On our Walking and Cycling Holidays you pass through the Aiguamolls Natural Park, dotted with hides. At any time of the year you are likely to spot birds such as ibis, herons, tufted ducks, pochards, snipes, redshanks, marsh harriers and sandpipers, but if you are lucky you can make some exciting sightings during the spring and autumn migrations: grey herons, golden plovers, flamingos, black storks and spoonbills.
Martin Meads and Rachel Unwin have recently completed our 7 night self guided walking holiday and as keen bird watchers they have compiled a list of birds they spotted on route.
Thank you Martin and Rachel for taking the time to compile a list of the birds you spotted.
| Hirundo rustica | Barn Swallow |
| Limosa lapponica | Bar-tailed Godwit |
| Phoenicurus ochruros | Black Redstart |
| Pica pica | Black-billed Magpie |
| Sylvia atricapilla | Blackcap |
| Oenanthe hispanica | Black-eared Wheatear |
| Limosa limosa | Black-tailed Godwit |
| Himantopus himantopus | Black-winged Stilt |
| Monticola solitarius | Blue Rock-Thrush |
| Parus caeruleus | Blue Tit |
| Hieraaetus fasciatus | Bonelli’s Eagle |
| Hieraaetus pennatus | Booted Eagle |
| Corvus corone | Carrion Crow |
| Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret |
| Cettia cetti | Cetti’s Warbler |
| Emberiza cirlus | Cirl Bunting |
| Parus ater | Coal Tit |
| Glareola pratincola | Collared Pratincole |
| Phylloscopus collybita | Common Chiffchaff |
| Fulica atra | Common Coot |
| Falco tinnunculus | Common Kestrel |
| Alcedo atthis | Common Kingfisher |
| Gavia immer | Common Loon |
| Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen |
| Luscinia megarhynchos | Common Nightingale |
| Phasianus colchicus | Common Pheasant |
| Aythya ferina | Common Pochard |
| Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Common Redstart |
| Tringa hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper |
| Tadorna tadorna | Common Shelduck |
| Sturnus vulgaris | Common Starling |
| Saxicola torquata | Common Stonechat |
| Apus apus | Common Swift |
| Anas crecca | Common Teal |
| Sylvia communis | Common Whitethroat |
| Columba palumbus | Common Wood-Pigeon |
| Miliaria calandra | Corn Bunting |
| Calonectris diomedea | Cory’s Shearwater |
| Galerida cristata | Crested Lark |
| Parus cristatus | Crested Tit |
| Alopochen aegyptiacus | Egyptian Goose |
| Streptopelia decaocto | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
| Picus viridis | Eurasian Green Woodpecker |
| Upupa epops | Eurasian Hoopoe |
| Corvus monedula | Eurasian Jackdaw |
| Garrulus glandarius | Eurasian Jay |
| Carduelis cannabina | Eurasian Linnet |
| Alauda arvensis | Eurasian Skylark |
| Merops apiaster | European Bee-eater |
| Carduelis carduelis | European Goldfinch |
| Carduelis chloris | European Greenfinch |
| Pernis apivorus | European Honey-buzzard |
| Ficedula hypoleuca | European Pied Flycatcher |
| Erithacus rubecula | European Robin |
| Serinus serinus | European Serin |
| Anas querquedula | Garganey |
| Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy Ibis |
| Aquila chrysaetos | Golden Eagle |
| Phalacrocorax carbo | Great Cormorant |
| Podiceps cristatus | Great Crested Grebe |
| Parus major | Great Tit |
| Ardea cinerea | Grey Heron |
| Larus argentatus | Herring Gull |
| Passer domesticus | House Sparrow |
| Hippolais icterina | Icterine Warbler |
| Charadrius alexandrinus | Kentish Plover |
| Egretta garzetta | Little Egret |
| Tachybaptus ruficollis | Little Grebe |
| Aegithalos caudatus | Long-tailed Tit |
| Anas platyrhynchos | Mallard |
| Circus pygargus | Montagu’s Harrier |
| Circus cyaneus | Northern Harrier |
| Delichon urbica | Northern House-Martin |
| Vanellus vanellus | Northern Lapwing |
| Anas clypeata | Northern Shoveler |
| Oenanthe oenanthe | Northern Wheatear |
| Apus pallidus | Pallid Swift |
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon |
| Recurvirostra avosetta | Pied Avocet |
| Ardea purpurea | Purple Heron |
| Alectoris rufa | Red-legged Partridge |
| Larus delawarensis | Ring-billed Gull |
| Emberiza cia | Rock Bunting |
| Columba livia | Rock Pigeon |
| Psittacula krameri | Rose-ringed Parakeet |
| Monticola saxatilis | Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush |
| Riparia riparia | Sand Martin |
| Sylvia melanocephala | Sardinian Warbler |
| Certhia brachydactyla | Short-toed Tree-Creeper |
| Sturnus unicolor | Spotless Starling |
| Tringa erythropus | Spotted Redshank |
| Sylvia cantillans | Subalpine Warbler |
| Circus aeruginosus | Western Marsh-Harrier |
| Ciconia ciconia | White Stork |
| Motacilla alba | White Wagtail |
| Larus cachinnans | Yellow-legged Gull |
| Cisticola juncidis | Zitting Cisticola |




