Séjour ornithologique dans la région de Tarifa en mars 2009

The region of Tarifa (Andalucia, Spain), near the Gibraltar Straight, is a very interesting area is where, in addition to to be one of the major bids migration spot, offers many other interesting species in the wooded hills, lowlands, marshes and coast.
Wooded hills and spectacular rocky outcrops just inland of Tarifa are home to large numbers of raptors, and the rare White-rumped Swift is a prestigeous breeder here. A flock of swifts can alos contain a Little Swift, another recent colonizer from Africa.
There are a several marshes and salpans between Barbate and Gibraltar, including whate was once a huge Wetland, La Janda, now a large plain with still a few interesting birds.
Lydie and Pascal Dubois stayed in the area from the 4th to the 11th of March 2009, searching for local beeders and admiring the first Raptors and Storks coming from Africa.