Bird Watching Spain

Birdwatching Spain organizes day trips and fixed-date tours for just one person or small groups to the most interesting birding and butterfly spots in Spain

[Bird Watching Spain @BirdSpain]

Thinking about a Christmas present? A wildlife trip to the magnificent Picos de Europa Mountains in NW Spain is a wonderful option :) Last places available! Please do not hesitate to contact us https://t.co/A3GwVvGRXa

[Mariposa Nature Tours @Mariposa_Nature]

The next tranche of our 2027 butterfly tours have gone onto our website, now available for booking.

There are still a few places left on some of our 2026 tours - we're delighted to see we're the first choice for European butterfly-watching holidays:

https://t.co/jLOEkZxMv4

[Mariposa Nature Tours @Mariposa_Nature]

Tour update 🚨

As of this morning, our Summer Butterflies of the Spanish Pyrenees tour is now fully booked for 2026. A handful of places remain on our other summer butterfly tours - have a look at our handy tour calendar to check availability:

https://t.co/jLOEkZxMv4

[Bird Watching Spain @BirdSpain]

Few places available fro the June trip to the superb Picos Mountains. Please have a look to the post: https://t.co/whCpmONYae

[Mariposa Nature Tours @Mariposa_Nature]

While a Green Hairstreak is pleasant enough, you get more butterfly bang for your buck with a Provence Hairstreak! Why settle for second-best?

Speaking of great value for money, our £100 January discount off all our 2026 holidays runs until 1 February...

https://t.co/jLOEkZxMv4

[Mariposa Nature Tours @Mariposa_Nature]

Day 17 of our #AdventCalendar features Southern Hermit, an elusive butterfly found in North Africa and (only just) in parts of Spain, where it's a rarity.

We're delighted that donations from our tours have helped fund surveys to establish the health of the Spanish population.

[Mariposa Nature Tours @Mariposa_Nature]

Day 3 of our #AdventCalendar and we've something special to announce.

Our lovely hotel in Albarracin has one more room available for two people to join us and Kate Humble next August for our Butterflies & Solar Eclipse tour in Montes Universales... (1/2)

https://t.co/hZwMBP4QjJ

[Mariposa Nature Tours @Mariposa_Nature]

This is our kind of blue Monday for day 8 of our #AdventCalendar - four of the beautiful blue butterflies we see every August in Spain's marvellous Montes Universales. Shards of sunny joy to brighten any Monday in December. These are the memories we love to build with our guests.

[Mariposa Nature Tours @Mariposa_Nature]

For day 13 of our #AdventCalendar, with Christmas drawing closer, we've a butterfly with baubles on its wings. This gorgeous Apollo was seen high in the Pyrenees in the late afternoon when, cooling down, it was dozy and approachable.

[Mariposa Nature Tours @Mariposa_Nature]

It's not just butterflies that feature on our Butterflies of the Spanish Pyrenees tour. Our local naturalists, Peter Rich & Pau Lucio, are no one-trick ponies - they know their other wildlife too, and will be pointing out birds, moths, orchids et al!
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[Bird Watching Spain @BirdSpain]

Great job!

[Mariposa Nature Tours @Mariposa_Nature]

That's us heading for home now after a highly successful Autumn Exotica in Andalusia tour, with all the butterfly targets (and a huge bonus!) found, plus some fine dragonflies and birds too. We can't wait to return next year - and hope you might join us.

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[Jon Dunn 🇺🇦 @dunnjons]

An unforgettable day with my @Mariposa_Nature group.

I found Desert Babul Blue on the European mainland!

There are a mere handful of past claims of it - this is an African species that's an ultra-rarity in Europe. I'm in a state of some shock.

[Mariposa Nature Tours @Mariposa_Nature]

Good morning and welcome to a new week!

Our featured tour this week is Spring Butterflies of Andalusia - a wonderful exploration of the special #butterflies that call southern Spain home, at a time of year the region bursts into life anew. (1/2)

https://t.co/LJG5WnwQO1

[Bird Watching Spain @BirdSpain]

Day 3 of the ongoing Autumn Wildlife tour in Valencia with @Mariposa_Nature! What stunning creatures!

[Bird Watching Spain @BirdSpain]

What a trip we had in Picos de Europa mountains with @Mariposa_Nature! An outstanding paradise for butterflies!

[Mariposa Nature Tours @Mariposa_Nature]

An outstanding day here in the Montes Universales today was crowned with a tame and approachable Esper's Marbled White that, at one stage, shared Eryngium flowers with a False Grayling. 😍

[Mariposa Nature Tours @Mariposa_Nature]

Postcard from the field from @BirdSpain, currently leading our Butterflies of the Picos de Europa tour:

We've seen many butterflies at close quarters, but few can match this Purple Emperor - straight into our vehicle to suck sweat from the seat fabric!

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[Mariposa Nature Tours @Mariposa_Nature]

Coppers may be pennies from heaven, but we think butterflies deserve a bit more than that. We donate to support the great work of @europebutterfly after *every* butterfly tour we operate. Our Butterflies of North Greece donation is already with them.

https://t.co/z8VIL9kcT4

[Mariposa Nature Tours @Mariposa_Nature]

It's been an open secret now for a while among our regulars, but today's the day we announce our Early Bird booking discount for 2026.

Any week-long 2026 holiday booked before 1 December 2025 will benefit from a £150 discount off the list price!

Enjoy your holiday planning! 😃

[Mariposa Nature Tours @Mariposa_Nature]

With Pau Lucio & Emmanuelle Juan as your leaders, you've a team with unrivalled local knowledge at the helm for an exploration of this incredibly beautiful and butterfly-rich area of northern Spain. An unforgettable experience awaits! (2/2)