BIRDING MADRID

BIRDWATCHING IN EL PARDO

During this month (March) I have maken 3 visits to El Pardo, a national reserve very close to Madrid city, where, unfortunatelly the entry is forbidden to public people (because it´s royal property), and hopefully birds don´t know about royal walls...

We where looking for Spanish Imperial Eagle, a large bird of prey located only in Spain, with about 150 pairs worldwide, 24 listed in Madrid Province.

Spanish Eagle online website: click here

All the visits were successfully, we observed mainly three of them, and also we had a really nice sight of El Pardo Lake, on the northern side of the reservoir.

Also we observe many other birds like: crossbill, accentor, black vulture or griffon vulture.

SOUTH-EASTERN MADRILEAN MARSHES

PURPLE SWAMPHEN FOR BOXING DAY

Last December 26th, it was a "hotty" (8ºC), sunny and brightly day in Madrid Province. A group of amateur biedwatcher including Juan Rivero, Loreto, Ignacio and I decided to visit some of the madrilean south eastern marshes.

Our first target was the PURPLE SWAMPHEN, and very luckely we found 4 of them, for a long time view.

Here it´s possible to see our sightseeing spot, on the top of a hill near "Sant John´s Mash". Also we visit other two near near that area.

Birding Report: purple swamphen, white stork, western marsh harrier, kingfisher, shoveler, hoopoe, little bittern, merlin, red-crested grebe, little grebe and others...