Extremadura, Monfrague and Sierra de Gredos - Spain
A selection of images from two visits in March 2009 and April 2012
Dawn Monfrague National Park March 2009
Iberian Azure-winged Magpie
Iberian Azure-winged Magpie
Iberian Azure-winged Magpie
Iberian Azure-winged Magpie
Iberian Azure-winged Magpie
Iberian Azure-winged Magpie
Iberian Azure-winged Magpie
Iberian Azure-winged Magpie
Iberian Azure-winged Magpie
Iberian Azure-winged Magpie
Iberian Azure-winged Magpie
Iberian Azure-winged Magpie
Iberian Azure-winged Magpie
Black Kite
Black Kite
Black Stork
Black Stork
Black Vulture
Black Vulture
Black Vulture
Black Vulture
Black Vulture
Black Vulture
Black Vulture
Black Vulture
Black Vulture
Black Vulture
Bonelli's Eagle pair
Bonelli's Eagle pair
Black Kite
Black Kite
Black Kite
Black Kite
Black Kite
Black Kite
Common Buzzard
Short-toed Eagle
Calandra Larks over the Steppes
in early spring the sight and sound of hundreds of singing Calandra’s is one of the memorable experiences of visiting the steppes
Cormorants
Corn Bunting
Crag Martins
Crag Martins
Crag Martins
Crag Martins
Crag Martins
Crag Martins
Crag Martins
Crested Lark
Egyptian Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Hen Harrier male
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Gull-billed Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Crag Martin
Crag Martin
Crag Martin
Egyptian Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Short-toed Eagle
Short-toed Eagle
Short-toed Eagle
Short-toed Eagle
Great Bustards on the Steppes around Trujillo
One of the iconic but declining and vulnerable species threatened by all the typical man induced features of climate change, habitat change and changes in pastoral farming plus increasing human disturbance;
Griffon Vultures
Major concentrations occur in Monfrague National Park which is the best place to get close up photos
Lesser Kestrels
In early March 2009 we spent periods of three days photographing this Lesser Kestrel colony in superb light with clear air forming the perfect conditions. The birds were still setting up breeding territories and fighting over nest sites and hence there was a lot of action and the birds were remarkably tame; all the images are hand held and with no hides we were just stood around the colony with people walking nearby an idyllic photographic session.
Iberina Grey Shrike
Iberian Grey Shrike
Iberian Grey Shrike
Iberian Grey Shrike
Iberian Grey Shrike
Iberian Grey Shrike
Iberian Grey Shrike
Iberian Grey Shrike
Iberian Grey Shrike
Little Bustard
Little Bustard
Little Bustard
Little Bustard
Little Bustard
Little Bustard
Little Bustard
Little Bustard
Little Bustard
Little Bustard
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Roller
Roller
Roller
Roller
Stone-curlew
Thekla Lark
Thekla Lark
Thekla Lark
Thekla Lark
Thekla Lark
Thekla Lark
Thekla Lark
Thekla Lark
Thekla Lark
Thekla Lark
Spanish Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Montagu’s Harriers
Another of the iconic and special species of the steppes
Alpine Swift
Alpine Swift
Western Subalpine Warbler
Iberian Chiffchaff
Iberian Chiffchaff
Iberian Chiffchaff
Western Black-eared Wheatear
Western Black-eared Wheatear
Western Black-eared Wheatear
Cirl Bunting
Cirl Bunting
Cirl Bunting
Hoopoe
Red-rumped Swallow
Rock Bunting
Rock Bunting
Rock Bunting
Rock Bunting
Rock Bunting
Rock Bunting
Rock Bunting
Rock Bunting
Rock Bunting
Serin
Serin
Spotless Starling
Spotless Starling
Spotless Starling
Spotless Starling
Spotless Starling
White Stork
White Stork
White Stork
White Stork
White Stork
White Stork
White Stork
White Stork
White Stork
White Stork
White Stork
White Stork
White Stork
White Stork
White Stork
White Stork
White Stork
Viperine Snake Monfrague
Spanish Imperial Eagle at the Tietar cliff Monfrague
Sierra de Gredos
Black Redstart
Black Redstart
Black Redstart
Black Redstart
Black Redstart
Black Redstart
Common Crossbill
Common Crossbill
Common Crossbill
Crested Tit
Iberian Ibex
Iberian Ibex
Iberian Ibex
Iberian Ibex
Serin
Short-toed Treecreeper
Short-toed Treecreeper
Short-toed Treecreeper
Provencal plume moth
Citril Finch
Citril Finch
Citril Finch
Citril Finch juvenile
Citril Finch juvenile
Citril Finch juvenile
Nuthatch
Nuthatch
Water Pipit
Bluethroat of the local race old digi-scoped image
Bluethroat of the local race old digi-scoped image