A new Biking Birder
Adventure from The Ebro Delta in Northern Spain, cycling through
Catalonia and Aragon before crossing The Pyrenees into France, all in
aid of raising money for BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL.
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via the JUST GIVING link attached to the BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL logo
to the right. Thanks to all who do and I hope you enjoy reading about
this latest adventure Biking Birder Adventure V.
Thursday 19th
September
The Ebro Delta Bird
Festival
After choosing the
Green way to get to the Festival, that is to not use air travel and
instead the comfort of two days and nights either on trains or
coaches via Paris and Barcelona,
I arrived at the hotel and birded
around the area. Flamingoes, Squacco Herons, Yellow-legged Gulls, Hoopoes and Yellow
Wagtails, just a short couple of kilometres walked before returning
to the hotel and meeting up with some of the other speakers, for that
is what I am doing here. I am going to be one of the speakers at The
Festival and, at last, I am going to meet the other great Green
Birding champion, Ponc Feliu Latorre. Ponc is the 'purest' Green
Birding European Champion having seen 304 birds by cycling. I
personally was a 'dirty' Green Birder in my BIGBY, Big Green Big
Year, as I used some ferries to get to the Scottish Islands of most
Hebridean Islands, The Orkneys and Shetland and, of course, Fair
Isle. That was in 2016, Biking Birder Adventure III, when I saw 318
species of bird.
Three days to enjoy
this wonderful Birding festival, tomorrow we, the guest speakers, are
to be taken into areas of the Delta where the public cannot access.
Can't wait!
Details on the
Festival, the guest speakers and activities can be found on The Delta
Bird Festival website :-
Friday 20th
September A Birding Safari at The Ebro Delta
Best way to detail the
day is by showing the photographs. A wonderful day of birds,
beautiful landscapes, heat and great company.
