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A juvenile Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus) was located from one of the hides in Aiguamolls de l’Empordà Natural Park in the 13th December, 2014. This Natural Park (1 hour Norh of Barcelona by car) holds a large number of waterfowls all year…

Since 20 years ago to see White Storks wintering in the whole of Spain has become a commonview. They feed on wetlands, open fields and rivers but also, and many times mostly, in trash centres. Here they feed on a variety of items with a big short te…

Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) is, by far, the commonest Siberian bird visiting West Europe. Within the last two decades an average of over 100 of them have been seen every autumn in both the UK and France. In fact, this species is n…

DATES: 4th to 11th, May 2014 NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 7 costumers (Check Republic) + 2 guides (Carles Oliver & Frantisek Pochmon) SPECIES OF BIRDS: 196 Our 2014 Catalonia & Aragon Grand Tour issue enjoyed a really good weather and a really wo…

Sandgrouses are sometimes defined «desert Partridges». However, the enigmatic Pterocles genus is much more than Partridges. All Sandgrouses present incredible specific morphological adaptations to survive in adverse, dry countryside. The most famous…

In late February, 2014, Barcelona Birding Point set up a three days long tour to explore the Gallocanta lagoon, at SouthWest of Aragón. The tour reported unforgettable sights on Cranes and a short visit to Los Monegros allowed us to add to our list…