This book covers the best birding sites in Andalucia, east of Gibraltar, including the mountains around Ronda and Granada, the plains around Lantejuela and Tabernas, wetlands and hills around Campillos, the lynx hotspot near Andujar and sites along the coast from Malaga to the Cabo de Gata. As ever, it describes exactly where to find the best birds including Red-knobbed Coot, Alpine Accentor, Spanish Imperial Eagle, White-rumped Swift, Great and Little Bustard, Audouin’s Gull and many more
Note: My original Finding Birds in Andalucia book has been re-written as two books: this one and Finding Birds in Western Andalucia
Dave Gosney writes:
‘When I revisited Andalucia in 2024, to update my 2009 book on the area, I was shocked to find that many species had become much more difficult to find, including shrikes, wheatears, redstarts, larks, bustards, pipits, buntings, sparrows, woodpeckers, harriers and, especially, Sylvia warblers. If you visit this area hoping to see these species you need to be aware that there are many former sites where they have either disappeared or become much more scarce. This book describes where I was still able to find them in 2024 as well as other difficult species such as Egyptian Vulture, Red-knobbed Coot, Marbled Duck, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Bonelli’s Eagle, Alpine Accentor and White-rumped Swift to give you the best possible chance of finding all the best birds of the area’,
Sites covered:
Ronda area including the Puerto de Las Palomas, Gargante Verde, Jorox Gorge
Laguna de Fuente de la Piedra including Laguna Dulce and Teba Gorge
Lagunas de Espera
Via Verde near Coripe including Peñon de Zaframagon
La Lantejuela
Laguna de Zoñar and Laguna de Rincon
Almeria including Cabo de Gata, Campos de Nijar, Desierto de Tabernas, Rambla Morales, Cañada de Las Norias, Las Almoladeras
Compared to other publications covering the same area, this one:
• Provides the most useful maps - so you can easily find your way to the best bits of wetland, hillside or grasslands
• Includes GPS co-ordinates to help you find the right turnings, parking spaces or viewing points
• Highlights the best areas only - and summarises the key attraction in the first paragraph so you can easily decide whether to read on or bother to visit the site
• Has a map on the inside cover which serves as an index so you can easily find any site in the book
• Is light, portable and inexpensive
