These are some of the bird species we can enjoy here in November: Red-legged Partridge, Griffon Vulture, Golden Eagle, Bonelli’s Eagle, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Little Owl, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Woodlark, Crag Martin, Meadow Pipit, White Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Black Redstart, Black Wheatear, Stonechat, Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Ring Ouzel, Blue Rock Thrush, Blackcap, Sardinian Warbler, Chiffchaff, Firecrest, Wren, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Nuthatch, Short-toed Treecreeper, Jay, Chough, Raven, Spotless Starling, House Sparrow, Rock Sparrow, Chiffchaff, Linnet, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Siskin, Serin, Cirl Bunting, Corn Bunting and Rock Bunting.
Itinerary
The Llanos (plains) de Libar path goes from Montejaque to the Cortijo (farmhouse) de Libar, to the west of the Serrania de Ronda District, across some beautiful dolines (typical karst formation consisting on a more or less wide flat depression surrounded by hills in which a very fertile soil allows the development of agriculture and livestock farming) and very mature holm and Portuguese oaks “dehesas” (pastures in open forests), between the jagged limestone mountains of the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park.
Despite this site is always worth a visit at any time of year, November witnesses the arrival of thrushes coming from the north of Europe to feed from the abundant berries of hawthornes and dog roses.
Birds that can be seen
- African stonechat
- Black redstart
- Black wheatear
- Blue rock thrush
- Bonelli's eagle
- Cirl bunting
- Common blackbird
- Common chaffinch
- Common chiffchaff
- Common firecrest
- Common kestrel
- Common linnet
- Common raven
- Corn bunting
- Dunnock
- Eurasian blackcap
- Eurasian blue tit
- Eurasian crag-martin
- Eurasian jay
- Eurasian nuthatch
- Eurasian siskin
- Eurasian sparrowhawk
- European goldfinch
- European green woodpecker
- European greenfinch
- European robin
- European serin
- Golden eagle
- Great spotted woodpecker
- Great tit
- Griffon vulture
- House sparrow
- Little owl
- Meadow pipit
- Mistle thrush
- Peregrine falcon
- Red-billed chough
- Red-legged partridge
- Redwing
- Ring ouzel
- Rock bunting
- Rock sparrow
- Sardinian warbler
- Short-toed treecreeper
- Song thrush
- Spotless starling
- White wagtail
- Woodlark
- Wren