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.

Featured tours

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

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

Botanical tour of Benasque
Superb montane flora in the Aragonese Pyrenees with the BSBI. Masses of saxifrages and gentians, plus Alpine marmot, lammergeier and a wealth of butterflies... 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

Wildlife walks in the Picos de Europa
Whether you are interested in birds, wildflowers, butterflies or any other aspect of natural history, the amazing diversity of wildlife in the Picos de Europa makes it a top holiday destination for visiting naturalists... More

Featured articles

Spain - Birds and birdwatching
The amazing diversity of Spain's birdlife is largely due to the geographical location of the Iberian peninsula and its immense variety of ecosystems, from coastal to freshwater habitats, arid steppes to thick forests, and high mountains to islands... More

Wildlife of the Sierra de Grazalema
Superbly scenic limestone mountains in western Andalucía, harbouring an important enclave of Spanish fir forest, sizeable griffon vulture colonies, abundant Spanish ibex, a wealth of butterflies and a rich flora, including many Iberian endemic species... More