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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
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
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 half-day birding trip to Central Spain
28/12/2009
A dry day between rain gave good sightings for a half-day birdwatching trip in Madrid... More

A Feast of Flowers in the Picos de Europa - Trip Report - June 2009
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


Andalucía, Extremadura & Gredos Catalonia wildlife tours: Walking and wildlife in the eastern Pyrenees • Dragonflies & Wildlife Valencia wildlife tours: Ebro Delta & N Valencia Aragón wildlife tours: Spanish Pyrenees (High Aragón) Catalonia wildlife tours: Ebro Delta Aragón wildlife tours: Wildlife of the Aragonese Pyrenees Andalucia wildlife tours: Wildlife of Almería Castilla y León birding tours: Tailor-made birdwatching trips La Mancha birding tours: Tailor-made birdwatching trips Madrid birding tours: Tailor-made birdwatching trips Catalonia wildlife tours: Butterfly monitoring in La Garrotxa • Dragonflies & Wildlife Extremadura wildlife tours: Tailor-made birdwatching trips • Extremadura (IWT/SEO/BirdLife/Spainbirds) • Extremadura (spring & autumn weeks) • Andalucía, Extremadura & Gredos • Spanish Steppes in Autumn Andalucia wildlife tours: Andalucía, Extremadura & Gredos Catalonia wildlife tours: Vall d'Aran and High Pyrenees Andalucia wildlife tours: Andalucía, Extremadura & Gredos Picos de Europa: Daily Wildlife Walks • Springtime in the Picos de Europa • Picos de Europa 2010 • Spain: Picos de Europa • A Feast of Flowers • Butterflies & Moths (IWT) • Butterflies & Moths (children's special)   Picos de Europa tours
  Aragon tours
  Catalonia tours
  Balearic Islands tours
  Castilla y Leon tours
  Madrid tours
  Extremadura tours
  Castilla - La Mancha tours
  Andalucia tours

Meet the Iberian Wildlife guides...

John Muddeman is principal guide for wildlife holidays throughout Spain and Portugal John Muddeman is a professional tour guide, writer and scientific translator, with a lifelong interest in diverse aspects of natural history. He lives in Madrid and guides organised groups throughout Iberia and Europe.
Teresa Farino organises natural history tours all over Spain, particularly in the Picos de Europa and central Portugal Teresa Farino is an all-round naturalist with a special interest in the wildflowers, butterflies and moths of the Iberian peninsula. She lives in the Picos de Europa and has been leading wildlife holidays in Spain and Portugal since 1989.
Mike Lockwood leads wildlife holidays in Catalonia and the Spanish Pyrenees Mike Lockwood is a seasoned naturalist currently working in Catalonia on bird, butterfly and dragonfly studies. He lives in Catalonia and leads wildlife and walking tours for various companies and private groups.

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

Valle de Benasque - Trip Report 2008
Heavy falls of snow around Easter, followed by six weeks' rain during May and the early part of June meant that the flora we encountered in the Posets-Maladeta Natural Park was more typical of late May than late June, with several species of Narcissus still in flower. Nevertheless, we saw more than 500 species of vascular plant... More

List of the Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of Spain and Portugal
In total 78 species of Odonata have been recorded in mainland Spain (including the Balearic Islands), with 63 species cited from mainland Portugal. In the Canary Islands just 14 species have been recorded, of which the two resident damselfly and two resident dragonfly species do not occur in the rest of Spain... More

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Grazalema botanical trip report 2007
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Catalan Pyrenees botanical trip report 2005
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Botanical trip report 2004
Butterfly & moth trip report 2005
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Butterfly & moth trip report 2008
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