Ebro Delta 21st to the 28th February 2026
Ebro Delta Birding Website HERE
Introduction
This wasn’t the first time I’d been with Ebro Delta Birding (See May 2025), this one was to be the winter tour
Two days were to be around the Ebro Delta, then onto the Zaragoza, Monegros, Gallocantra Lake, Tremp and a Photo Hide near Bonansa
The Costs :
- Ebro Delta birding Cost at 1350 Euros (Inc. 100 Euros Photo Hide), Bed and Breakfast, Inc. Single supplement (£1225.48)
- Flight from Leeds/Bradford to Barcelona with easyJet(Cost £238.94)
- Tesco Travel Ins. (Cost £31.50 Travel Ins 23.30, Gadget Cover £2.95, Ins Tax £5.25)
- Taxi from Airport £25
- Spends (Cost £140)
- TOTAL COST £1660.92
Lifers in BOLD
Spain Day 1 (21st Feb)
Feb 21st, the day consisted mainly of travel to destination. Flight was from Leeds/Bradford at 13:40 arriving Barcelona. Picked up by Ebro Delta Birding for travel to villa. No birding today, due to arrival time (was dark).
Evening meal out in L’Ampolla, at Pizzeria Fata Morgana
Spain Day 2 (22nd Feb)
Today was spent travelling around the Delta (by Car), I was surprised that most of the Rice fields of the Delta were now dry, with only a few holding some amounts of water, so making finding waders more difficult. Using the farm roads and tracks to get around, we visited the ‘Parc natural del Delta del l’Ebre’ early on and finishing at the mouth of the Delta at the end of the day.
Birds Seen : Avocet, Black Redstart, Black-headed Gull, Black-necked Grebe, Black-tailed Godwit, Blackbird, Blackcap, Bluethroat, Booted Eagle, Cattle Egret, Cetti’s Warbler, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Collared Dove, Common Sandpiper, Coot, Cormorant, Crested Lark, Curlew, Dunlin, Fan-tailed (Zitting Cisticola) Warbler, Gadwall, Glossy Ibis, Golden Plover, Great Crested Grebe, Great White Egret, Greater Flamingo, Green Sandpiper, Greenfinch, Greenshank, Grey Heron, Grey Plover, Grey Wagtail, Hoopoe, House Sparrow, Kentish Plover, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Lapwing, Lesser Short-toed (Mediterranean) Lark, Linnet, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Little Owl, Little Stint, Magpie, Mallard, Marsh Harrier, Meadow Pipit, Moorhen, Moustached Warbler, Night-heron, Osprey, Penduline Tit, Peregrine, Pied (White) Wagtail, Red-crested Pochard, Redshank, Reed Bunting, Ringed Plover, Robin, Ruff, Sanderling, Sardinian Warbler, Serin, Shelduck, Shoveler, Slender-billed Gull, Snipe, Spoonbill, Spotless Staring, Spotted Redshank, Stonechat, Teal, Tree Sparrow, Turnstone, Whiskered Tern, Wood Sandpiper, Woodpigeon, Yellow-legged Gull (80)
Spain Day 3 (23rd Feb)
Again today we were travelling around the Delta (by Car) taking in various Nature Reserves during the day, and a day time roost for Owls
Birds Seen : Audouin’s Gull, Avocet, Black Redstart, Black-winged Stilt, Bluethroat, Caspian Tern, Cattle Egret, Cetti’s Warbler, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Collared Dove, Coot, Cormorant, Crested Lark, Curlew, Dartford Warbler, Dunlin, Fan-tailed (Zitting Cisticola) Warbler, Glossy Ibis, Goldfinch, Great Crested Grebe, Great Tit, Great White Egret, Greater Flamingo, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Grey Heron, Grey Plover, Grey Wagtail, House Sparrow, Kestrel, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Bittern, Little Egret, Little Stint, Long-eared Owl, Magpie, Mallard, Marsh Harrier, Meadow Pipit, Mediterranean Gull, Moorhen, Osprey, Oystercatcher, Pied (White) Wagtail, Redshank, Reed Bunting, Ringed Plover, Ruff, Sanderling, Sandwich Tern, Short-eared Owl, Shoveler, Spotless Starling, Stonechat, Water Rail, Western Swamphen, Wigeon, Woodpigeon (61)
Spain Day 4 (24th Feb)
Today we travelled away from the Delta and up to a well known lake for the Common Crane stop over on their Migrations, Gallocanta Lake (Laguna de Gallocanta)
Birds Seen : Black Redstart, Black-headed Gull, Buzzard, Calandra Lark, Carrion Crow, Cetti’s Warbler, Collared Dove, Cormorant, Crag Martin, Crane, Crested Lark, Golden Plover, Goldfinch, Great Crested Grebe, Great White Egret, Great Flamingo, Grey Heron, Griffon Vulture, Hen Harrier, Kestrel, Lapwing, Linnet, Magpie, Mallard, Marsh Harrier, Mistle thrush, Pintail, Pochard, Raven, Red-crested Pochard, Red-legged Partridge, Rock Sparrow, Serin, Shelduck, Skylark, Spotless Starling, Starling, Stonechat, Teal, Thekla’s Lark, Wigeon, Woodpigeon (42)
Spain Day 5 (25th Feb)
First point of call today was a well known site for Dupont’s Lark (Heard Only) at La Lomoza de Belchite, unfortunately we never got to see it, only Calandra, Crested, and Thekla’s Lark
Our second call of the day was to a Great Bustard site near to Lleida, these birds took some finding, eventually we got to see them, distant, but great to see. Other birds here were Calandra Lark, Crested Lark and Marsh Harrier
We then moved on and into the Monegros , here we found Marsh Harriers, Red Kites, Buzzard, Kestrel, Golden Eagle, Little Owl, Eagle Owl, Sardinian Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Red-billed Choughs, Iberian Grey Shrike, Raven, Griffon Vulture, Cirl Bunting, Black Wheatear
Birds Seen : Black Redstart, Black Wheatear, Buzzard, Calandra Lark, Chough, Cirl Bunting, Crag Martin, Crested Lark, Dartford Warbler, Eurasian eagle-owl, Golden Eagle, Great Bustard, Grey Wagtail, Griffon Vulture, Iberian (Southern) Grey Shrike, Jackdaw, Kestrel, Marsh Harrier, Raven, Red Kite, Red-legged Partridge, Sardinian Warbler, Skylark, Woodpigeon (25)
Spain Day 6 (26th Tremp Area)
Today was the Wallcreeper day, our first port of call for this bird was near the town of Santa Ana (embalse de Santa Ana). Here we saw Crag Martins, Kestrel, Blackbird, Starling, Griffon Vulture, Rock Sparrow, and up near the dam, good sightings of Wallcreeper flying thru and landing on the dam. Back where we parked the car , Blue Rock Thrush and Short-toed Treecreeper
On our way over to Tremp we stopped at a place called Col de Mirador, here we saw Griffon Vulture, Black Vulture, Raven, Black Redstart, Woodlark and heard Nuthatch
Next stop was Tremp for some food and then onto a picnic site (Font de la Figuereta), at the picnic site Griffon Vulture, Red Kite, Buzzards and Lammergier Vulture were see. After food we walked along the riverside (Noguera Pallaresa) taking the pathway up the valley to view more Wallcreeper (Both sightings of Wallcreeper were distant), we also saw Dipper and Rock Bunting
Birds Seen : Bearded (Lammergier) Vulture, Black Redstart, Blackcap, Black (Cinereous) Vulture, Blue Rock Thrush, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Cirl Bunting, Cormorant, Corn Bunting, Crag Martin, Dipper, Great Tit, Grey Heron, Griffon Vulture, Jay, Kestrel, Nuthatch (Heard), Raven, Red Kite, Red-legged Partridge, Robin, Rock Bunting, Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon, Sardinian Warbler, Short-toed Treecreeper, Spotless Starling, Wallcreeper, Woodlark, Woodpigeon, Wren (31)
Spain Day 7 (27th Feb)
Today was the last day of the holiday and today we were up in the Pre-Pyrenees around and in the town of Pont de Suert in the Hotel Cotori , we were here for a couple of nights for the Vulture Hide near village of Bonansa
Lots of Griffon Vultures, Raven, plenty of visits from the Lammergier Vulture and a Red Fox
Birds Seen : Bearded (Lammergier) Vulture, Griffon Vulture, Raven, Red Kite
Total trip species 137 Birds can be seen HERE) with 4 Lifers
Other Highlights were :- Cleopatra Butterfly, Fire Bug, Wall Brown Butterfly
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