Help Me, Ronda. Help Help Me Ronda.
We took the opportunity to get some Winter sun, birds, and a family meet up in sunny Andalucia, Spain. We selected the mountain town of Ronda as our base, desperate to avoid the concrete apocalypse of med coastal resorts. This worked out well, day tripping to other areas for target species, and short trips nearby for general birding. Ronda's famous gorge/bridge. Legend says stringers would be thrown from the bridge for their crimes. It's sad to see some traditions pass away. Damn the PC brigade. The villa we had, and it's garden, was a very pleasant place to enjoy the common species in the area. Spotless Starlings were especially common in the area. A very underrated species in my opinion. Bowsies Great sounding species. Serin was another numerous garden resident. As was Sardinian Warbler, scratching out it's song at all hours. Scratchy Spanish Sparrow were also fairly easy to see, though