Field photography trip to the wetlands of Alicante
I recently provided a bespoke trip for Tony, a client who lives in the Alicante region and wanted to discover a few places where he can visit to photograph birds in the field. As we only had one day, we decided to focus on wetland sites, visiting four hides throughout the area. After a morning coffee and a chat about his priorities etc, we made the short journey to the first hide which overlooked a large lagoon. We saw Reed Warbler and Cetti’s Warbler in the reeds, as well as Black-necked Grebe, White Headed Duck and Marsh Harrier. Black-necked Grebe (non-breeding plumage) Tony having got some nice shots, we enjoyed a short walk to the next hide which was also built over water. The morning mist was beginning to clear by now and we were able to get closer views of Marsh Harrier and Greater Flamingo. The view from the hide, across one of Alicante’s many wetland reserves to the mountains of the interior As the priority was that of showing Tony a few “new” places, we returned to the car and headed to another hide closer to the coast,…