Het is geen verrassing dat Nederlandse natuurliefhebbers, met name vogelaars, naar Spanje zullen worden aangetrokken als vakantiebestemming. Het heeft een zeer gevarieerde selectie van habitats die zich uitstrekken van de wetlands aan de kust tot de beboste toppen van de Pyreneeën. Spanje heeft uiteenlopende weersystemen …
Bird Conservation Stories from Spain Flying High
Not many years ago, bird conservation in Spain was in its infancy and some of the country’s iconic species were declining dramatically to the point, almost, of extinction. That situation has happily changed, as Niki Williamson of Andalucian wildlife tour company, Inglorious Bustards, reveals. It’s …
Spanish Vulture: Finding Vultures in Spain
You may not associate Spain with that family group of scavengers that circle the skies above a body in innumerable Western movies or deal with a cow carcass in rural India. But these days, thanks to careful conservation, finding Spanish vultures is just a matter …
Why Spain is One of the Best Countries in Europe for Wildlife Holidays
For wildlife travelers from the United States, a wildlife holiday in Spain offers a wide range of interesting habitats and an equally fascinating array of species, all neatly contained in an area just slightly smaller than Texas. Spain encompasses a diverse topography and an assortment …
Spanish Ecotourism Tour Operators Setting Standards for Wildlife Tourism
Whether it’s bio-abundance, biodiversity or you’ve got a specific target species in mind, Spain is a top ecotourism destination in Europe. From visible migration and raptor watch to brown bears in the Catalan and Iberian lynx in Andalucia, Spain not only boasts some of the …
Extremadura Birding: Choosing the Best Time for Birding Holidays in Extremadura
Choosing the Best Time for an Extremadura Birding Holiday In the heart of Spain there’s a lesser-known region that should be high on any keen nature lover’s list. Twice the size of Wales (at 16,075 square miles) but with a population of just 1.1 million …
Iberian lynx Conservation – European Success Story
The Iberian lynx is one a European conservation success story, with numbers of the rarest species of cat in the world, now also in the wild up more than five-fold in just 15 years. The most recent figures, from the 2017 census, show that there …
Must See Wild Animals in Spain
One of the very best places in Europe to see big, spectacular and rare wild animals is Spain – especially birds and mammals. These range from easily visible species, such as bee-eaters, hoopoes and griffon vultures, which can be seen at the right time of …
Spain’s Bird Watching Gems
We let you into the secret to some of the best places to watch birds in Spain. While Spain is renowned for possessing some of Europe’s (in fact, the world’s) greatest bird watching opportunities, it also has plenty of hidden gems, to be enjoyed by …
Brown Bear Conservation in Cantabrian
From ‘dangerous killers’ to the most admired animal on the mountainside; how the Cantabrian brown bear is finding a new place in a modern world. If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise. Deep in the Cantabrian Mountains in …
