Birdwatching in Huelva QQQQ

Huelva's countryside

Journey inland as you explore the Andalusian countryside, where you’ll see massive wheat fields stretching from Huelva to Seville and Cordoba. Watch out for a glimpse of rare animals such as the Grey Mongoose, together with birds of prey including the Black-winged Kite.

Half day

Marismas del Odiel and Laguna del Portil

Explore two important wetland areas as you visit the marshes of Odiel and then onto the freshwater lagoon of Portil. The biodiverse Odiel marshes are of international importance and home to over 200 species of bird including the Black Necked Grebe, Flamingos and Europe's most important colony of Eurasian Spoonbills. The Portil Lagoon Protected Area is popular with migratory and water birds.

Full day

Northern Doñana National Park

Spend a day at this renowned Nature Reserve where you'll hopefully be able to spot some of its residents including ibis, spoonbills, egrets, grebes, owls, warblers and maybe even the scarce Marbled Teal. Doñana was the first project of the World Wildlife Fund, 30,000 water birds breed there and it is a “superhighway” for migratory birds with over 400,000 spending the winter there. Lying along the Guadalquivir River, this 209-square-mile park is both a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve.

Full day

Sierra Pelada and Sierra de Aracena

Travel inland as you visit the Sierra Pelada and the breeding areas at Andevalo. Pelada covers around 47 square miles and is remote and diverse. It is also a Special Protection Area and of international importance for birds. Best known for its Black Vulture colony, one of the largest in Iberia, you may also see owls and perhaps an eagle. Andevalo covers 960 square miles and is an important breeding area for raptors. The Great and Little Bustards are just some of the birds you might be fortunate enough to see.

Full day

Southern Doñana

The best places to watch birds in Doñana are in the surroundings of the National Park where the lakes of the Acebuche, La Rocina and El Rocio are crossed by footpaths with hides and sightseeing platforms. Elusive otters and genets also live here. The important wetland areas of Lagunas de Palos and Estero de Domingo Rubio lie to the east of Huelva and Punta Umbria.

Near Doñana, Palos is home to four freshwater lakes where migratory birds often stop, with Caspian Tern, Purple Swamphen, and Ferruginous Duck just some of the birds you might see here, along with resident species such as the Glossy Ibis and Spoonbill. The Estero de Domingo Rubio wetland with its three different areas is often host to birds from nearby Doñana and visitors may include egrets and sandpipers.

Full day