Madrid Trip Overview
Do you want to take your first into birdwatching in an easy-access place and with great sight to some of the best monuments in Madrid? Are you an experienced birder who wants to see the birds of Madrid city? Do you want to approach the city center in a different way? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then this tour is for you.
Madrid Rio is an excellent place to take your first steps into birdwatching, with the plus of being right in the town center, very close to iconic places like Plaza de Espana, Palacio Real, or Casa de Campo. The constant presence of people makes the birds extremely confident, so you can watch them easily and from a very short distance.
If you are an avid birdwatcher and you just have a few hours available, this tour is a great way to have first contact with the birds of Madrid.
Additional Info
* Duration: 3 hours
* Starts: Madrid, Spain
* Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> Nature & Wildlife
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What to Expect When Visiting Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Do you want to take your first into birdwatching in an easy-access place and with great sight to some of the best monuments in Madrid? Are you an experienced birder who wants to see the birds of Madrid city? Do you want to approach the city center in a different way? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then this tour is for you.
Madrid Rio is an excellent place to take your first steps into birdwatching, with the plus of being right in the town center, very close to iconic places like Plaza de Espana, Palacio Real, or Casa de Campo. The constant presence of people makes the birds extremely confident, so you can watch them easily and from a very short distance.
If you are an avid birdwatcher and you just have a few hours available, this tour is a great way to have first contact with the birds of Madrid.
Itinerary
We will meet at the Principe Pio subway station. From there we will take a walk along the best part of Madrid Río, between Reina Victoria and Segovia bridges. We will watch with our binoculars the bird species that we find along the way, doing multiple stops to watch them carefully.
Madrid Río is a linear park along Manzanares River on its way along the city center. This new space, where the river has recovered its natural course, has been rapidly colonized by the fauna associated with the riverside environments. In Madrid Rio you can find very common aquatic birds like Mallard, Common Moorhen, Great Cormorant, Grey Heron, White Wagtail as well as exotic species like the Egyptian Goose and the Ruddy Shelduck.
We will pass by the entrance to Casa de Campo, the largest urban park in Madrid, so l we will have the chance to find forest birds like Iberian Green Woodpecker, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Nuthatch, or Short-toed Treecreeper.
After 3 hours of activity, during which we can easily see more than 20 birds species, we will return to our starting point.
Stop At:
• Madrid Rio Park, Madrid Rio Park, Madrid
• Royal Palace of Madrid, Calle de Bailen s/n, 28071 Madrid Spain
• Casa de Campo, Casa de Campo, Madrid
• Puente de Segovia, Paseo de la Virgen del Puerto Puerta del Angel, Madrid Spain
• Catedral de Sta Maria la Real de la Almudena, Calle Bailen 10, 28013 Madrid Spain
