In October 2015, I organized a 5-day birding trip for my mother, sister and brother to this exceptional part of southern Spain. They have been bird lovers all of their lives but somehow never took it to the level of going on specially designed birding trips.

For my brother Rick it was actually his first "hard core" birding trip ever abroad after I took my mother and sister on their first birding trip to the Extremadura in May 2012. And they all loved it! 99 different species, and even 16 lifers for my brother. We stayed in the lovely town of El Rocio and used this as our base camp to explore the region.

I sincerely hope we all can do this again in the near future so I can share my passion for birds with the people I love most.

Check out some of my photos under Spain.