The Alpujarra region abounds with bird life with the best viewing time between late March and early July though there are some interesting species to be seen at other times. Your holiday cottages are at one of the highest points of the Natural Park – at 1647 metres – higher than Ben Nevis and on the edge of the National Park

The Alpujarra forms a large region on the south side of the Sierra Nevada range. UNESCO has declared the Sierra Nevada a Biosphere Reserve.

Hoopoe - click photo to enlarge

The rich bird communities are the result of favourable habitats and closeness to North Africa. The holiday cottage accommodation at Cortijo Los Nogales is an ideal centre for the region with many birds to be seen on or near to the cortijo. Viewers would normally wish to bring their own equipment and clothing. In the event that you are unable to do please let us know your requirements.

Birds, which may be seen in the Alpujarra region, are shown in the table at the bottom of the page. Click for more bird pictures Click for a diary from three of our bird watching guests

Bee Eater - click photo to enlarge

Red = Resident seen all year ®
Green = Winter visitor (g)
Black = Summer - breeding season (s) - summer can be defined as from early April onwards

Birds of Prey	Thrushes	Warblers	Crows
Bonelli's Eagle ® Booted Eagle (s) Common Buzzard ® Golden Eagle ® Goshawk ® Griffon Vulture ® Kestrel ® Lesser Kestrel (s) Peregrine Falcon ® Short-toed Eagle (s) Sparrowhawk ®	Black Redstart ® Black Wheatear ® Blackbird ® Blue Rock Thrush ® Common Redstart (s) Mistle Thrush ® Nightingale ® Peregrine Falcon ® Ring Ouzel (g) Robin ® Rock Thrush (s) Stonechat ® Wheatear [northern] (s) Woodchat Shrike (s)	Blackcap ® Bonelli's Warbler (s) Chiffchaff (g) Dartford Warbler ® Firecrest ® Melodious Warbler (s) Sardinian Warbler ® Spectacled Warbler (s) Spotted Flycatcher (s)	Azure-winged Magpie ® Carrion Crow ® Chough ® Jackdaw ® Jay (s) Magpie ® Raven ®

Pipits/wagtails	Swifts	Tits	Finches
Grey Wagtail (s) Pied Wagtail ® Tawny Pipit (s) Water Pipit (s) Yellow Wagtail (s)	Swift (s) Alpine swift (s)	Blue Tit ® Coal Tit ® Crested Tit ® Great Tit ® Long-tailed Tit ®	Chaffinch ® Goldfinch ® Linnet ® Serin ® Siskin (g)

Partridges/pigeons	Swallows/Martins	Larks	Owls
Red-legged Partridge ® Feral pigeon ® Wood pigeon ®	(Barn) Swallow Crag Martin ® House Martin (s) Redrumped Swallow(s)	Crested Lark ® Skylark ® Thekla Lark ® Woodlark ®	Eagle Owl ® Little Owl ® Scops Owl (s)

Others
Hoopoe (s) Short toed Treecreeper ® Rock Bunting ®	Alpine Accentors ® Wren ® Dipper ®	Cuckoo (s) Bee eater (s) Golden Oriole (s)	Cirl Bunting ® Spotless starling (s) Green Woodpecker ®

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