Several are the trips that we can make in search of birds.
Looking for Birds of the forests
Great oak and beech tree forests have to hold a important communities of forest birds, the birds most showy we found to a variety of Tits , Great Tit, Blue Tit, Crested Tit, Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Long-tailed Tit, another very present group of birds in the forests are the Woodpeckers ones, between which it emphasizes the Black Woodpecker and the Middle spotted Woodpecker, without discarding the possibility of seeing the Great spotted Woodpecker, Lesser spotted Woodpecker and Wryneck.
Other significant birds are the Eurasian Treecreeper, Short-toed Treecreeper , and Nuthatch, Goshawk, Sparrowhawk, Thrushes, Warblers, Finches…
By the Canyons of Ebro River
One of the most showy formation geographic is the formed one by the different canyons that the Ebro river has formed in the limestone.
These canyons, with many vertical walls of high altitude, filled with hollows and shelves, provide many birds, the ideal place to settle.
Between the most representative birds they are the great birds, Vultures and Eagles, Griffon Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Golden Eagle, Bonelli´s Eagle.
Other birds that use these walls are Peregrine Falcon, Raven, Jackdaw, Red-billed Chough, Yellow-billed Chough, Alpine Swift, Crag Martin….Also, the riparian forests , has a great wealth of birds, to which we added those that properly uses the water. Dipper, Common Kingfisher, Wagtails, Warblers, Iberian Chiffchaff, Grey Heron, Great Cormorant, Golden Oriole......
By the Moors
The great moors that are located to the south of the river Ebro, conform a unique landscape and exists the presence of birds related to areas of low vegetation and agricultural zones, Harriers, Kestrels, Larks, Finches, Buntings, Shrikes, Bustards...
Wetlands
In the Burgos province we can find a series of wetlands, water reservoirs, abandoned gravel pit , irrigation pools, natural lagoons and rivers, conform these spaces where the water birds find the habitat suitable.
We can find Grebes, Ducks, Herons, Cormorants, Gulls, Storks, Rails
Also it is in these places where the migration of the birds appears with greater assiduity, being able to observe several migrate birds, between which they emphasize flocks of Geese and Spoonbill and Waders.
In the Inn we have designed different routes and places for the observation of birds, or to combine the walking with the birdwatching, with maps, practical advice and list of birds.
So far these routes are self-guided, but if your interest is greater, or you want to see some special species we could make some guided, not being able to be the greater group of four people, and always previous booking.
Please visit my personal blog at "Birds in the North of Spain"
