Winter Wallcreeper Break 2024 Trip report

Another successful winter birdwatching trip looking for Wallcreeper in the Languedoc!

The 2024 edition of our Winter Wallcreeper break has extended our success rate of finding the elusive Wallcreeper for a fifth year. This alpine species migrates to lower altitudes with some individuals  over-wintering in the Languedoc between November and March. Thanks to the group’s collective scrutiny of rock faces (and our skillful guide) we managed to find three individuals at three different sites, which allowed all members of the group to get distant views! The new extended version of this trip now includes a wider range of  habitats and offers some very varied birding and spectacular landscapes. During this fun 6-day trip in early March with a very international group, we managed to chalk up a grand total of 95 species – not at all bad for this time of year!

See the Winter Wallcreeper Break 2024 Trip report for more details and the bird list.

If you are interested in joining the 2025 Winter Wallcreeper trip, please contact us here.

Birdwatching day trip in the Minervois February 2023

Our first day trip of the season got us off to a great start!

The spectacular village of Minerve offers the perfect habitat for overwintering Wallcreeper and Alpine accentor, together with resident Crag martin. But finding a small grey bird creeping around on a grey rock face in a vast gorge is like finding a needle in a haystack! Read the trip report to see if we found this elusive bird…

Read or download the trip report here.

Winter Wallcreeper weekend 2022 Trip report

Another successful weekend looking for Wallcreeper in the Languedoc!

We had a fun weekend at the end of February visiting the spectacular sites that offer the perfect habitat for overwintering Wallcreeper. No matter how much preparation we do, we are always in the lap of the bird and weather gods, but they were all kind to us this year! And what can beat a great group of birders, great weather, delightful accommodation, delicious food and wine, and some really excellent birding!

See and/or download the 2022 trip report and bird list here.

If you are interested in joining the 2023 Wallcreeper trip, please contact us here.

We may extend the 2023 trip and make it a Monday to Friday trip…

Winter Weekend looking for Wallcreeper

Spectacular sites, charming accommodation, great food and wine and an interesting list of target species!

Join us for a fun weekend at the end of February visiting some truly spectacular sites to search for Wallcreeper. No promises, but we have a good track record on this trip and recent records are encouraging! There are plenty of other interesting species to see too, such as Iberian grey shrike and Great spotted cuckoo, Little bustard, Stone curlew and many more…

See full details on the trip page here.

So if you are itching to travel and see some exotic birds, but want to stay fairly close to home and keep your carbon footprint down – come by train and join us for a fun weekend of #lowcarbonbirding !

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