THE EBRO LANDS & ISLAS COLUMBRETES July 20th-27th 2009
Full board 1050 € per person

RAPTOR MIGRATION IN ANDALUCIA September 10th-17th 2009
Full board 1050 € per person 2 places available

WINTER WALLCREEPERS AND CRANES November 22nd-28th 2009
Full board 1050 € per person

MOROCCO February 17th-27th 2010
Full board 1385 € per person

Also check out our offers for day-trips and weekend birding breaks in Catalonia. See our Tour Calendar for availability.

Audouin Birding Tours is based in NE Spain (Catalunya), on the edge of the Ebro delta. After several years of guiding for other companies, Cristian Jensen Marcet and Iben Hove Sørensen established the company in 2005 to be able to offer their own tours and activities.

The main focus of Audouin Birding Tours is the lands surrounding the Ebro River, including the huge Ebro Delta and the mountain chains Els Ports and Montsia, but tours are planned throughout Spain. Well-known as well as less visited birding localities are explored, and suggestions for new destinations are always welcome. The aim of Audouin Birding Tours is to provide fellow bird watchers with high quality birding and great experiences, and we welcome birders with all levels of experience. All trips and day excursions will be arranged considering the experience and general preferences of the participating customers – we are just as happy to spend a day searching for a single elusive species as we are enjoying the abundant shorebirds of the Ebro Delta. We are able to offer guidings in English, Spanish, Catalan, and Danish.

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Situated 200 km south-west of Barcelona (NE Spain), the Ebro Delta is the most important wetland area on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, and the second largest in all the Iberian Peninsula. It is an extensive, flat marsh area at the mouth of the river Ebro. The delta was formed by sediments transported seawards by the river, making a rich land for agriculture. Today, most of the flooded land is cultivated with rice fields. Despite being dominated by human activities, the delta attracts thousands of birds throughout the year.

The delta contains several big lagoons (the largests in Catalonia) of varying salinity, depth and vegetation types; perfect for providing food for several species of birds.

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The Ports Nature Park is comprised of the Ports limestone massif; a large mountain chain with beautiful rivers, caves, gorges, and peaks well above 1000 m (Mont Caro at 1 447 m is the highest point). The Ports massif is situated close to the Mediterranean coast where it rises at the far eastern end of the Ebro region 200 km southwest of Barcelona (Catalonia). With its total extension of 60 000 Ha, the mountain chain spreads into no less than three of the Spanish territories (Catalonia, Aragon, and Valencia) and earlier served as a natural borderline. The park covers a wide variety of habitats, and several unusual species of plants, insects, amphibians, reptiles and mammals inhabit this complex limestone kingdom. Offering scenic routes, exciting climbs and waterfalls, as well as spectacular views of rare birds and mammals, the Ports attract hikers, climbers, painters and nature lovers alike – and there is enough space for everyone.

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A full day's guided boat trip to the isolated islands of Columbretes in the Mediterranean Sea. The boat will leave from Peñiscola at 8:00 and return at 18:00. It will be possible to swim and snorkle around the islands.

Fish will be thrown out to attract gulls and other seabirds during the trip. We expect to see birds such as Eleonora's Falcon, Shag, European Storm Petrel, Cory's Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater, Audouin's Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, and perhaps Gannet.

The price per person will be around 60 € for a full day. This price does not include lunch, so feel free to bring your own food and beverages.

You can read the trip report from our 2006-trip in our trip report section, and in the Spanish section you can find a report on last year's trip.

Cory's Shearwater, Eleonora's Falcon, Storm Petrel

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