Bird pictures

Most of the photos here are courtesy of friends and acquaintances, I take this opportunity to thank them all again. All the photos have the reserved rights of each author, who has given them to be spread in this web page.

Anthus pratensis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Meadow pipit in Olivenza

Ardea goliath — In June 2025 we could see the world’s largest heron, Goliath heron.

Porzana porzana — Spotted crake

Podiceps cristatus — Great crested grebe in La Albuera

Lanius senator — Woodchat shrike in a “dehesa” of Extremadura

Melanocorypha calandra — Calandra lark

Serinus serinus — European serin in Malaga

Milvus migrans — Black kite in Montánchez

Phasianus colchicus — Common pheasant entering the undergrowth

Steppe birds, Calandrella brachydactyla — Greater short-toed lark in Cabeza del Buey, may 2025

birding in Orellana — White stork in Orellana lake

Anthus campestris — Tawny pipit

Picus viridis — European green woodpecker in Llera

Sterna nilotica — Gull billed terns in Orellana. Spring 2025

Motacilla flava — Yellow wagtail in Orellana, by David Ferrington

Netta rufina — Red-crested pochard

birding in Extremadura — Spoonbill in Orellana lake

Troglodytes troglodytes — Eurasian wren

Circus aeruginosus, raptors of Extremadura — Marsh harrier male in Entrerrios

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl, Ángel Cañones

Gavia immer — Common loon in Orellana lake

Emberiza schoeniclus — Common reed bunting, Artur Rydzewski

Linaria cannabina — Common linnet in Badajoz

Pterocles alchata — Pin-tailed sandgrouses in flight

Cinclus cinclus — White-throated dipper

Parus caeruleus — Eurasian blue tit in Lumbrales

Athene noctua — owl in a nest box in Sierra de Fuentes

Circaetus gallicus — Short toed snake eagle in Alcántara

Corvus monedula — Jackdaw in Orellana lake

Galerida theklae — Thekla Lark

Charadrius dubius — Little ringed plover in Orellana lake

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo

Estrilda astrild — Common waxbill

Monticola saxatilis — Rock thrush, Imran Shah

Top Birding — Picture taken from our boat

Emblematic birds of Extremadura — Common crane in Cabeza del Buey

Ploceus cucullatus — Village weaver

Turdus torquatus — Ring ouzel, Frank vassen

Pelecanus onocrotalus — Great White Pelican in nuptial plumage at La Somone. Birds of Senegal, summer 2025.

Phylloscopus bonelli — Western bonelli’s warbler, Chaz Jackson

Birds of la Serena — Great bustard, Juan José Benitez

Petronia petronia — Rock sparrow, Ximo Galarza

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in Badajoz dam

Columba palumbus — Common wood pigeon in Canchales lake

Loxia curvirostra — Red crossbill

Garrulus glandarius — Eurasian jay

Erithacus rubecula — Beautiful robin

Athene noctua — Little Owl in Alcántara

Lymnocryptes minimus — Jack snipe, Tony Hisgett

Platalea leucorodia — Spatula in Orellana lake in spring

Otis tarda — Group of Great Bustards in a stubble field

Spatula querquedula — Garganey

Fringilla coelebs — Common chaffinch

Columba oenas — Stock dove

Curruca conspicillata — Spectacled warbler, Frank vassen

Egretta alba — Little egret photographed in Botswana

Rallus aquaticus — Water rail

Sturnus vulgaris — Common starling

birding in Extremadura — Seeing the cranes entering the roost at sunset is a real spectacle.

Prunella modularis — Dunnock

Grus grus — Common crane near Badajoz

Panurus biarmicus — Bearded reedling

Caprimulgus europaeus — European nightjar

Sylvia atricapilla — Eurasian blackcap, Ángel Cañones

Circus macrourus — Pallid harrier

Tringa glareola — Wood sandpiper

Tringa totanus — Common redshank

Ardea cinerea — Grey heron in Badajoz

Phoenicopterus roseus, boat birding — Even the flamingos will allow us to get close enough for photos.

Lanius collurio, Pie-grièche écorcheur, Grauwe klauwier — Red-backed shrike female

Eurasian tree sparrow in Badajoz city, March 2026

birds of Arribes del Duero — Black stork

Turdus iliacus — Redwing

Motacilla flava — Western yellow wagtail

Falco peregrinus — Peregrin falcon in flight, Pierre Marie Epiney

Motacilla cinerea — Grey wagtail

Streptopelia decaocto — Eurasian collared dove

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus — Sedge warbler

Chroicocephalus ridibundus — Black headed gull in winter in Badajoz

Pluvialis apricaria — European golden plover in Villanueva del Fresno

Muscicapa striata — Spotted flycatcher, Rob Zweers

Lanius meridionalis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Iberian grey shrike

Phylloscopus ibericus — Iberian chiffchaff, Ferrán Pestaña

Calidris minuta — Little stint

Anas clypeata — Northern shoveler

Charadrius morinellus — Eurasian dotterel, Frank Vassen

Phasianus colchicus — common pheasant

Recurvirostra avosetta — Pied avocet with chick

Actitis hypoleucos — Common sandpiper in Badajoz

Aythya nyroca — Ferruginous duck

Oenanthe Leucura — Black wheatear, Álvaro de las Heras

Apus melba — Alpine swift, Álvaro de las Heras

Egretta alba — Great white egret in Orellana lake

Otis tarda — Great bustards in La Serena

Apus caffer — White-rumped swift, Derek Keats

Remiz pendulinus — Eurasian penduline tit

Calandrella brachydactyla — Greater short-toed lark, Ron Knight

Tachybaptus ruficollis — Little grebe, Ángel Cañones

Aythya fuligula — Tufted duck

Egyptian goose in Orellana lake

Ixobrychus minutus — Little bittern

Emberiza cirlus — Cirl bunting

Passer domesticus — House sparrow female

Riparia riparia — Sand martin

Fringilla montifringilla — Brambling

Elanus caeruleus — Black winged kites love to perch in this kind of pipes

Himantopus himantopus — Beautiful young specimen

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Cabeza del Buey

Gypaetus barbatus — Young bearded vulture

Falco naumanni, birds of prey — Pair of Lesser kestrels in Acedera

Falco peregrinus — Peregrine falcon in Garcia Sola

Aquila chrisaetos — Golden eagle in Otistea hides

Parus major, forest birds — Great tit in Badajoz

Milvus milvus — Red kite in Campo Maior

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow, Imran Shah

Gelochelidon nilotica — Gull billed tern young

Platalea leucorodia — Eurasian Spoonbill

Sternula albifrons — Little tern

Larus fuscus — Lesser black backed gull in Orellana lake

Pyrrhula pyrrhula — Bullfinch, Manuel Martin

Coturnix coturnix — Common quail near Badajoz city, july 2025

Lullula arborea — Woodlark in Arribes del Duero

Coccothraustes coccothraustes — Hawfinch in Arribes del Duero

Euplectes afer — Yellow-crowned bishop

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag martin, Álvaro de las Heras

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax — Red-billed choughs on a roof

Hieraaetus fasciatus — Bonelli’s eagle in Orellana lake

Phalacrocorax carbo, birding in Extremadura — Cormorant photographed from the boat

Caprimulgus ruficollis — Red-necked nightjar

Tadorna ferruginea — Ruddy shelduck

Falco tinnunculus — Common kestrel female in Badajoz

Anas crecca — Eurasian teal

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl

Aquila fasciata, birds of Arribes del Duero — Bonelli eagle, one of the jewels of the park

Regulus regulus — Goldcrest

Birds of la Serena — Cranes with Almorchón Castle in the background

Plegadis falcinellus — Glossy ibis in Guadiana river, near Badajoz

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthacht, Darryl Chen

Passer montanus — Eurasian tree sparrow

Scolopax rustícola — Eurasian woodcock

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Calidris alba — Sanderling with summer plumage

Turdus viscivorus — Mistle thrush, Ángel Cañones

Netta rufina — Red crested pochard, Curro Ramirez

birdwatching in Sierra de San Pedro — Eurasian eagle owl

Asio flammeus — Short-eared owl, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Buteo buteo — Common buzzard in Badajoz

Spatula clypeata — Northern shoveler in Badajoz city

Lophophanes cristatus — European crested tit, Ángel Cañones

Turdus philomelos — Song thrush

Clamator glandarius — great spotted cuckoo

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Fernando Mostacero

Phoenicurus ochruros, Mediterranean mountain birds — Black redstart female in Badajoz

Águila imperial — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Sylvia hortensis — Western orphean warbler

Podiceps nigricollis — Black-necked grebe

Otis tarda, birds of Extremadura — Great bustard in December 2024

Ciconia ciconia — Couple of white storks

Regulus ignicapilla — Common firecrest

Oena capensis — Namaqua dove is one of the most curious turtledoves to be seen in Senegal.

Larus michahellis — Yellow-legged gull

Luscinia megarhynchos — Common nightingale

Cercotrichas galactotes — Rufous-tailed scrub robin

Galerida cristata — Crested lark in Alburquerque

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo, spotted during one of our trips with clients near Badajoz in 2025

Chlidonias niger — Black tern in Orellana, a rare sighting

Golden eagle and young imperial eagle — The two big eagles fighting in flight

Apus apus — Common swift

Gyps fulvus — Griffon vulture feeding on a deer carcass

Lullula arborea — Woodlark, Ángel Cañones

Lanius meridionalis — Iberian grey shrike in Gargáligas

Circaetus gallicus

Aquila fasciata — Bonelli’s eagle

Monticola solitarius — The blue rock thrush, one of the most sought-after birds

Spinus spinus — Eurasian siskin

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Álvaro de las Heras

Corvus corone — Carrion crow

Anas platyrhynchos — Mallard, Manuel Martin

Chlidonias hybrida — Whiskered tern

Aquila adalberti — The imperial eagle, one of the icons of the mountain range

Luscinia svecica — Bluethroat

Phylloscopus collybita — Mosquitero común en Badajoz

Motacilla alba — White wagtail in Badajoz

Apus pallidus — Pallid swift

Egretta garzetta — Little Egret

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey in Orellana lake, Nacho Pardo

Aegypius monachus — Cinereous vulture near Aliseda

Prunella collaris — Alpine accentor, Álvaro de las Heras

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot in Badajoz

Cyrcus pigargus — Montagu’s harrier, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Halcyon leucocephala — The Grey headed Kingfisher is a kingfisher that we saw in Palmarín in the summer of 2025.

Falco subbuteo — Eurasian hobby

Charadrius alexandrinus — Kentish plover

Coracias caudatus — Lilac breasted roller is gorgeous

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag matin in Campo Maior

Coracias garrulus — European roller in Los Llanos de Cáceres

Anser anser — Greylag goose

Merops apiaster — European bee eater

Aquila fasciata — Sometimes we experience unique moments, like this family of partridge hunters in May 2026

Saxicola torquatus — Pair of european stonechat near Alburquerque

Asio otus — Long-eared owl, Ángel Cañones

Phoenicurus phoenicurus — Common redstart female

Corvus corone — Young carrion crow

Platalea leucorodia — Gorgeous spoonbill in Orellana

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper

Circus aeruginosus — Marsh Harrier, a regular at Extremadura lakes

Birding in Extremadura — Courtship of two Hoopoes

Locustella luscinioides — Savi’s warbler, Ron knight

Otis tarda — Great bustard near Badajoz

Falco peregrinus — Peregrin falcon photographed in one of our outings in La Serena, winter 2025

Phyrrocorax phyrrocorax — Red-billed chough

Anthus trivialis — Tree pipit

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Columba livia — Rock dove in Palacio tower

Oenante hispánica — Western black-eared wheatear, Álvaro de las Heras

Sylvia melanocephala — Sardinian warbler in Badajoz

Periparus ater — Coal tit

Grus grus — cranes in flight

Porphyrio porphyrio — Purple swamphen in Badajoz city

Tringa nebularia — Greenshank in Cabeza del Buey

Glareola pratincola — Collared pratincole in La Albuera

Pluvialis squatarola — Grey plover

Aquila adalberti — Spanish imperial eagle in November 2024

Steppe birds, Emberiza calandra — Corn bunting near Badajoz city

Birds of Senegal — The pink backed pelican is one of the most famous birds of Senegal

Anas platyrhynchos — Male of mallard

Locustella naevia — Common grasshoper warbler

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper in a pine

Hippolais polyglotta — Melodious warbler

turdus pilaris — Fieldfare

Zapornia pusilla — Baillon’s crake

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow

Corvus corax

Vanellus senegallus — Wattled Lapwing in Sine Saloum

Sylvia undata — Dartford warbler

Monticola solitarius — Blue rock thrush in Arroyo de San Servan

Waterfowl of Extremadura — Black stork in Orellana, David Ferrington

Galerida theklae — Thekla lark in Badajoz

Gypaetus barbatus — Bearded vulture, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Aythya ferina — Common pochard

Alauda arvensis — Skylark in Castuera

Anas acuta — Northern pintail

Calidris canutus — Red knot in may

Emberiza cirlus — Cirl bunting female

Anthus spinoletta — Water pipit

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo near Badajoz city

Accipiter nisus — Sparrowhawk photographed at the Falsterbo Bird Show 2026

Oriolus oriolus — Beautiful male oriole photographed in the hides of Otistea experiences in La Siberia

Ciconia nigra — Black stork in Garcia Sola lake

Montagu’s harrier male in Otistea hides

Larus canus — Common gull

Dendrocopos minor — Lesser spotted woodpecker

Lanius collurio — Red-backed shrike

Phalacrocorax carbo — Great cormorant in Orellana lake

birding in Extremadura — Collared pratincole a little more than one meter from the shore

Accipiter nisus — Common sparrowhawk, Álvaro de las Heras

Turdus merula — Common blackbird in a park

Tetrax tetrax — Little bustard in Badajoz

Accipiter gentilis — Goshawk, Ángel Cañones

Calidris temminckii — Temminck’s stint

Numenius arquata — Eurasian curlew

Birds of Senegal — The Abyssinian ratchet, very similar to the European roller but with a much longer tail.

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot

Streptopelia turtur — European turtle dove in Palazuelo

Pernis aviporus — European honey buzzard

Chlidonias niger — Black tern

Streptopelia decaocto — Eurasian collared dove in Campo Maior, near Badajoz

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat female

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat male

Oriolus oriolus — Golden oriole, Imran Shah

Sylvia borin — Garden warbler, Billy Lindblom

Emberiza hortulana — Ortolan bunting, Andrej chudy

Cuculus canorus — Common cuckoo, Fernando Mostacero

Sterna hirundo — Common tern in flight

Charadrius hiaticula — Common ringed plover

Cyanistes caeruleus — Eurasian blue tit, Ángel Cañones

Sternula albifrons — Little tern in Orellana lake

Phylloscopus trochilus — Willow warbler

Delichon urbicum — House martin in a bridge of García Sola lake

Aquila chrysaetos — Golden eagle near Valencia de las Torres

Calidris ferruginea — Curlew sandpiper, Kev Chapman

Delichon urbica — Common house martin

Acrocephalus arundinaceus — Great reed warbler

Alcedo atthis — Common kingfisher in Orellana lake

bustards in La Serena — In la Serena great bustards and sheep live together in harmony

Tringa erythropus — Spotted redshank

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck in Canchales lake

Aegypius monachus — Pair of Cinereous vultures in Villar del Rey

Falco columbarius — Merlin

Coracias abyssinicus — Abyssinian roller that we were able to photograph on our trip to Senegal in 2025.

Sylvia cantillans — Eastern subalpine warbler

Alectoris rufa — Red legged partridge in Badajoz

Pterocles orientalis — Black bellied sandgrouses in La Albuera

10 emblematic birds of Extremadura — Black vultures drinking in Orellana

Marsh sandpiper

Burhinus oedicnemus — The stone curlew is another of the birds that can be observed from the boat.

Aquila adalberti — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Monticola solitarius, birds of Arribes del Duero — Small birds such as the solitary rock thrush are also a major attraction in the area.

Circus cyaneus — Hen harrier male near Badajoz

Anthus Pratensis — Meadow Pipit

Amandava amandava — Red avadavat

Alcedo atthis — Common kingfisher, Jorge Lázaro

Tetrax tetrax — Little bustard with the Almorchón castle in the background.

Ciconia nigra — Black Stork, Mariano Cordero

Calidris alpina — Dunlin

Carduelis carduelis — European goldfinch in Badajoz

Phoenicopterus roseus — Group of Greater flamingos resting

Aegithalus caudatus — Long-tailed tit

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in “Azud de Badajoz”

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling in Acedera

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling on top of a roof

Gyps fulvus — With a good lens we can take pictures from far away without disturbing the birds. Photo taken by Victor Rodríguez

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen in Badajoz

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey, Álvaro de las Heras

Limosa limosa — Black-tailed Godwit in Bahía de Cádiz, january 2026

Acrocephalus scirpaceus — Eurasian reed warbler

Anas penelope — Eurasian wigeon

Larus michahellis — Adult of yellow legged gull

Ficedula hypoleuca — European pied flycatcher

Galerida theklae — Thekla’s lark Frank Vassen

Mareca strepera — Gadwall

birding in La Serena — Imperial eagle juvenile

Neophron percnopterus — Egyptian vulture in Arribes del Duero

Coturnix coturnix — Common quail

Jynx torquilla — Eurasian wryneck, Jorge Lázaro

Sylvia communis — Common whitethroat

Gyps fulvus — Griffon vulture in Hinojosa de Duero

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Chloris chloris — Greenfinch in Roca de la Sierra

Passer hispanoliensis — Spanish sparrow near Badajoz

Sitta europaea — Nuthatch in a nest box

Athene noctua — Little owl mating, Hilary Hoe

Lophoceros nasutus — African grey hornbill resting in a branch

Hieraaetus pennatus, — Booted eagle in Orellana la Sierra

Elanus caeruleus — A black-winged kite photographed during one of our trips in May 2025, Ribera del Fresno

Cisticola juncidis — Zitting cisticola in Badajoz

Botaurus stellaris — Eurasian bittern

Ardea purpurea — Purple heron in Orellana lake

Grus grus — Common Crane young

Cyanopica cooki — Azure winged magpie in Zujar island

Podiceps cristatus, waterfowl of Extremadura — Great crested grebe in Orellana, David Ferrington

Pica pica — Eurasian magpie near Badajoz

Porphyrio porphyrio — The purple swamphen is one of the most beautiful water birds in Extremadura.

Taeniopygia guttata — Zebra finch

Nycticorax nycticorax — Night Heron in Badajoz

Gallinago gallinago — Common snipe

Tyto alba — Wester barn-owl, Ángel Cañones

Hieraaetus pennatus — Booted eagle in Cáceres

Oenanthe oenanthe — Northern weather near Badajoz

Larus melanocephalus — Mediterranean gull

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Hirundo rustica — Barn swallow in Orellana lake

Emberiza cia, Mediterranean mountain birds — Rock bunting in Arribes del Duero

Upupa epops — Eurasian hoopoe in Roca de la Sierra

Burhinus oedicnemus — Stone curlew in La Albuera

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Badajoz

Saxicola rubetra — Whinchat in Alburquerque

Neophron percnopterus, birds of Arribes del Duero — The Egyptian Vulture is another of the most valuable birds in Arribes

Bubulcus ibis — Cattle egret

Strix Aluco — Tawny owl, Ángel Cañones

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen

Porzana parva — Little crake, Frans Vandewalle

Emberiza calandra — Corn bunting in Olivenza

Cettia cetti — Cetti’s warbler

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