Around the house...
At the end of May, it is common to see golden orioles nesting a few metres from the house and hear their song filling the air. Bee-eaters arrive in mid-April and can often be heard chattering loudly in the sky, forming impressive squadrons that suddenly land in unison on the nearby carob trees. Swallows, shrikes, cuckoos, hoopoes, nightingales and wrynecks are also common, along with eagle owls, which are often heard at dusk with their silhouettes outlined against the carob trees.
Scops owls and little owls are also abundant, and the strange sounds of nightjars make dusk a magical time. And Bonelli’s eagle has its usual refuge here, roaming the rugged mountains of the pre-coastal range and soaring over the steep peaks, olive groves and pine-covered slopes.
