Bird watching in Eastern Spain 2016

Birds of Eastern Spain.

Accompanied birding holiday 7 nights
from Saturday  30th April 2016 

THE REGION

The landscape around Quatretondeta is dominated by limestone mountains, hills, gorges and valleys. Much of these have been terraced mainly for growing olives, almonds, cherries and peaches, which provide the main source of income for the landowners. The more inaccessible places have been left ‘unimproved’ and are a refuge for flora and fauna. Here there are Mediterranean pines and oak, shrubs and bushes: with a stunning variety of herbs. Birds make use of the orchards for nesting including, Nightingale, Wryneck, Great Tit and Crested Tit among many. There are no sheep or goat farms and therefore the indigenous plants are not cropped out of existence. Close by are the wetlands of the Albufera near Valencia which provide one of the 3 most important bird populations found in Spain, along with the Donoña National Park and Ebro delta.

  

                      

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THE HOLIDAY
The holiday will be accompanied by a bird experts, Mike and Jackie Pointon, with an excellent knowledge of the birds of the region. It is a holiday suited to both committed birders and to beginners, as you will always have someone on hand to help with identification. The aim is to visit a wide variety of the habitats available here. Visits will be to wooded and open farm land close to running streams, a visit to the Canyetes project at Alcoy with timeto observe an important colony of Griffon Vultures at close quarters, and to watch them and other raptors in flight over the dramatic Barranco del Sinc gorge. The Barranco Encantada will be visited, a favoured spot for Bonelli’s eagles and the reed beds where the gorge spills out into the River Serpis. Golden eagles will feature, we are lucky enough to have 19 breeding pairs in these mountains. We will also a day in the high mountains where many raptors, choughs and Ravens abound. Finally a full day will be spent in the Albufera at Valencia. The day will be split into morning boat trip in to the lagoons and reed beds of the Albufera followed by time at a hide in one of the breeding areas. after a paella lunch we will have time to explore the canals and rice paddies.. You can check out the impressive bird list provided by Brett Westwood of the BBC taken from a previous holiday.

We are currently putting together a page for our web site for our bird holidays along with all te bird lists from previous holidays.

 The holiday is a full board holiday and includes all meals. These consist of breakfast, packed lunch or bar lunch (Albufera, Valencia), evening meals including wine; 7 nights’ accommodation in our comfortable cottages in the mountain village of Quatretondeta, airport transfers from/to Alicante and all local transfers. Also included are  fees for the 2 hour boat trip at the Albufera at Valencia.

This holiday is limited to a maximum of 8 people and there are no single supplements. The holiday represents exceptionally good value and is priced at

895 Euros or 690 Pounds per person     

To book this holiday a deposit of 100 Euros or Pounds in payable with the balance payable 60 days prior to the holiday date. Alicante airport is the start point for this holiday. Flights to and from Alicante are not included. Low cost flights are available from most UK airports on carriers such as Easyjet, Flybe, Ryanair, Monarch, Jet2 and BA
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