Audouin Birding Tours
15 – 22 January 2020
This visit to the kingdom of the Iberian Lynx will be a combined birding and mammal trip, with a special focus on seeing the endangered Iberian Lynx in the wild. We will enjoy a mild winter in southern Spain and visit great birding sites such Doñana and Sierra de Andújar.
Interesting Species: Iberian Lynx, Otter, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Golden Eagle, Griffon and Black Vulture, Azure-winged Magpie, Hawfinch, Iberian Green Woodpecker
10 – 20 February 2020
Superb birdwatching tour to Morocco at the best time of the year. But this holiday goes further than a simple birdwatching tour; the culture and history of the region will amaze you, and the landscape will take your breath away.
Interesting species: Bald Ibis, Tristram´s Warbler, Moussier´s Redstart, Crimson-winged Finch, Red-rumped Wheatear, Thick-billed Lark, Hoope Lark, Levaillant´s Woodpecker, Desert Lark, Bar-tailed Desert Lark, Fulvous Babbler, Cream-coloured Courser, Desert Wheatear, Mourning Wheatear, Scrub Warbler, Temminck´s Lark, Shore Lark, Desert Sparrow, Trumpeter Finch, Desert Eagle Owl, Crowned Sandgrouse, Spotted Sandgrouse
7 – 14 April 2020
A tour to the raptor paradise and steppe birds.
Interesting species: White-rumped Swift, Rofous-bush Robin, Black Stork, Black-shouldered Kite, Monk Vulture, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Bonelli’s Eagle, Purple Swamphen, Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Collared Pratincole, Black-bellied and Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Eagle Owl, Red-necked Nightjar, and Orphean, Spectacled, Subalpine, Dartford, Savi’s Warblers…
10 – 20 February 2020
Superb birdwatching tour to Morocco at the best time of the year. But this holiday goes further than a simple birdwatching tour; the culture and history of the region will amaze you, and the landscape will take your breath away.
Interesting species: Bald Ibis, Tristram´s Warbler, Moussier´s Redstart, Crimson-winged Finch, Red-rumped Wheatear, Thick-billed Lark, Hoope Lark, Levaillant´s Woodpecker, Desert Lark, Bar-tailed Desert Lark, Fulvous Babbler, Cream-coloured Courser, Desert Wheatear, Mourning Wheatear, Scrub Warbler, Temminck´s Lark, Shore Lark, Desert Sparrow, Trumpeter Finch, Desert Eagle Owl, Crowned Sandgrouse, Spotted Sandgrouse
January, February
The Galapagos of the Atlantic Ocean!
Why did Darwin travel so far?
The Canary Islands have a lot more to offer the birding visitor than you might guess from their reputation as a winter-sun destination. The isolation of this archipelago has given rise to an avifauna that is not found in any other part of the world.
The islands boast over 650 endemic plant species, a handful of unique reptiles, 6 endemic birds, 3 near endemics and a dozen or more endemic subspecies. However, it is not only the species count that makes the islands special, but their huge variety of…
Interesting species: Bolle’s and Laurel Pigeons, Tenerife Goldcrest, Blue Chaffinch, Canary Islands Stonechat, Houbara Bustards, Berthelot’s Pipit, Canary, African Blue Tit, Plain Swift, Trumpeter Finch, Cream-coloured Courser, Barbary Falcon, Spectacled Warbler…
15 – 25 June 2020
This unique and exciting holiday includes much of Spain’s best birding as we combine the high Pyrenees with the steppes of central Spain and the lowlands of the Ebro delta. This allows us to target a much wider range of specialities than most other Spanish birding holidays taking us through mountains, plains and wetlands.
Interesting species: Wallcreeper, Lammergeier, Golden Eagle, Red-billed and Alpine Choughs, Citril Finch, Black Woodpecker, Alpine Accentor, Bonelli’s Eagle, Little Bustard, Pin-tailed and Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Dupont’s Lark, Roller, Bee-eater, Little Owl, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Calandra Lark, Hoopoe, Greater Flamingo, Glossy Ibis, Little Bittern, Audouin’s Gull, Collared Pratincole, waders, Squacco and Purple herons, Butterflies and Orchids.
7 – 13 September 2020
Experience the most impressive autumn migration in western Europe, and enjoy the unique wildlife of the Sierra de Andujar. During the first part of the trip we will focus on the raptor migration across the Strait of Gibraltar, whereas we will spend the second half enjoying the birds and mammals of the mountains in Sierra de Andujar.
Target species: Thousand of Raptors, Spanish Imperial, Golden, Booted, Short-toed Eagle Eagles, Rüppel’s and Black Vulture, Black-shouldered Kite, White-rumped Swift, Black Stork, Eagle Owl, and Azure-winged Magpie, Subalpine, Spectacled, Mammals…
September
We are delighted to offer you this exciting tour to a destination still unspoilt by tourism yet full of wildlife and ancient rural traditions. This relatively unknown part of north-western Spain encompasses the Cantabrian Mountains and the Picos de Europa, known as Green Spain. It is at the time of…
Interesting species: Brown Bear, Wildcat, Chamois, Ibex, Wallcreeper, Lammergeier, Griffon Vulture, Golden Eagle, Short-toed Snake Eagle, Red-billed and Alpine Choughs, Black Woodpecker, Alpine Accentor,…