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How we love waking up to find the wind has dropped!  Strong winds stop migrating raptors in their tracks, so when a stiller day follows a couple days of bad weather, we know it will be a good one for northward movement, as the birds take the opportunity to continue their journeys. This time it coincidedContinue reading “Flying Kites in the Straits”

Last week we hosted a lovely bunch of folk – David, Steph, Rob, Julia and Anne – on behalf of Honeyguides wildlife tours.  With stays on both sides of the Straits of Gibraltar, we managed to build up a great quality bird, butterfly and plant list from European farmland and cork oak forest, Moroccan mountain habitatsContinue reading “Welcome to our world”

Here at Inglorious Bustards we take pride in bringing you the best of birding and migration spectacles along the East Atlantic flyway, all nothing to do with racing around ticking birds and more about enjoying landscapes, habitats, culture and having a good laugh – at a relaxed pace.  So we’re delighted to say we’ve foundContinue reading “Hold the front page! We’ve teamed up with @theurbanbirder and @TUBTours to bring you more!”

The migratory orchestra has been warming up here in the Straits for some weeks now, with steady trickles of hirundines, storks and black kites coming through, but today the opening chords were struck in earnest and the show was underway! It’s been raining on and off for two days solid here, with unfavourable winds undoubtedlyContinue reading “The Dance Begins!!”

A raging sea and a howling ‘Poniente’ storm provided the dramatic opening ceremony for #Dovestep3 this morning, at dawn on Tarifa beach, where we sent the brave lads on their way. They left the southerly-most point of the Spanish mainland at 8.10am, all set to walk the 700 mile distance to Gijon on the northContinue reading “At 8.10am @Jonny09Jonny and @robert_yaxley set off on #Dovestep3 into a raging storm most likely never to be seen again…”

Morocco.  Full of exotic sights, sounds and smells, stunning wildlife and engaging people, this place is exciting and adventurous yet at the same time accessible and safe. The Inglorious Bustards have explored far and wide together but this is one of the countries we can’t get enough of. That’s why, armed with some exciting genContinue reading “Introducing the Choc and Pode Tour – Part 1: Pode!”

The Dovestep team are all set to smash their own fundraising records for Turtle Doves in Spain this February, and what an adventure awaits them… What’s not to love about Turtle Doves?  Behind that gentle appearance, delicately-patterned plumage and soft purring song masquerades a tough migratory traveller, a great conquistador of distance, completing a 7,000Continue reading “All you need is #Dovestep “

Don’t leave home without yer bins! Rule No 2 of Bustard Club – Don’t leave home without yer bins! There’s some other ones about not spilling alcohol, but that’s the main one, something I would have done well to note when we popped down the shops in Pelayo the other day. Living and working atContinue reading “Rule Number 1 of Bustard Club…”

If you’re reading this in the UK, chances are 2017 started with a hangover, some soon-forgotten vows to shed the Christmas belly and a realisation that the long cold nights will have to be endured for a few more weeks. Well we can’t help with the first two, but we can at least offer youContinue reading “New Year’s Revolutions!”

  …and all through Huerta Grande, The creatures were stirring cos the weather was dandy. Dozens of vultures float high in the air As Katrin is hanging her baubles with care! The Chiffchaffs are busy and Crested Tits sing As Blackcaps and Firecrests enjoy ‘second spring’ At 15 degrees with bright sun in the skyContinue reading “‘Twas the day before Christmas…”