owl, Western Orphean Warbler, Western Olivaceous Warbler, Citril Finch) Tenerife, Canary Islands, 25th January - 1st February 2009, author Sean Cole (added February 13, 2009)
(Endemic birds and Orchids) Spanish Pyrenees, Belchite & Ebro Delta - 14th - 29th May 2003, author Richard Wesley (added February 10, 2006)
(Citril Finches were again in evidence feeding under pine trees near the carpark. We took the main track and were soon to be rewarded with stunning views of Wallcreeper on the second main face.) Costa Blanca - April 2003, author Richard Wesley (added February 10, 2006)
(Bee Eaters were nesting in the sandy banks and Nightingale seemed to be singing everywhere.) Spain; Picos de Europa, Sepulveda, Villafafila, Castronuno 21-28 May 2006, author Terry Allen (added December 6, 2006)
(Wallcreeper, Fuente De, Espinama, Villafafila, Great Bustard) Andalucia - 6th - 13th June 2009, author Bob Buckler (added December 30, 2009)
(Spain, Andalucia,Tarifa, Ronda, Roller, Rock Thrush, Rock Bunting) Spain, The Pyrenees 2009, author Bob Buckler (added December 30, 2009)
(Pyrenees, Hecho Valley, Jaca, alpine birds, Lammergeier, Wallcreeper, Citril Finch, Alpine Chough) Spain, Coto Donana and Extremadura - October 2009, author Bob Buckler (added December 30, 2009)
(Spain,Coto Donana, Extremadura, Monfrague National Park, Red-knobbed Coot, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Bustards) Spain, Coto Donana and Tarifa - September 2009, author Bob Buckler (added December 30, 2009)
(Andalucia, Donana, Tarifa, Migration watch, Gibraltar, Red-knobbed Coot, Kites, Buzzards, Storks) Tenerife - 6th - 21st October 2006, author Chris Donald (added December 30, 2006)
(Based in Playa de los Cristianos, a typical birders' family holiday) La Serranía de Ronda and Doñana - Spain, author P Jones (added December 18, 2006)
(Serranía de Ronda - Donana) Southern Spain - December 2006, author Sander Bot (added December 18, 2006)
(Andalucia and Extremadura) Spain - Raptor migration in Andalucia - September 2006, author Iben Hove Sørensen (link created December 18, 2006)
(8 days, 147 species recorded, including Rueppell's Vulture & White-rumped Swift) Spain - Andalucia - September 2006, author Iben Hove Sørensen (link created December 18, 2006)
(14 days, 165 species recorded, including Rueppell's Vulture, Lesser Crested Tern, and Pectoral Sandpiper) Five days in the center of Spain: Valladolid and Villafafila, author Antonio Rodriguez (added December 14, 2010)
(Colagón, Valladolid, Zamora, Villafafila, Adaja River) Birding Trip to Extremadura - 7th - 10th June 2006, author Tony Moverley (added August 8, 2006)
(Torrejon el Rubio, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Great Bustard, Black Vulture, Subalpine Warbler) Southern and Central Spain Summer 2005, author Daniel López Velasco (added August 28, 2005)
(White-rumped Swift, Spanish Imperial Eagle and other southern Spain specialties) Spain - Ebro Delta - August 2006, author Iben Hove Sørensen (link created August 24, 2006)
(1 day, 85 species recorded) Spain - Ebro Delta - August 2006, author Iben Hove Sørensen (link created August 24, 2006)
(1/2 day, 74 species recorded) Spain - Islas Columbretes - July 2006, author Iben Hove Sørensen (link created August 24, 2006)
(Boat trip to the volcanic islands of Columbretes) Birding Fuerteventura, The Canary Islands, author Archie Archer (added August 22, 2008)
(Fuerteventura, Chat, Stonechat, Houbara, Cream-coloured Courser, Canary Islands) Cruise to Madeira, Canaries , Portugal - 30th July to 13th August 2011, author Mark Graham (added August 20, 2011)
Madrid - 7th - 14th August 2009, author Ed O'Hara (added August 20, 2009)
(Citril Finch, Eagle Owl, Spanish Imperial Eagle) Extremedura - 28th February to 4th March 2010, author Mike Cram (added August 18, 2011)
(Our trip was based on exploring central Extremedura around Trujillo, Caceres, Montanchez and Madrigalejo, particularly the ‘dehesa’ habitat) Spring migration in Cadiz, Andalucia - 10th to 14th May 2011, author Mike Cram (added August 12, 2011)
(Northern Bald Ibis, Marbled Teal, White-headed Duck, Eagle Owl, Red-necked Nightjar) North-east Spain - 2nd - 9th June 2010, author Stewart Betts (link created August 10, 2010)
(Pyrenees, Belchite Steppe, Ebro Delta ) Madrid in July - bustards, vultures, eagles and even rare gulls, author Martin Birch (added August 10, 2009)
(Great Bustard, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Thekla Lark, Black Vulture, Auduoin's Gull, Spanish Imperial Eagle) Spain - July 2008, author Ed O'Hara (added August 10, 2008)
(Costa del Sol - All the European breeding Swifts in one day !) Spain - Pyrenees - June 2005, author Mark Hows (link created August 1, 2005)
Spain, Costa Blanca, Alicante and Murcia, 13th - 22nd April 2010, author Dermot Smith (added April 30, 2010)
(El Hondo, Alcoy, Petrola, Cazorla, Guadalentin, Calblamque, Monegre) Extremadura - Spain’s Wild West - 15th - 22nd April 2009, author Christopher Hall (added April 28, 2009)
(Monfragüe Natural Park, Tajadilla mirador, Toril, Trujillo, Guadalupe) Extremadura and Andalucia - April 2005, author Nigel Voaden (added April 25, 2005)
(Monfrague, Donana, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Red-knobbed Coot) Spain (North and Center - Alava, Valladolid, Palencia, Segovia and Zamora provinces) - April 2010, author Antonio Rodriguez (added April 19, 2010)
(Middle-spotted Woodpecker, Egyptian and Griffon Vultures, Great Bustard) Andalucia, Spain - mega mammals in the med - 20th - 28th March 2010, author Mark Hows (added April 16, 2010)
Spain - Extremadura - April 2006, author Iben Hove Sørensen (link created April 14, 2006)
(Extremadura, Monfragüe, Serena, Black Vulture, Black-shouldered Kite, Spectacled Warbler, Eagle Owl, Azure-winged Magpie)
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