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Our aim is to
provide a friendly, reliable and rewarding bird-watching
holiday for our clients. We have carefully selected the sites
and have based our choice on many years of experience in the
field. Our tours are run on a weekly basis and as a result we
shall be visiting the sites regularly except for the month of
July and over the Christmas and New Year period. We shall be
recording the birds that we see from our tours so that as well
as being an enjoyable holiday very important data be collated.
This data will be made available to GONHS (Gibraltar
Ornithological & Natural History Society) and SEO (Sociedad
Española de Ornitología). Therefore, you will be
participating in an on-going data collating process from
observations made during the tours and contributing invaluable
scientific information.
Our tours are
endorsed and recommended by Professor Clive Finlayson and Dr.
Ernest Garcia, both well renowned ornithologists and authors
of several authoritative works including the leading Guide
Books on where to watch birds in Southern Spain and Gibraltar.
Indeed, I had the pleasure of co-authoring the “Birds of
Gibraltar” with them in 1980. I have been an ornithologist for
nearly 40 years and your personal guide, Paul Rocca, has had
over 25 years experience and learned his trade from Clive,
Ernest and me.
For each tour we
have listed the birds that have been regularly seen at each of
the sites. We have not bothered to include the commoner birds
like House Sparrow, Blackbird, Wren, Blackcap, Robin, etc.
Passage periods vary from species to species but generally
speaking we refer to the northbound and southbound movements.
We have selected
Gibraltar as our base for our tours and hope to include stays
at Conil de la Frontera in the future. Details of
accommodation, meals, transport, etc. can be found under the
Itinerary section of our web site.
Flights are not
included in our package as we feel that each individual client
can probably find the most economic. It is easy to fly to
Malaga form many UK airports and then either catch a bus or
get a taxi to Gibraltar from Malaga airport. We will only be
too happy to assist with flights should you require us to do
so. Similarly we have left the evening meal up to you (except
for one night, when we seek out nocturnal birds. Breakfast is
included. We will also provide packed lunches and will be
making opportune coffee and lunch stops during our outings.
We look forward
to seeing you and hope that you enjoy your holiday with us. |
