Bird Watching

 

La Penquita is centrally placed with quick and easy access to the coastal (21km./20 mins) and inland (43km/35mins) motorway networks.  All sites in  Malaga Province described in  Where to Watch Birds in Southern and Western Spain by Ernest Garcia and Andrew Paterson are within 21/2  hours’ drive and many site is Cadiz, Sevilla, Cordoba, Granada and Almeria provinces are within 3 hours.  Some examples are as follows:

 

Bee Eater

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Kms.   Mins.

Laguna de Fuente de Piedra  (MA1)                           95      60

Lagunas de Campillos (MA2)                                      92      60

Rio Guadalhorce (MA8)                                            65      45

Tarifa area & Straits of Gibraltar (CA 1-5)                  199     150

Sotogrande  (CA8)                                                   166     120

Brazo del Este  (SE1)                                               245     165

Cabo de Gata  (AL1)                                                238     180

Salinas de Roquetas  (AL2)                                        182     150

Cañada de Las Norias  (AL3)                                     166     135

 

                                         

Hoopoe

 

Information courtesy of Mike Clarke

 

For more information: http://www.andalucia.com/rural/birdwatching.htm

e-mail: chris.sheila@terra.es