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Tour Availability in 2023 - book early to avoid missing out!
South Catalonia Showcase Birding Tour (7 night / 6 day tour)
Ebro Delta Experience bird watching holiday (5 night / 4 day)
Ebro Delta Experience bird watching holiday (5 night / 4 day)
A comprehensive bird watching holiday where we will be visiting varied habitats of wetlands, plains and mountains in the south Catalonia region.
Join a scheduled small group birding tour or inquire about a private bird watching booking on demand.
Next scheduled tour start dates in 2023: Tuesday May 16th - 4 places available, Sunday Septembe
A comprehensive bird watching holiday where we will be visiting varied habitats of wetlands, plains and mountains in the south Catalonia region.
Join a scheduled small group birding tour or inquire about a private bird watching booking on demand.
Next scheduled tour start dates in 2023: Tuesday May 16th - 4 places available, Sunday September 3rd - 5 places available.
Price from EUR 900 per person - click image for full itinerary.
Ebro Delta Experience bird watching holiday (5 night / 4 day)
Ebro Delta Experience bird watching holiday (5 night / 4 day)
Ebro Delta Experience bird watching holiday (5 night / 4 day)
During this popular mid-length birdwatching tour we will discover the best sites of the Ebro Delta on land and by boat, and also visit the steppe lands of Lleida.
Join a scheduled small group birding tour or inquire about a private bird watching booking on demand.
Next scheduled tour start dates in 2023: Sunday 27th August - 6 places availa
During this popular mid-length birdwatching tour we will discover the best sites of the Ebro Delta on land and by boat, and also visit the steppe lands of Lleida.
Join a scheduled small group birding tour or inquire about a private bird watching booking on demand.
Next scheduled tour start dates in 2023: Sunday 27th August - 6 places available, Monday September 11th - 6 places available.
Price from EUR 750 per person - click image for full itinerary.
Winter Wonders of Northern Spain (7 night / 6 day Tour)
Ebro Delta Experience bird watching holiday (5 night / 4 day)
Winter Wonders of Northern Spain (7 night / 6 day Tour)
A 3 center dedicated winter birding adventure across northern Spain in search of Wallcreeper, Lammergeier, Cranes, Bustards and many more!
Join a scheduled small group birding tour or inquire about a private bird watching booking on demand.
Next scheduled tour start dates in 2023: Sunday November 12th - 6 places available, Sunday December
A 3 center dedicated winter birding adventure across northern Spain in search of Wallcreeper, Lammergeier, Cranes, Bustards and many more!
Join a scheduled small group birding tour or inquire about a private bird watching booking on demand.
Next scheduled tour start dates in 2023: Sunday November 12th - 6 places available, Sunday December 3rd - 6 places available.
Price from EUR 950 per person - click image for full itinerary.
Photo Highlights from our winter birding trips in '22 & '23
Brand New for '22 - winter wonders of northern spain!
3 Centre Winter Tour show cases the very best birding in Catalonia & Aragon.
New for 2020, we have added a dedicated winter birding tour to our line up of multi-day guided bird watching holidays. The tour will take in some of the most spectacular birding events in Northern Spain and will be available between November and February for parties of 1 - 6 birders.
The first leg of the tour will be on the Ebro Delta, where we will spend a day enjoying a mixture of resident birds and winter visitors.
Highlights: Bluethroat, Moustached Warbler, Glossy Ibis, Greater Flamingo, Booted Eagle, Purple Swamp-hen
Laguna de Gallocanta
For the second leg of the tour we head inland to Laguna de Gallocanta, the largest natural lake in Spain. This famous birding site harbors a wintering population of 10-20,000 Common Cranes annually, with numbers of up to 60,000 recorded during peak migration periods in early November and late February. Alongside the numerous Cranes, we can also expect to see some of Spain's other dry-land species in the plains area which surrounds the lake, and also many raptors.
Bird watching tours of Gallocanta highlights: Common Crane, Great Bustard, Golden Eagle, Hen Harrier, Little Bustard, Stone Curlew
Sierra de Guara
The third and final phase of the tour sees us travel north to another famous bird watching area, the Sierra de Guara. This beautiful mountainous landscape of cliffs and canyons lies on the southern slopes of the Pyrenees. We will be based in the picturesque village of Alquezar and will be searching for some of Europe's most sought after birds, the mighty Lammergeier (Bearded Vulture), and the elusive but elegant Wallcreeper, which over winters on the warm south facing cliffs of the Guara, even venturing into villages on occasion!
Birding holidays, highlights of Serra de Guara : Lammergeier, Wallcreeper, Alpine Accentor, Blue Rock Thrush, Dartford Warbler, Golden Eagle, Eurasian Black Vulture.
For a full tour itinerary including prices, click through to the Multi-day Tours section of our website
Ebro Delta Birding - Rarities spotted on our birding tours.
Rose-coloured Starling
Rose-coloured Starling
Rose-coloured Starling
The Rose-coloured (or Rosy) Starling is a rare vagrant in Catalonia and was spotted on one of our birding tours around the Ebro Delta in late March. Interestingly, the bird appears to be gathering material for nesting. Picture credit goes to our client, Susa Stonedahl from the US, who was on hand to get this nice click of the bird.
Red-footed Falcon
Rose-coloured Starling
Rose-coloured Starling
This handsome bird was spotted on two occasions in 2019 with clients on bird watching holidays, both during the spring migration period. The Red-footed Falcon is a long distance migrant that will occasionally stray into north-eastern Spain, and we had good sightings of male birds on the Ebro Delta in April and also on the Lleida plains in mid May
White-winged Tern
Rose-coloured Starling
White-winged Tern
This variety of tern is a close relative of the Black Tern but usually occurs in more easterly parts of Europe. Despite this we had a few isolated sightings this spring, mainly on the Ebro river boat birding tours. White-winged Tern can be distinguished from Black Tern by it's red legs and white wing coverts and rump.
Ruddy Shelduck
Leucistic Swallow
White-winged Tern
A group of 4 Ruddy Shelduck were present for a week or two during the autumn bird migration in 2020. Natural range of this species is more to the far east of Europe, but small colonies occur in western Europe mainly due to escapees from private waterfowl collections which have become naturalized. A rare birding sight none the less!
Leucistic Swallow
Leucistic Swallow
Leucistic Swallow
This unusual sighting caused a little bit of head scratching on one of our Ebro River boat birding tours back in the summer! The bird is a leucistic Swallow, which has pigment deficiencies that cause this odd, pale looking appearance. The chances of seeing a Swallow with this strange condition are believed to be 1 / 1,000,000!
White-headed Duck
Leucistic Swallow
Leucistic Swallow
Rare and localized in Europe, the White-headed Duck has been present on the Ebro Delta during the autumn / winter months in 2020. This diving duck is best seen in the breeding season, when the male birds develop an absolutely stunning bill of powder blue coloration. Sure to be a popular target species on our bird watching tours in 2021!
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