The Magic of Birding the Straits - a video

I'm constantly astonished that so many otherwise well-traveled birders have never visited the Straits of Gibraltar. In my youth, admittedly a very long time ago, partly inspired by Mountfort's 'Portrait of a Wilderness', south-west Spain was the place to go not just in Spain but Europe as a whole (which was then pretty much the limit of a birdwatcher's horizons).  The advent of world birding based on (relatively) cheap long-distance flights has pushed the Straits too far down the pecking order. Then at some point Extremadura went from being 'unknown' to becoming THE, and often only, place birders thought about visiting Iberia so, whilst hardly neglected, the Straits have become somewhat overlooked by too many

Nikki & Simon, my friends at 'Inglorious Bustards' (https://ingloriousbustards.com​) have just released a superb high-quality video (see Inglorious Bustards - #FlywayBirding on Vimeo) which captures and conveys the magic of birding the straits.  Obviously, there's a commercial element in the production as it also (understandably) promotes their company (other equally excellent guides are available see elsewhere on my website) but it does give a wonderful taste of birding this extraordinary area.