Travelling around Europe was possible again in the summer. And although July is not the best moment to visit central Spain (dry and hot) it was still a very fun birding weekend in which we easily found our targets (the last 4 lifers for Helen on mainland Spain).
Monthly Archives: July 2021
France – Corsica & Alps [2021]
Travelling around Europe was possible again in the summer. We quickly decided that France would be the logical choice for a nice week-long trip; we could see many lifers (given we had both never been to France for birding before) and the logistics were easy and flexible to plan since you can drive in a day from Amsterdam to the south of France. Sjoerd Radstaak also joined us and we made an itinerary of 8 days: First a 3-days visit to Corsica (for the endemics, near-endemics and some seabird watching from the ferry), then a short stop in the Camargue (Moustached Warbler was new for Sjoerd and since it was not far off route it was a very nice addition), and we finished with 2 days in the beautiful French Alps. Overall it was a very successful and fun trip where we saw all targets resulting in 9(!) lifers for Helen and 8 for Rob.
Penguinbirding 