Tuesday 25 April to Tuesday 5th May Tarifa Spain
I can't believe we have been back in the UK over a week already. Here is a small gallery of photos from our trip. I am hoping to post a trip report before we go the Pyrenees on the 28th of this month.
White Stork arriving from Africa
More Stork
Egyptian Vulture
Short-toed Eagle
Northern Bald Ibis
and with a chick
Northern Bald Ibis
.......... and again
.............. and just one more.
3 Northern Bald Ibis nests on one ledge
Most of the nests we saw had chicks
Cattle Egret
Cattle Egret
Corn Bunting
Tawny Owl Chick taken at 10 O'clock with no camera flash.
Two chicks were being fed by the adults in the trees around our cabin every night.
Tawny Owl
It wasn't all birding - we were lucky enough to see Pilot Whales in the Straits of Gibraltar.
We enjoyed a 2hr early evening trip at sea, the highlight of which had to be a Sperm Whale sighting. Unfortunately no photo, as along with the other 30 or so passengers on the boat, we were too busy tripping over our dropped jaws ! A fantastic sight.
Pilot Whale
Striped Dolphin
We couldn't resist a visit to Gibraltar
Grooming time
Sleep time ...... Arrrgghh
Griffon Vultures arriving from Africa
Iberian Black Pig - very tasty
Nightingales were abundant at every site we visited
Part of a committee of Griffon Vultures (approx. 170).
As we watched them feeding on 5 dead sheep we were all agreed that the
stench was well worth the views we had of these impressive birds.
Fed, full up and flat out !
