Trip Reports

The month of April continued to be very busy, with high demand for trips to the wetlands.  The Valencia region boasts a vast network of coastal wetland sites which not only serve as breeding grounds but are located right on a major migration flyway so in Spring and Autumn can make for some very interesting trips. Today I was delighted to provide such a trip – spring birding at the wetlands with clients from Canada.  Blair and Anne had originally booked this trip but a little later Anne´s brother and his wife arranged to join them in Valencia so elected…

In early April I spent a great day birding at the wetlands with clients from the USA.  Laura and Brad, from Arizona were on a tour of Spain and had built in a stay in Valencia that included a day of birding with us. As it was their first time in the region, I was eager to show them some of the classic species of Valencia.  After a short drive and a morning coffee, we began our walk along the beach.  Early Spring was quite cool by our standards, and the day had begun with a breeze blowing off the…

Thanks to the continuing support of our client base, this Spring has been an exceptionally busy time for us here at Valencia Birding.  Therefore, there are still many trip reports to write which I´m sure will bring back some very happy memories for Yanina and I.  However, here´s a brief report on a multi-day trip that we provided for a returning client who wanted to enjoy some bird photography in early Spring.  Stephen has been on many trips with us so knows the area well.  This time he wanted a combination of field and hide photography. The highlights of the…

In late March we enjoyed spending three days with Caroline and Lorna from England.  We´d met at Rutland Bird Fair the previous year and discussed how we could design a birding and cultural break in Valencia.  Having exchanged a few emails, we decided upon a week´s package with 3 full days of birding and 4 free days to explore this beautiful city. In order to maximise diversity, we opted for a day on the steppe, a day at the wetlands and a trip to the mountains.  Their first day of birding was with Yanina who took them up onto the…

I was delighted when we received an email from Stephen and Pennie to say that they were returning to Valencia and wanted another day out with us.  We´d previously enjoyed two trips to Albufera de Valencia, during which we´d discussed the bird life of the mountains, especially during Spring.  Stephen is a well travelled bird photographer whilst Pennie enjoys bird watching very much, so we arranged a day of birding and photography in the mountains of Valencia. After a pleasant journey from the city into the highland interior of the region, we stopped briefly for a coffee in a village…

We recently provided 3 days of guided birding for a couple of clients from Leeds.  Alli and Anne were not only lovely people but very experienced and well travelled naturalists.  For this trip they wanted to combine birding with a cultural break in Valencia.  We´d designed the birding element of their trip so that after they´d enjoyed the famous Fallas fiestas, they could recover from the party atmosphere in Valencia by spending some peaceful days birding in its rural surroundings! It was indeed a pleasure to meet mother and daughter Alli and Anne and to spend time with them.  On…