We currently offer 4 different duration multi-day birding holidays to choose from. All of these itineraries include airport transfers (Barcelona, Valencia or Reus), accommodation and guided birding tours each day.
To reserve a private multi-day bird watching tour on demand, send us a message through the contact form indicating which tour you are interested in booking and at approximately what time of year. We can then consult with our diary and schedule a specific itinerary according to our availability / flight schedules etc.
Join a fixed start date birding tour (perfect if you would like to join a small group & benefit from the lower price point). Here are the options currently available for tours in 2023:
Ebro Delta Experience: start date 27/08/2023 - 4 places available, start date 11/09/2023 - 3 places available
South Catalonia Showcase: start date 03/09/2023 - 1 place available, start date 25/09/23 - 4 places available
Winter Wonders of Northern Spain: start date 12/11/2023 - 4 places available, start date 03/12/2023 - 4 places available
Tour Overview:
The Ebro Delta Experience bird watching tour is our mid-length multi-day option and is currently our most popular birding holiday. During your 4 day visit we will be taking a comprehensive look at the birds of the Ebro Delta natural park and also embarking on a day trip to the dry lands south of Lleida in search of typical Iberian plains species.
This tour features private airport transfers to and from Barcelona, Valencia or Reus International Airports and 5 nights accommodation in our private villa, situated right on the doorstep of the Ebro Delta in a tranquil countryside location. The villa will be your 'home from home' for the duration of your bird watching holiday and will comfortably accommodate parties of up to 6 people. There are also great opportunities for birding at the villa, the big raptors patrol the area regularly and species such as Hoopoe, Bee-eater & Golden Oriole are frequent too around the garden.
The Ebro Delta Experience bird watching tour offers a completely different birding day trip for each of the 4 days of your visit, starting out with a visit to the southern section of the Ebro Delta. The second day we will be heading out onto the Ebro river by private boat to see the most unspoiled areas of the delta and get close up to many varieties of birds of the river bank. On day 3 we will head to the plains south of Lleida to check out specialities of this arid zone such as Roller, Montagu's Harrier, Lesser Kestrel and Little Bustard. The tour culminates with a day trip of the varied habitats of the northern section of the delta, completing a comprehensive overview of the bird-life and environments contained within with remarkable birding paradise!
Ebro Delta Experience bird watching tour - 5 highlights:
Itinerary:
Ebro Delta Experience birding holidays, species list: Notable birds we will be aiming to see.
Red Crested Pochard, Little Bittern, Night Heron, Squacco Heron, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Great Egret, Grey Heron, Purple Heron, Black Kite, Marsh Harrier, Booted Eagle, Osprey, Kestrel, Black-winged Stilt, Common Sandpiper, Caspian Tern, Whiskered Tern, Black Tern, Audouin’s Gull, Turtle Dove, Kingfisher, Bee-eater, Hoopoe, Golden Oriole, Penduline Tit, Sand Martin, Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Nightingale, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Serin, Reed Bunting, Shelduck, Gadwall, Garganey, Shoveler, Little Grebe, Great-crested grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Bittern, Greater Flamingo, White Stork, Spoonbill, Short-toed Eagle, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Bonelli’s Eagle, Lesser Kestrel, Kestrel, Merlin, Hobby, Peregrine, Water Rail, Avocet, Oystercatcher, Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Sanderling, Temminck’s Stint, Dunlin, Little Stint, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Snipe, Jack Snipe, Collared Pratincole, Little Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Sandwich tern, Common Tern, Roseate Tern, Mediterranean Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Cuckoo, Little Owl, Scops Owl, Nightjar, Roller, Woodchat Shrike, Crested Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Short-toed Lark, Wood Warbler, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Dartford Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Savi’s Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Moustached Warbler, Mistle Thrush, Bluethroat, Black Redstart, Redstart, Whinchat, Stonechat, Wheatear, Black-eared Wheatear, Grey Wagtail, Red-throated Pipit, Water Pipit, Linnet, Purple Swamp-hen, Glossy Ibis, Red-legged Partridge, Griffon Vulture, Black Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Goshawk, Golden Eagle, Alpine Swift, Iberian Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Raven, Chough, Jay, Crested Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Thekla’s Lark, Woodlark, Skylark, Crag Martin, Western Bonelli’s Warbler, Western Subalpine Warbler, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Short-toed Treecreeper, Wren, Rock Thrush, Blue Rock Thrush, Black Wheatear, Alpine Accentor, Rock Sparrow, Cirl Bunting, Rock Bunting, Ortolan Bunting, Corn Bunting
Check out this introduction video for our Ebro Delta Experience fully guided bird watching tour, complete with airport transfers and exclusive accommodation at our private villa.
Tour Overview:
This Birding tour is a comprehensive week-long bird watching itinerary of the South Catalan region which aims to showcase the very best that this fantastic region has to offer. We will be visiting the most prolific bird watching sites in the area and concentrating on 3 completely different habitats in order to maximize the variety of birds that will be encountered.
Wetlands - we will be birding in some amazing wetland locations, starting of course at the famous Ebro Delta which we will be exploring by car and boat, looking for rare birds like Collared Pratincole, Little Bittern and Savi's Warbler. As the week progresses we will visit some other fantastic wetland birding zones, including Sebes Nature reserve at Flix.
Mountains - The second key habitat that this birding tour incorporates will be mountainous areas in the Els Ports natural park. We will make a visit to the superb vulture observatory at Mas de Bunyol (Griffon & Egyptian Vultures), look for some of the tiny residents of the pine forest (Crested Tit, Firecrest, Bonelli's Warbler etc.) and also drive through some rugged mountainous zones which are suitable for the likes of Rock Thrush, Black-eared Wheatear and many more.
Steppe lands / Plains - The third terrain we will explore during the week will be the dry lands close to the city of Lleida, which offer a completely different mix of species in expansive open agricultural zones. Here we can find some of the most sought after species of Spanish birding, with highlights such as Little Bustard, European Roller, Lesser Kestrel, Southern Grey Shrike, Great-spotted Cuckoo, Montagu's Harrier and both Pin-tailed & Black-bellied Sandgrouse.
This tour is fully inclusive of return airport transfers to Barcelona International Airport and features five nights accommodation at our private villa close to the Ebro Delta, with the other two nights of the tour based in comfortable Hotels in the Lleida area.
Birding Catalonia Tour - 5 highlights
Itinerary:
South Catalonia Showcase bird watching tours, species list: Notable birds we will be aiming to see.
Red Crested Pochard, Little Bittern, Night Heron, Squacco Heron, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Great Egret, Grey Heron, Purple Heron, Black Kite, Marsh Harrier, Booted Eagle, Osprey, Kestrel, Black-winged Stilt, Common Sandpiper, Caspian Tern, Whiskered Tern, Black Tern, Audouin’s Gull, Turtle Dove, Kingfisher, Bee-eater, Hoopoe, Golden Oriole, Penduline Tit, Sand Martin, Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Zitting Cristicola, Nightingale, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Serin, Reed Bunting, Shelduck, Gadwall, Garganey, Shoveler, Little Grebe, Great-crested grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Bittern, Greater Flamingo, White Stork, Spoonbill, Short-toed Eagle, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Bonelli’s Eagle, Lesser Kestrel, Kestrel, Merlin, Hobby, Peregrine, Red-footed Falcon, Water Rail, Avocet, Oystercatcher, Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Sanderling, Temminck’s Stint, Dunlin, Little Stint, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Snipe, Jack Snipe, Collared Pratincole, Little Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Sandwich tern, Common Tern, Roseate Tern, Mediterranean Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Cuckoo, Little Owl, Scops Owl, Nightjar, Roller, Woodchat Shrike, Crested Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Short-toed Lark, Calandra Lark, Wood Warbler, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Dartford Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Savi’s Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Moustached Warbler, Mistle Thrush, Bluethroat, Black Redstart, Redstart, Whinchat, Stonechat, Wheatear, Black-eared Wheatear, Grey Wagtail, Red-throated Pipit, Water Pipit, Linnet, Purple Swamp-hen, Glossy Ibis, Red-legged Partridge, Griffon Vulture, Black Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Black Vulture, Goshawk, Golden Eagle, Alpine Swift, Iberian Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wryneck, Raven, Chough, Jay, Crested Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Bearded Reedling, Thekla’s Lark, Woodlark, Skylark, Crag Martin, Western Bonelli’s Warbler, Western Subalpine Warbler, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Short-toed Treecreeper, Wren, Rock Thrush, Blue Rock Thrush, Black Wheatear, Alpine Accentor, Rock Sparrow, Cirl Bunting, Rock Bunting, Ortolan Bunting, Corn Bunting, Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Little Bustard, Iberian Grey Shrike, Black-shouldered Kite, Montagu's Harrier, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Stone Curlew
Tour Overview:
Our 7-day Winter Birding in Aragon & Catalonia Tour of Northern Spain is a full week birding itinerary during winter which we run anytime from the beginning of November through to the end of February. We will be going in search of some of Spain's most sought after species, and taking in some magnificent birding spectacles along the way. This winter birding tour is a 3 centre experience which showcases a trio of magnificent but diverse birding regions:
Ebro Delta: The first location we will be birding is (of course!) the Ebro Delta, where we will spend two days enjoying the best of the wetland's resident bird-life and checking out some of the winter visitors. We can expect to see vast flocks of Greater Flamingos feeding in the saline lagoons of the Delta, and congregations of Glossy Ibis, herons & egrets in the now boggy fields. The delta is a winter refuge for many varieties of wildfowl and wading birds, and raptors abound with multiple Marsh Harriers, Booted Eagles and a good chance of Merlin. Rare passerines such as Moustached Warbler and Bluethroat can usually be found.
Laguna de Gallocanta: The second leg of this winter birding trip sees us depart to Gallocanta in the dry-land plains to the south of Zaragoza, where we will spend 2 days birding around the famous Laguna, which is Spain's largest natural lake. Alongside a huge wintering population of Common Cranes (which can number up to 60,000 birds during peak passage times of early November and late February!), we can also target Great & Little Bustard and enjoy sightings of raptors like Hen Harrier & Golden Eagle. Rarities like Dupont's Lark, Pallid Harrier and Black-winged Kite can be found within this zone.
Sierra de Guara: For the final leg of the tour we depart for Alquezar in the pre-Pyrenean region of the Sierra de Guara. Dubbed 'the land of the Lammergeier', we will be searching for this rarest of vultures, along with another popular birding target, the beautiful but elusive Wallcreeper, which comes down from the high Pyrenees to over winter at lower altitudes on the south facing cliffs and canyons of the Guara. There are plenty of other species to be found in this mountainous zone, including the likes of Blue Rock Thrush, Dartford Warbler & Citril Finch.
This week long birding tour includes private airport transfers from Barcelona International Airport, and accommodation throughout the duration of the tour at carefully selected Guest Houses situated in the different birding regions.
Winter Birding in Aragon & Catalonia Tour, 5 highlights:
Itinerary:
Winter wonders of Northern Spain birding holidays, species List: Notable birds we will be targeting on this tour.
Shelduck, Wigeon, Gadwall, Teal, Shoveler, Pochard, Red-legged Partridge, Little Grebe, Great-crested Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Bittern, Night Heron, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Great Egret, Greater Flamingo, White Stork, Black Stork, Spoonbill, Red Kite, Griffon Vulture, Lammergeier, Black-shouldered Kite, Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, Pallid Harrier, Goshawk, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Golden Eagle, Bonelli's Eagle, Booted Eagle, Osprey, Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine, Water Rail, Purple Swamp-hen, Common Crane, Little Bustard, Great Bustard, Stone-curlew, Avocet, Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Lapwing, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Ruff, Sanderling, Temminck's Stint, Green Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Snipe, Caspian Tern, Sandwich Tern, Audouin's Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Kingfisher, Hoopoe, Green Woodpecker, Black Woodpecker, Iberian Grey Shrike, Chough, Alpine Chough, Crested Tit, Calandra Lark, Thekla Lark, Woodlark, Dupont's Lark, Crag Martin, Cetti's warbler, Dartford Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Moustached Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Wallcreeper, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Short-toed Treecreeper, Wren, Spotless Starling, Fieldfare, Redwing, Bluethroat, Black Redstart, Blue Rock Thrush, Stonechat, Black Wheatear, Alpine Accentor, Grey Wagtail, White Wagtail, Water Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Brambling, Serin, Citril Finch, Carl Bunting, Rock Bunting, Reed Bunting, Corn Bunting, Glossy Ibis
We've been out on the road from Nov - Feb on our fantastic 'winter wonders of northern Spain' birding tour. This is a 7 night itinerary covering the Ebro Delta, Laguna de Gallocanta & Sierra de Guara - 3 of Spain's best bird watching sites. The tour includes airport transfers and accommodation at carefully selected Guest Houses along the route.
Click on the video below to enjoy flocks of Flamingos, beautiful Bluethroats, Cranes, Bustards, Lammergeier, Wallcreeper & many more!
Tour Overview:
The Ebro Delta Weekend Birding tour is our shortest multi-day guided option and has been designed for people who would like to experience the magic of the delta within a long weekend break. We generally look to run the tour on the schedule of a Friday arrival, followed by 2 full days guided birding with departure on the Monday. This tour includes private airport transfers from Barcelona, Valencia or Reus International Airports, and 3 nights private accommodation at our villa which is located in tranquil countryside on the doorstep of the Ebro Delta.
The first day of the tour will be a guided birdwatching trip around the southern section of the Ebro Delta. We will be birding a number of different habitats and can expect to see many of the special birds of the region. Highlights of the day will include vast flocks of Greater Flamingos at La Tancada, the bird hide at Riet Vell where we can observe the likes of Purple Swamp-hen close up, and the vast marshes of L'Encanyissada which is home to an abundance of wildfowl, herons, warblers and raptors.
Day 2 of this Ebro Delta Weekend birding tour will begin with a look at some of the spectacular locations in the northern section of the delta, including a search for birds such as Bee-eater & Hoopoe in the scrub land on the periphery of the wetlands. We will progress into more typical delta habitat and check out the shallow water bay of Fangar, with an array of waders, gulls, terns and seasonal Osprey. We will also be birding the Lo Goleron marshes which are adjacent to the bay, and are continuously patrolled by Marsh Harriers. After some lunch we will be heading out onto the Ebro river by boat, where we can get great close up views of species such as Little Bittern & Purple Heron.
Ebro Delta Weekend birding tour - 5 highlights:
Itinerary:
Ebro Delta birding weekend species list: Notable birds we will be aiming to see.
Red Crested Pochard, Little Bittern, Night Heron, Squacco Heron, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Great Egret, Grey Heron, Purple Heron, Black Kite, Marsh Harrier, Booted Eagle, Osprey, Kestrel, Black-winged Stilt, Common Sandpiper, Caspian Tern, Whiskered Tern, Black Tern, Audouin’s Gull, Turtle Dove, Kingfisher, Bee-eater, Hoopoe, Golden Oriole, Penduline Tit, Sand Martin, Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Zitting Cristicola, Nightingale, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Serin, Reed Bunting, Shelduck, Gadwall, Garganey, Shoveler, Little Grebe, Great-crested grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Bittern, Greater Flamingo, White Stork, Spoonbill, Short-toed Eagle, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Bonelli’s Eagle, Lesser Kestrel, Kestrel, Merlin, Hobby, Peregrine, Water Rail, Avocet, Oystercatcher, Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Sanderling, Temminck’s Stint, Dunlin, Little Stint, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Snipe, Jack Snipe, Collared Pratincole, Little Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Sandwich tern, Common Tern, Roseate Tern, Mediterranean Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Cuckoo, Little Owl, Scops Owl, Nightjar, Roller, Woodchat Shrike, Crested Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Short-toed Lark, Wood Warbler, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Dartford Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Savi’s Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Moustached Warbler, Mistle Thrush, Bluethroat, Black Redstart, Redstart, Whinchat, Stonechat, Wheatear, Black-eared Wheatear, Grey Wagtail, Red-throated Pipit, Water Pipit, Linnet, Purple Swamp-hen, Glossy Ibis, Woodlark, Skylark, Crag Martin, Western Subalpine Warbler, Short-toed Treecreeper, Cirl Bunting
If our itineraries do not quite fit in with how you would like to plan your birding holiday, then let us know and we will work out a schedule for you based on your targets and requirements. Contact us if there are any species of birds that you are specifically interested in seeing and we can create bespoke bird watching tours to suit your needs. Species such as Dupont's Lark, Spainish Imperial Eagle and Black-winged Kite are all within easy reach and we are happy to design birding tours to help our clients find rarities such as these. Just visit the contact page and send us an email through the submission form..