These are some of the species we can find during our trip: Short-toed Eagle, Booted Eagle, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Goshawk, Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Wood Pigeon, Tawny Owl, Scops Owl, Red-necked Nightjar, Swift, Pallid Swift, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Woodlark, Red-rumped Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Robin, Nightingale, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Blackcap, Sardinian Warbler, Western Bonelli’s Warbler, Firecrest, Wren, Spotted Flycatcher, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Crested Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch, Short-toed Treecreeper, Jay, Spotless Starling, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Serin, Hawfinch, Common Crossbil, Cirl Bunting and Rock Bunting.
Itinerary
The Montes de Malaga nature reserve, located north of the city of Malaga, belongs to the Andalusian Network of Protected Natural Sites with Natural Park status. Most of its extension is covered by an Aleppo Pine reforestation though we can still find some stands of native trees like Holm Oak and Strawberry Tree as well as Mediterranean scrub and the remains of olive groves and orchards around old farmhouses.
The shaded trails at Montes de Malaga provide the bird watcher with a great opportunity to go out in search for one of the most diverse set of forest birds in Malaga province when the heat goes up.
Birds that can be seen
- Booted eagle
- Cirl bunting
- Coal tit
- Common blackbird
- Common buzzard
- Common chaffinch
- Common crossbill
- Common firecrest
- Common kestrel
- Common nightingale
- Common swift
- Common wood pigeon
- Eurasian blackcap
- Eurasian blue tit
- Eurasian jay
- Eurasian nuthatch
- Eurasian scops owl
- Eurasian sparrowhawk
- European crested tit
- European goldfinch
- European green woodpecker
- European greenfinch
- European robin
- European serin
- Great spotted woodpecker
- Great tit
- Grey wagtail
- Hawfinch
- Long-tailed tit
- Mistle thrush
- Northern goshawk
- Pallid swift
- Peregrine falcon
- Red-necked nightjar
- Red-rumped swallow
- Rock bunting
- Sardinian warbler
- Short-toed snake eagle
- Short-toed treecreeper
- Spotless starling
- Spotted flycatcher
- Tawny owl
- Western bonelli's warbler
- Woodlark
- Wren