Ebro Delta Birding. Private bird watching tours of the Ebro Delta & beyond!

We will discover the best bird watching areas that the Ebro Delta has to offer in this day trip. Our tour will take you through agricultural zones, marshes, salt pans, sand spits, woodland and riverbank as we search for a vast array of bird species.

Typical itinerary of Ebro Delta bird watching tours:

• Tour will commence early morning, you will be collected from your accommodation / train station
• Morning route around the northern section of the Ebro Delta. The locations we will visit may be altered according to the season, but are likely to include Badia del Fangar and the Lo Golero marshes.
• Lunch will be taken around 13.00. We give clients the option of breaking off for a restaurant lunch, or alternatively stopping at a picnic area (packed lunches are available on request).
• Afternoon route will see us switch to the southern section of the Ebro Delta, where we will initially visit Isla de Buda nature reserve and L'Alfacada. we will progress towards the Trabucador sand spit, La Tancada salt pans, paying a visit to the bird watching hide at Riet Vell. The tour will conclude at the vast marshland area of L'Encanyissada in the early evening period.
• You will be returned to your accommodation / train station at the conclusion of birding tours.

Our exclusive bird watching tours of the lower Ebro river gives you the opportunity to view riverside species at close quarters by boat. We will drift slowly down the unspoiled margins of this beautiful river on our private 18ft Carolina Skiff which provides a perfect platform to observe spectacular species such as Little Bittern and Purple Heron, up close and personal!

Typical Itinerary of birding tours by boat:

• Tour will commence early to mid afternoon. We can collect you from your accommodation or meet you at the public slipway on the river, depending on which is more convenient for you.
• We will progress slowly downstream from Amposta, taking in the sights and sounds of the riverside reed-beds.
• Early evening we will stop at a riverside cafe at Sant Jaume d"Enveja for a coffee / refreshment break.
• We progress back up stream towards the islands of Isla de Gracia & Isla Sapinya in time for a super Ebro river sunset, where we will witness the spectacle of many thousands of egrets, herons & ibis coming in to roost for the evening.
• The tour finishes back at Amposta and you will be returned to your accommodation.

Our bird watching tours in the Els Ports natural park offer an excellent day out and provides a distinct contrast to the type of birding around the Ebro delta, with potential for many different species of birds. We will leave the lowlands in the morning and pay a visit to the vulture feeding station at Mas de Bunyol, where we can see vast numbers of Griffon Vultures descend for their daily feed (possibility of Egyptian Vulture in the summer). In the afternoon we will be searching for a variety of smaller upland birds in both pine forest and rocky habitats.

Typical Itinerary of the Tour:

• Tour will commence at 8.00am when we will leave the Ebro Delta area and head to Valderrobres (drive of approx 1hr 15mins)
• Visit to Mas de Bunyol vulture feeding observatory from around 09.30 - 11.00am.
• We will check the forest area close to Mas de Bunyol for species such as Crested Tit & Firecrest.
• Lunch will be taken around 13.00, either at a local restaurant or packed lunch (available on request).
• The afternoon will see us making our way back to the Ebro Delta via the Serres de Cardo-el Boix mountains. Here we will be searching for a variety of species associated with rocky hillsides, such as Blue Rock Thrush, Black-eared Wheatear, Black Wheatear, Peregrine, Alpine Swifts and many more.
• Mountain birding tours return to the Ebro Delta mid / late afternoon

The Ebro Delta & River combination tour offers an intense day of birding where we will endeavour to see the very best of the area from both car and boat. This is a full day bird watching experience which will begin with a driven tour around the most productive areas of the delta. In the afternoon / evening we will head onto the river by boat and enjoy the magic of seeing riverside birds close up, culminating in a magnificent river sunset and bird roost.

Typical itinerary of Delta & River combination bird watching tours:

• This tour will commence at around 09.00, we will collect you from your accommodation or meet at a pre-arranged location.
• In the morning we will visit the best birding sites of the Ebro Delta on a driven tour with a few short walking sections to bird observatories / hides.
• We will break for lunch around 14.00, either at a local restaurant or picnic (packed lunches available on request)
• In the late afternoon we will head out onto the Ebro river on our private Carolina Skiff, and enjoy an evening bird watching experience on the river culminating in a wonderful ebro sunset and the spectacle of many thousands of birds heading into roost.
• On completion of these birding tours you will be returned to your accommodation.