Having heard the news in early May that 3 White-backed Vultures with up to 20 Rüppell´s Vultures alongside young returning Griffon Vultures staging at the Jbel Moussa were possibly looking to cross The Straits into Europe, I was intent on finding a White-backed Vulture!
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Magical Migration and Beyond: A #FlywayBirding Experience at The Straits of Gibraltar
Our Spring Migration Tour 2024 was truly exceptional! Incredible #FlywayBirding experiences right here in The Straits! Stuart Gillies delves into the magical migration experiences and beyond… Migrate on over and peek at our 2025 dates! (Spring and Autumn) The place where continents and cultures meet, and millions of birds (especially soaring raptors) converge, compelled byContinue reading “Magical Migration and Beyond: A #FlywayBirding Experience at The Straits of Gibraltar”
Delights from the Eastern Side of Coto Doñana | Birding Tour
Sometimes – albeit rarely! – we do go birding outside The Straits, and one of our favourite areas to take our guests to is the eastern side of Coto Doñana. Only an hour and a half away from The Straits area, it offers some fabulous southern Iberian birding!
Serrania de Ronda 2024
Serrania de Ronda – 1 – 7 February 2024 Leaving the bustling Costa del Sol far behind, we spent the week on a literal avian high, exploring the wide-ranging and varied habitats of the Natural and National Parks of the Serrania de Ronda. It´s always hard to pick the best highlights from such an action-packedContinue reading “Serrania de Ronda 2024”
First White-backed Vulture tagged in Europe – implications for African Vulture conservation
On 3rd December 2021, Fundación Migres ringed and GPS-tagged a White-backed Vulture, a vagrant to Europe and the first one to be ringed and tagged in Europe.
The Final Count(down) 2021
Another season has passed us by, and from 5th May 2021 to 5th December 2021 Fundación Migres has once again been monitoring the passage of migratory birds through here at The Straits of Gibraltar
For our small part we helped with the counts whenever we could for this important programme, which has been running since 1997.
Our Sustainability Journey – The Story So Far!
The ethos behind Inglorious Bustards´ Nature tourism has always been to use travel to bring positive outcomes for biodiversity in the places we visit and beyond. We came to the ecotourism industry from a background in sustainable agriculture, travel and conservation, full of ideas about how the market can be used to drive conservation initiatives, and determined to put these into practice across the East Atlantic Flyway.
The strange case of a Black Kite marked in Tarifa and recovered in Benin, West Africa.
Migratory birds don’t recognise borders, and finding out where they are passing through, and going to and from is vital not only to understand the threats and areas for conservation but also to bring to life the epic story of migration. Flyway-scale conservation and funding must be driven by good science, wise spending and cross-border,Continue reading “The strange case of a Black Kite marked in Tarifa and recovered in Benin, West Africa.”
Craniacs!
“Cranes are the stuff of magic, whose voices penetrate the atmosphere of the world’s wilderness areas, from arctic tundra to the South African veld, and whose footprints have been left on the wetlands of the world for the past 60 million years or more” Andalucía is an important wintering and stopover point for migrating CommonContinue reading “Craniacs!”
A Wing In Each World
For All Souls Day, friend and colleague Eddi – the original Culture Vulture on the Inglorious Bustards team – reflects on a recent trip to experience the awe-inspiring Griffon Vulture migration, and gain understanding of their liminal nature in local lore… The Strait of Gibraltar last Saturday morning was calm, suspended between us and Morocco.Continue reading “A Wing In Each World”