Description

This book, updated in 2025, tells you exactly where you can see 5 species of eagle, both bustards, both sandgrouse, 3 species of vulture and also trickier species such Rock Thrush, Bluethroat, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Penduline Tit, Citril Finch, Spectacled Warbler and White-rumped Swift. It covers all the most popular birding areas of Extremadura as well as the nearby Sierra de Gredos.

Dave Gosney writes:

«A couple of years ago, some friends visited Extremadura using my 2013 book and suggested that so much has changed that I should rewrite it. So I went back in 2025 and discovered that even ‘easy’ species such as bustards and Montagu’s Harriers have now become tricky. So this new edition gives details of where they can still be found, as well as exactly where to look for birds such as Rufous Bush-robin, Black Wheatear, White-rumped Swift, Citril Finch, Penduline Tit, Rock Thrush, Bluethroat and all the other species highlighted in the first book»

Steder som dekkes:
Trujillo – find out the best place to view the Lesser Kestrels and to watch storks, Pallid Swifts, Crag Martins etc
Belen – a popular place for viewing bustards and sandgrouse
Trujillo plains – includes specific sites for looking for Pin-tailed and Black-bellied Sandgrouse, great and Little Bustard, Bonelli’s Eagle, Montagu’s Harrier and Bee-eaters
Caceres plains – where to look for bustards, sandgrouse, Roller, Alpine Swift, Black-shouldered Kite, Purple Swamphen, Rock Bunting and Rock Sparrow
Monfrague – includes great spots for seeing Spanish Imperial Eagle, Bonelli’s Eagle, Azure-winged Magpie, Eagle Owl, Black Stork and all 3 vultures
Las Villuercas – fantastic for eagles, with sites for Black Wheatear too
Saucedilla (Arrocampo) – a terrific wetland for Little Bittern, Purple Swamphen, Savi’s Warbler and several herons plus Black-shouldered Kite in winter and Great Spotted Cuckoo in summer
Valdesalor – a great place for getting close to bustards
Sierra de San Pedro – higher densities of Spanish Imperial Eagle and Black Vulture than Monfrague with sites for Bonelli’s Eagle, Black Wheatear, Lesser Kestrel and Eagle Owl
La Serena – greater numbers of bustards and sandgrouse than any other site in Europe. Black Wheatear and Cranes too.
Vegas Altas (including Madrigalejo and Moheda Alta) – in winter, thousands of cranes, dozens of harriers, vast flocks of wildfowl, easy Great Bustards, Stone Curlews and Black-shouldered Kites plus passage wader flocks and the easiest place in Europe to see Red Avadavat
Campo Lugar and Sierra Brava – thousands of wildfowl on the reservoir in winter, pratincoles and Gull-billed Terns in summer and bustards and sandgrouse on the plains all year
Around Plasencia – sites for 4 species of woodpecker, Hawfinch, Bonelli’s Warbler and Rufous Bush Chat
Sierra de Gredos – just outside Extremadura but worth an excursion to look for Citril Finch, Rock Thrush, Alpine Accentor, Water Pipit and no-spotted Bluethroat
Sierra de Bejar – similar birds to the Sierra de Gredos but with less walking