These are some of the birds we can find here in December: Red-legged Partridge, Booted Eagle, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Wood Pigeon, Thekla Lark, Crag Martin, Meadow Pipit, Dunnock, Robin, Black Redstart, Black Wheatear, Stonechat, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Blue Rock Thrush, Blackcap, Sardinian Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Raven, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Serin and Rock Bunting.
Itinerary
The Monte San Anton is a 495 metres above sea level high hill dominating El Palo district, at the east end of the city of Malaga. Its south face is still part of the city though a big cliff separates the housing developments from the slopes towards Jaboneros Stream to the west.
These slopes are a botanical heaven, showing a fantastic set of species included in the “termomediterranean” (type of weather where temperatures do not usually fall below zero degrees centigrades in winter but are very high in summer, producing a strong water stress in the vegetation) scrubland, and some Mediterranean endemics like the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) or the dwarf fan palm (Chamaerops humilis). The sweet Mediterranean winter is a perfect time to come and enjoy this handy natural gem.
Birds that can be seen
- African stonechat
- Black redstart
- Black wheatear
- Booted eagle
- Common blackbird
- Common buzzard
- Common chaffinch
- Common chiffchaff
- Common kestrel
- Common raven
- Common wood pigeon
- Dartford warbler
- Dunnock
- Eurasian blackcap
- Eurasian crag-martin
- Eurasian sparrowhawk
- European greenfinch
- European robin
- European serin
- Great tit
- Meadow pipit
- Peregrine falcon
- Red-legged partridge
- Rock bunting
- Sardinian warbler
- Song thrush
- Thekla lark
