Destinations
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Extremadura 14 – 21 February 2012
Flowers
Ahead of Extremadura’s fierce summer, the countryside is green, with wayside flowers suchas Iberian milk-vetch and field marigolds. We will look for miniature daffodils: hoop petticoat and angel’s tears narcissi.
Birds
As well as those already mentioned, we should see a selection of the following: Bonelli’s eagle, red and black-shouldered kites, peregrine, raven, hoopoe, blue rock thrush, little owl, southern grey shrike, woodlark, Dartford and Sardinian warblers, hawfinch, cirl and corn buntings, Thekla lark, spotless starling and rock sparrow.
Tree frog |
Tree frogs on YouTube, filmed in Extremadura, March 2011 ... striped tree frog here and tree frog here |
Stripeless tree frog |
Great spotted cuckoo (Steve Fletcher)
Angel's tears (Narcissus triandrus)
Orchis conica at Finca Santa Marta. More orchids on our Iberian orchids page.
