Live bursts in this forest in April when Serins, Greenfinches, Blackcaps, Cetti’s Warblers and Nightingales perform a chorus of extraordinary powerful and sophisticated songs.
Some of the birds we will find here are Mallard, Gadwall, Short-toed Eagle, Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Moorhen, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Turtle Dove, Cuckoo, Hoopoe, Bee-eater, Wryneck, Crested Lark, Barn Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow, House Martin, Grey Wagtail, Robin, Nightingale, Blackbird, Blackcap, Sardinian Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Cetti’s Warbler, Wren, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Penduline Tit, Short-toed Treecreeper, Azure-winged Magpie, Jackdaw, Raven, Spotless Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Serin, Corn Bunting and Common Waxbill.
Itinerary
The Genil River makes up the border of Malaga with Cordoba province between Cuevas de San Marcos and Cuevas Bajas in the Northeast District of Malaga. The lush vegetation alongside the banks is one of the last samples of native river forest mainly composed of poplars, ashes and elms.
Birds that can be seen
- Azure-winged magpie
- Barn swallow
- Cetti's warbler
- Common blackbird
- Common buzzard
- Common chaffinch
- Common cuckoo
- Common house martin
- Common kestrel
- Common moorhen
- Common nightingale
- Common raven
- Common waxbill
- Common wood pigeon
- Corn bunting
- Crested lark
- Eurasian blackcap
- Eurasian blue tit
- Eurasian collared dove
- Eurasian hoopoe
- Eurasian penduline tit
- Eurasian sparrowhawk
- Eurasian wryneck
- European bee-eater
- European goldfinch
- European greenfinch
- European robin
- European serin
- European turtle dove
- Gadwall
- Great tit
- Grey wagtail
- House sparrow
- Mallard
- Red-rumped swallow
- Sardinian warbler
- Short-toed snake eagle
- Short-toed treecreeper
- Spotless starling
- Western marsh harrier
- Wren
- Zitting cisticola