Some of the birds we could find during our trip are Red-legged Partridge, Quail, Marsh Harrier, Montagu’s Harrier, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Lesser Kestrel, Little Bustard, Little Owl, Swift, Pallid Swift, Hoopoe, Crested Lark, Barn Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow, Blackbird, Zitting Cisticola, Woodchat Shrike, Azure-winged Magpie, Raven, Spotless Starling, House Sparrow, Linnet, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Serin and Corn Bunting. If La Herrera and La Sarteneja lakes do have some water, we can also spot waterfowl, waders and seagulls.
Itinerary
We will drive across the Antequera District “campiña” (farmlands) in search for the Little Bustard, a gem of Malaga’s birdlife that strives to survive in the last open fields amongst the expanding olive groves.
Our trip travels around the northeast of the Antequera District, from the heart of a fertile valley to a carpet of olive groves at the border with Cordoba province.
Birds that can be seen
- Azure-winged magpie
- Barn swallow
- Common blackbird
- Common buzzard
- Common kestrel
- Common linnet
- Common quail
- Common raven
- Common swift
- Corn bunting
- Crested lark
- Eurasian hoopoe
- European goldfinch
- European greenfinch
- European serin
- House sparrow
- Lesser kestrel
- Little bustard
- Little owl
- Montagu's harrier
- Pallid swift
- Red-legged partridge
- Red-rumped swallow
- Spotless starling
- Western marsh harrier
- Woodchat shrike
- Zitting cisticola
