- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd; 2Rev Ed edition (31 May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0713653019
- ISBN-13: 978-0713653014
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.4 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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A revised and updated edition covering all the major birdwatching sites in Southern and Western Spain: Donana, Monfrague, La Serena, Tabernas desert, Jerte Valley and Gibraltar.
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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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A "must buy" if you are traveling to Southern Spain,
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This review is from: Where to Watch Birds in Southern and Western Spain: Andalucia, Extremadura and Gibraltar (Paperback)
The reprint and update of this excellent book has been long awaited. I have birded in this region of Spain many times and yet I still have much to learn, Garcia and Paterson are the experts. Where else in Europe can you see five species of swift in one day? Did you know that Ruppel's Griffon Vulture is now regular in part of the region? New sites have been added and access details thoroughly updated. A "must buy" if you are traveling to Southern or Western Spain.
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Where to Watch Birds - Southern & Western Spain,
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This review is from: Where to Watch Birds in Southern and Western Spain: Andalucia, Extremadura and Gibraltar (Paperback)
This book first appeared in 1994 as Where to Watch Birds in Southern Spain and was renamed as the current title in 2001. This latest version has been revised and improved - and enlarged.
More Brits travel to Spain than to any other destination in the world, and a large number of these head to the area covered by this book. Despite the huge tourism infrastructure that accommodates all of these tourists there are still many birds to be seen in Andalucia and Extremadura, while Gibraltar offers the opportunity to experience visible migration if you time your visit carefully. Nowhere else in Europe can you find Red-knobbed Coot, White-rumped Swift, Little Swift or Trumpeter Finch. This new edition includes nine completely new major sites, as well as an expanded treatment of many of the original locations which introduces more than 30 new sub-sites. The authors have also provided information which will be helpful to visitors with disabilities. Over 200 sites are featured in total and the maps for each location have been updated and improved. Another extra is a complete annotated list of birds to be found in the region, whereas as past versions simply listed the rarities. A number of interesting changes have taken place since the first edition of this book appeared. The population of White Storks has grown rapidly and now many of them are resident in this region, not bothering to migrate to Africa. This is also the case with Black Storks and Booted Eagles. Meanwhile raptor enthusiasts will be pleased to hear that local populations are higher now than at any time since the first edition of this book. Spectacular increases have recently occurred in the Griffon Vulture colonies and Black Vultures have increased too. Efforts to reintroduce the Lammergeier at Cazorla (included in this book) have been largely successful and although numbers in the Coto Donana remain low, the Spanish Imperial Eagle is increasing elsewhere. However at the same time Red Kites and Egyptian Vultures are declining fast - probably due to poison baits. Another change noted by the authors is the arrival of small numbers of Great White Egrets and Rüppell's Vultures, both of which used to be vagrants. The latter still presents plenty of identification challenges, but birds that have arrived from Morocco seem to see little reason to go home! So there is a reasonable chance that you'll be heading to this area for a holiday soon. In the past that might only have been something you would have considered for the summer, but with the changes described above this region now provides a greater range of birding opportunities throughout the year. It has never been easier to fly to Spain from local airports, and if you are measuring your carbon footprint, you can always use the high speed train services that run to cities such as Madrid and Seville.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Birding in Andalucia,
By RH - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Where to Watch Birds in Southern and Western Spain: Andalucia, Extremadura and Gibraltar (Paperback)
Birding in Europe? Why travel across a continent when many of the European species migrate through a tiny corner of Andalucía twice each year, Consider ordering this excellent site guide to the southern coast of Spain. The Gibralter Migres is irresistible to birders. Using this book as your primary birding site guide, a birder might theoretically be able to find up to 200 European and African species in a week without traveling more than about 70 miles from the Jerez airport.
From Southern Spain (Tarifa)you can see the rugged Atlas Mountains in Africa about nine miles across the Strait of Gibralter. The 40 minute ferry to Tangiers offers an opportunity for African birding. This ferry to also offers two short pelagic trips across the Strait of Gibralter. Tens of thousands of pelagic birds seasonally transit this area, in and out of the Mediterranean. Pelagic species are also commonly observed from strategic points (like the Tarifa seawall and Trafalger) that are described in this book. I only wish that this book also covered nearby Morocco. Note that there are both a 2001 and a 2004 edition on the market, I have not seen the newer edition. |
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