Author: yeray

  • October Big Day 2020: our plan for the biggest day of the season!

    As some of you know, October Big Day 2020 is coming! It will be on 17 October 2020 and we have a plan to make the most out of it. This is an initiative of Cornell Lab of Ornithology which basically consists on uploading as many bird lists to eBird as possible in 24 hours.…

  • Private Wildlife Tour: Sand Cat in the Western Sahara

    Between the 14th and the 20th of February we ran our second back-to-back tour to the Western Sahara in 2020. This time, it was a private tour for two clients. Following our success in 2019, our main target was to observe the rare Sand Cat. This way, we arranged the logistics and the itinerary to explore…

  • Birding in Southern Morocco in Spring: Trip Report

    These are days to recall past birding experiences and let our imagination run free to plan future trips. A year ago, we organized a private birding trip to one of our favourite destinations, Southern Morocco. This was a bespoke tour, ran between the 27th of March and the 3rd of April 2019. The main target was simple,…

  • Birding The Strait coronavirus statement (Covid-19)

    Dear friends, As you might expect, the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis has drastically affected our work. Starting yesterday, all our day trips, tours and activities outdoors in Spain and Morocco during this spring season have been cancelled or postponed until further notice. The health and safety of our clients and society at large is unquestionably our…

  • Bird Migration Videos in the Strait of Gibraltar – Part III

    We have released a new clip to the series of Bird Migration Videos in our Youtube channel. We filmed it exactly one year ago. On this third episode we present the onset of the White Stork migration. We also talk about other migrants in the Strait of Gibraltar this time of the year, like black…

  • Lesser Kestrels in Tarifa – a walk tour within the #MigBird event

    Lesser Kestrels in Tarifa The ancient ramparts of Guzman el Bueno Castle in Tarifa, hold the southernmost colony of Lesser Kestrels in the continent. In addition, this is one of the few sites where this typically migrant species overwinters in Europe. Unfortunatelly, the Lesser Kestrel population has suffered a dramatic decline throughout its range. This…

  • Bird Migration Videos in the Strait of Gibraltar-Part II

    Yes friends, the time has come! One more year, since time immemorial, the raptor migration has started in Tarifa and the Strait of Gibraltar. Black Kites on the move Black Kites are always the first to be noticed. They are on the move in growing numbers. Adults are now in a race from their African…

  • Birding Trip to the Western Sahara

    We have just returned from a thrilling wildlife expedition into one of the most remote regions of the Western Palearctic: the Western Sahara. More precisely, we have spent 8 days exploring the wildlife and landscapes within the Dakhla, Aousserd and Bir Anzarane triangle. This has led us to ridges of dunes, extensive mudflats, forested wadis,…

  • Bird Migration Videos in the Strait of Gibraltar – Part I

    Today we release in our Youtube channel the first of a series of bird migration videos in the Strait of Gibraltar. We have filmed these videos over the last three years around Tarifa. This is part of a collaboration project with the Nature Agency at the Ministry of Environment of Denmark . These videos make part of…