Airport : arrival & departure Madrid
Day 1 .- We will meet you on your arrival in Madrid ariport. We will then drive to La Serena in Extremadura for your first contact with the sites. Depending forecast we will decide which will be our first target. Overnight in the area.
Day 2,3,5 .- Early morning breakfast, before dawn everybody will be ready inside its hide. Great Bustard will be displaying so we hope they pass in front of your hide. One of the four hides will be set in the best Little Bustard area. Also you will have chances for Calandra Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Hoopoe and sandgrouse. Just few minutes before dusk we will collect you from the hides and drive to or base. Overnight in the area.
Day 4 .- After breakfast we will go to explore the area near Trujillo where Lesser Kestrel breed in the bull Ring , also we can have chances of White Stork on nest and several raptors including Black Vulture. Overnight in the area.
Day 6.- The journey from Zorita to Madrid will take four hours.
Additional information
Great Bustard & Little Bustard
Hide: There are four hides wooden built. They are spacious and have chairs.
Clothing: Weather in late spring can be rainy, but it is rarely too cold. Please check the weather forecast one or two days before the tour starts.
Equipment: The distance from the hide to the Great Bustards varies from between 20 and 100 metres and the recommended focal lengths are 500 to 800 mm . There are chances of seeing smaller birds in front of the hides.
BONELLI´S & GOLDEN EAGLE
Nov 2010 and Jan 2011/two people // Cost per persone € 1050 .-
Due to the popularity of our photographic tours we have been working hard towards giving you the opportunity to visit us – from as early as next year – to work with four of the most beautiful Iberian eagles, Bonelli's, Golden, Short-toed and Booted.
We have already done half of the work and are pleased to be able to offer you the excitement of working with two of them. For two years now we have been working with Bonelli's and Golden Eagles, studying two territories where both adults develop their daily routines. We know most of their habitats - where they hunt, breed, roost, perch etc., so using this knowledge we have identified two areas where the birds are confident to hunt and feed. This is where we will set up our hides for those of you who would like to enjoy the experience of photographing these magnificent creatures. We are confident that over two days with each species you will have succeeded in capturing some great shots. As we need to leave one day without feeding the eagles we will visit a feeding station for voltures.
Itinerary
Day 1 – We will meet you at Zaragoza Airport and transfer to our base at Boletas.
Days 2, 3, and 5 – Each day will be planned according to the weather conditions. Our main targets will be Golden and Bonelli's Eagles. You will have two full days inside a hide in each territory. There are of course many other interesting birds around and you will also have an opportunity to photograph Egyptian Vulture, Griffon Vulture (both at feeding stations), Black Wheatear, Blue Rock Thrush, White Stork, Red Kite and Black Kite. Overnight at Boletas in Loporzano
Day 4 - One full day in a feedin station where are good chances to photograph Griffon Vulture and Red Kite. Overnight at Boletas in Loporzano
Day 6 – The journey back from Loporzano to Zaragoza will take about an hour and a half.
Airport : arrival & departure Zaragoza (aternatively Barcelona with an extra cost of 100.-£)
Additional information
Golden & Bonelli´s Eagle
Hide: Both hides are made of canvas with natural camouflage. There is a seat in each.
Clothing: Weather in late or early winter is cold in the early morning, but rarely minus zero beyond midday. Please check the weather forecast one or two days before the tour starts.
Equipment: The distance from the hide to the eagles is 50 to 70 metres and the recommended focal lengths are 500 to 800 mm .
Excelent work done by Markus Varesvuo in our first Eagles tour
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Excelent work done by John Hwkins in November
FOUR ALPINE BIRDS
wallcreeper, alpine accentor, snow finch and alpine chough
at your convenience from December to the end of February
Cost per persone € 760.- ( three people)
Alpine birds are difficult to localise in the breeding season due to the terrain they use for breeding. Because of that and the comparatively low numbers of their populations, they have always been at the top of the photographer's agenda.
In winter most of the alpine birds are in flocks, they are little nomadic, but can be localised at lower altitudes. After more than fifteen years of working in the Pyrenees , we are now able to offer you the best photographic opportunities with Wallcreeper, Alpine Accentor, Alpine Chough and Snow Finch.
Wallcreeper is one of the most desired birds for birders and photographers and it is difficult to take good shots of this jewel, either in flight or just creeping along walls or rock faces. We have accumulated a thorough local knowledge about this species, its habits and movements, so much so that we know at least fifteen wintering places near to Boletas, some of which will allow you to approach to within five to ten metres of the birds.
Alpine Accentor, Snow Finch and Alpine Chough form flocks in winter and are quite confident with humans. We know their regular feeding and roosting places at this time of the year and a visit to these areas will surely produce some exciting and fruitful photography work.
We have to plan a 6 day tour with two days for Wallcreepers and two days for the other species. Although we will concentrate our efforts on the alpine birds other birds that can easily be photographed are Red-billed Chough, Lammergeier, Griffon Vulture, Serin, Cirl Bunting and Rock Bunting.
Day 1 .- We will meet you on your arrival in Barcelona ariport. We will then drive to Loprozano our base for the coming days. Time permitting we will visit our first spot for Wallcreeper. Overnight in Boletas.
Day 2,3 .- Two full days concentrated in the search of the Wallcreeper for photography. Not far from Loporzano we will visit the two best places around the Pre-pyrenees and, we will see them for sure but our aim is to put this bird in front of your lens as close as possible , you must do the rest. Overnight in Loporzano.
Day 4,5 .- After breakfast we will drive to the high Pyrenees close to the French border where we will find flocks of Alpine Choughs. Later we will visit different spots where Alpine Accentor and Snow Finch use to feed . Overnight in the High Pyrenees on day 4 and in Boletas on day 5
Day 6.- Drive to Barcelona airport.
Additional information
Alpine birds – Wallcreeper, Snow Finch, Alpine Accentor, Alpine Chough
Hide: This work is done without any hides, but in the best places from where we know it is possible to see these species at the shortest distances.
Clothing: Weather in winter for Wallcreeper and Alpine Accentor can be cold but . Weather in the high Pyrenees for Snow Finch and Alpine Chough can be cold with temperatures rising to as low as minus 6. Please check the weather forecast one or two days before the tour starts.
Equipment: The distance of bathing birds varies between 2 and 10 metres and the recommended focal lengths are 300 to 800 mm .
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For all above PHOTO TOURS our terms include:
Wallcreeper ( Tichodroma muraria) by Gary Wilkinson and Great Bustard (Otis tarda) by
Chris Nights and Dick Forsman after an excellent Lammergeier photo tour in Nov 04 
