Alpasin is a Wildlife experience company based in Adamuz, a small town in the Sierra Morena to the east of Cordoba. The owner/operator Agostin has created this incredible series of hides to allow photographers to get close-up views of such iconic species as Imperial, Golden, Bonellis and Booted Eagles, Eagle Owl, Egyptian and Black Vultures, Common Buzzard and perhaps most popularly the Iberian Lynx.
Hawfinch - coccothraustes coccothraustes
I had come hoping to photograph one of my nemesis species the Hawfinch, a bird I never properly captured on camera but one which I admired greatly for it's somewhat startling looks.
Hawfinch - coccothraustes coccothraustes
Hawfinch - coccothraustes coccothraustes
Hawfinch - coccothraustes coccothraustes
I was amazed that the very first bird to appear after getting settled in to the hide was the very species I came for. The Hawinch is an incredibly handsome finch, it is not a common bird in my part of Andalucia but up here in this part of the Sierra Morena it is apparently quite common.
Crested Tit - lophophanes cristatus
Other species came and went, most notably Iberian Magpies and several species of Tit. I post one photo of a Crested Tit plus a rather nice shot of a Greenfinch.
Greenfinch - chloris chloris
The photo below is of the little passerine hide from which I photographed the shots above.
A Passerine Hide
