Montgrí

Montgrí is the name belonging to a calcareous massif on the Costa Brava between l'Escala and l'Estartit. It is an area dominated by low scrub, garigue, with isolated patches of pine woodland. Wetland birds have a foothold in the area too, with the Illes Medes and the Ter Vell Lagoon, as well as the River Ter.

Birding around this relatively uninhabited massif is a welcome contrast to the tourist complex dominating most of the Costa Brava, and can reveal a surprisingly rich birdlife in a short period of time.

Bird Species that can be found in Montgrí:

• Shag
• Cattle Egret
• Squacco Heron
• Night Heron
• Little Bittern
• Bonelli's Eagle
• Short-toed Eagle
• Montagu's Harrier
• Peregrine Falcon
• Eleonora's Falcon
• Eagle Owl
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
• Alpine Swift
• Pallid Swift
• Crag Martin
• Red-rumped Swallow
• Thekla Lark
• Tawny Pipit
• Black-eared Wheatear
• Blue Rock Thrush
• Cetti's Warbler
• Fan-tailed Warbler
• Great Reed Warbler
• Sardinian Warbler
• Subalpine Warbler
• Spectacled Warbler
• Dartford Warbler
• Orphean Warbler
• Crested Tit
• Penduline Tit
• Rock Sparrow