Birding Around Huelva
This Ramsar site, covering 7185 hectares, comprises an extensive area of tidal salt marshes and creeks just outside the city of Huelva. It is important as a wintering area for wildfowl and as a breeding area for a variety of waterbirds. Large numbers of shorebirds use the site on passage.
Species to be expected, depending on season, include Eurasian Spoonbills, Greater Flamingos, any of the common wader species, Audouin’s, Slender-billed and Mediterranean Gulls, Caspian, Little and Sandwich Terns. We can sometimes find Red-knobbed Coot here.
A causeway stretches beyond the marshes and this can be a good place for seawatching with various skuas, terns and shearwaters passing. Bulwer’s Petrel, Lesser Crested Tern, Sabine’s Gull and Leach’s Storm Petrel are amongst the rarities that have been recorded in recent years.
The Marismas de Isla Cristina
This is the Spanish side of the estuary of the River Guadiana, comprising saltmarsh, disused salinas and sand dunes. It is attractive all year round to waders, gulls and terns but visits in winter and during passage periods are likely to be most productive. Species to be found are similar to those that we see at the Marismas del Odiel.
Laguna del Portil
This large, reed-fringed, freshwater lagoon is always worth looking at when in the Huelva area. Winter and passage periods are best, with Purple Swamp-hen, Ferruginous Duck and Black-necked Grebe all possible; Little Bitterns sometimes breed.
Birding in Portugal & SW Spain
Whether you’re in the Algarve just for the birds or here on a family holiday and would like a day out, why not join us. Experienced birder or a beginner, it doesn’t matter.
We can provide an enjoyable visit to some of the best sites along the coast or take you further, to the Alentejo or even into Spain and Doñana National Park.
If there are any particular species you are looking for, the chances are we will know where to find them.
We suggest you contact us well before your visit to check on our availability and avoid disappointment, but who knows – we might be able to take you birding tomorrow!
Wherever you are staying we can collect you and return you. We recommend early morning starts for the best results, but that’s up to you.
We will normally take a maximum of three people at a time but whether it is one, two or three people the cost is the same. We can also cater for larger groups.
For longer distance outings, for instance to the Alentejo or Doñana National Park, in addition to our normal fee, we ask you to cover our fuel cost.
On a full day trip we can provide a picnic lunch if required for a small additional charge.
Whatever your needs, please contact us for a price.