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Cazalla watchpoint - beginning of the end?

28/10/2015

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After years of on-off access and delays, Javi Elorriaga (http://birdingthestrait.com/​) has today tweeted a photo of work currently being undertaken on the access road up to the Cazalla watchpoint (Tarifa) - some seven years after the facility was constructed.  This is great news not only in and of itself, but also since it suggests "eco-tourism" is at last being taken more seriously by local authorities at this world class raptor watching site.  Hopefully, work on the vacant buildings will follow since they offer a splendid opportunity for some good PR/educational work.  
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Cazalla watchpoint (top) & viewing area (bottom) - Sept 2012
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Steve West link
28/10/2015 04:18:00 am

About time! Although I wouldn't read so much into the simple arrangement of the access road. When they start putting laybys or turning points along that awful N-340 between Algeciras and Tarifa, and arrange the access to Algarrobo then we can start getting hopeful.

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John Cantelo
28/10/2015 05:01:32 am

Hi Steve - it's a good start, but I agree some caution may be in order, that's why I added a '?' to the title of this note. I was told a while back that the mayor of Algeciras visited Algarrabo & was keen to make improvements, but with the economic situation being what it is in Spain there simply may not be the cash available. I've sometimes wondered whether it would just be cheaper & simpler to move the watchpoint to somewhere nearby that should be as good but that already has good access (there are several options).

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Adam
15/11/2015 04:45:46 am

Hi guys,

Enjoy the blog. Just though you might be interested in this new site (which I started): http://thesecretbirder.blogspot.co.uk/

Best wishes

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John Cantelo
15/11/2015 07:08:01 am

Thanks, I'll have a look

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    Hi I'm John Cantelo. I've been birding seriously  since the 1960s when I met up with some like minded folks (all of us are still birding!) at Taunton's School in Southampton.  I have lived in Kent , where I taught History and Sociology, since the late 1970s. I've served on the committees of both my local RSPB group and the county ornithological society (KOS).  I also worked as a part-time field teacher for the RSPB at Dungeness.  Having retired I now spend as much time as possible in Alcala de los Gazules in SW Spain.   When I'm not birding I edit books for the Crossbill Guides series.

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