Owen Watson, a guest of birding, conservation and wildlife tour company Inglorious Bustards, describes his adventures on an 8-day trip with RSPB Leeds local group (UK nature conservation charity) to experience the spectacle of avian migration across the Strait of Gibraltar, and explore stunning habitats and conservation initiatives on the Moroccan and Spanish sides of the…
Fourteen kilometres of sea and sky are all that separate two continents. At 9am, the Mediterranean sun is already warming the air and sparkling on the calm waters. It’s early autumn, and this narrow – but potentially deadly – stretch of sea is all that stands between countless millions of birds and the next leg…