August flowers in the Sierra de Grazalema

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August is a golden month, as most annual flowers have finished their colourful phase, produced their seed heads and dried completely to a straw colour. Although if you look in the right places there are still flowers to be found; watercourses, irrigated areas, animal watering troughs, damp meadows and high mountains will offer the best selection. However, this is also a good month to see insects such as dragonflies, mantis and bushcrickets!

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Fly-away Birding Breaks in association with Huerta Grande Rural Eco-lodge

Located near Tarifa in Andalucia, and putting you right at the epicentre of birding in The Strait of Gibraltar, with Inglorious Bustards you can experience the incredible event of bird migration.

I think that this incentive from Simon and Niki running their Fly-away Birding Breaks from Inglorious Bustards is amazing… 3 days of nature with people who “know their patch”! Over an introductory afternoon and two full days of birding, we’ll use our local knowledge of weather conditions, up-to-the-minute wildlife information – and of course your … Read more