Wildlife tours and holidays
in Spain and Portugal

Welcome to Iberian Wildlife Tours, a website produced by John Muddeman, Mike Lockwood and Teresa Farino about their guided wildlife holidays and natural history excursions in Spain and Portugal.

Tours for 2010

The site is now updated with all our wildlife tours for 2010. Check the map on the right to see where each of us will be guiding in Spain next year. To find out more about each tour click on the coloured tour zones or on the individual tour titles below the map. If you're interested in joining one of our tours please contact us.

IWT blog - recent posts

Spanish moths commemorated in newly issued stamps
08/02/2010
On 20 January 2010, the Spanish Postal authorities (Correos) delighted Lepidoptera enthusiasts in the country by issuing stamps depicting two Iberian day-flying moths: Artimelia latreillei and Zygaena rhadamanthus.... More

Autumn narcissi in south-west Iberia
28/01/2010
A fabulous display of Autumn Narcissus (Narcissus serotinus) and Narcissus cavanillesii by the Río Guadiana, on the Spanish–Portuguese border.... More

A Feast of Flowers in the Picos de Europa - Trip Report - June 2009
04/12/2009
Written by Caroline Bateman and illustrated by Teresa Farino, this report gives highlights of IWT's most recent botanical tour in the Picos de Europa, during which we also encountered a wealth of other wildlife.... More

Featured tours

Wildlife of Almería
Join Teresa Farino and James Parry for this April tour to south-eastern Spain, jam-packed with opportunities to observe and photograph flowers, birds, reptiles, butterflies, dragonflies, etc. in warm, sunny conditions... More

Walking and wildlife in the eastern Pyrenees
The best way to see wildlife... on foot and along the forgotten byways of the eastern Pyrenees. Join Mike for weekly walks along the drover's roads and smuggler's paths of the final flourish of the Pyrenees... More

Birdwatching trips in central Spain
Tailor-made birding tours in Madrid, Extremadura, La Mancha and Castilla y Leon to suit your requirements. All levels of knowledge can be catered for. Evening excursions plus trips to special sites for the rarer species... More

Springtime in the Picos de Europa
Early May brings a certain joie de vivre to the flora and fauna of these magnificent mountains following the long winter, the warm days filled with bird song, colourful butterflies and spectacular spring floral displays... More

Wildlife of the Aragonese Pyrenees
One of the loveliest Pyrenean valleys, Benasque is a veritable treasure-trove of wildflowers and butterflies, as well as harbouring such emblematic creatures as lammergeier, alpine marmot and Pyrenean brook newt... More

A Feast of Flowers
Join Teresa for a spring botanical tour of the Picos de Europa. Flower-rich haymeadows, ancient forests and high-altitude limestone rockgardens harbour orchids galore and many northern Spanish endemics... More

Butterflies and moths of the Picos de Europa
A superb destination for lepidoptera lovers. These week-long tours will take you through meadows, forests and alpine habitats in search of butterflies and moths, with a wealth of photographic opportunities... More

View all our wildlife tours for 2010