Extremadura Birdwatching Fair (FIO)

Monfragüe National Park, Spain

FEBRUARY 21st TO 23rd 2025

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Welcome to FIO 2024!

The largest event for birding in Spain

We invite you to a journey through the fascinating world of birds and nature at the Extremadura Birdwatching Fair (FIO)

February 23rd to 25th 2024

Monfragüe National Park (Cáceres, Extremadura)

 

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Three intense days full of activities

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Talks

Enjoy and learn about ornithology, conservation projects, art, tourism, communication...

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Guided Birding tours

Get to know this wonderful environment through hiking routes, by bus and by 4x4.

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Exhibitions

Beautiful snapshots related to the world of birds and nature.

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FOTOFIO (Photography Talks)

Expert nature photographers talk about their techniques, experiences and travels.

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Specialised workshops

Workshops for adult audiences on drawing and painting, sounds of nature and identification. Presentations of bird books and ornithological tourism.

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Activities

Workshops, storytelling and shows for children and families.

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Extremadura Birdwatching Fair (FIO)

Monfragüe National Park

Extremadura Birdwatching Fair, organized by the Regional Government, is the perfect opportunity to connect with bird lovers, conservation experts and nature enthusiasts.

In addition, you will be able to obtain valuable information about tourist destinations that stand out for their rich birdlife.

Join us and share your passion for birds and nature!

English artist Ben Woodhams, designer of the 2024 FIO poster

Cranes are part of the landscape of Extremadura in autumn and winter. Thousands from northern Europe spend the coldest months here. Our region is the main wintering area for this migratory bird in the Iberian Peninsula. Their flight and trumpeting call accompany us in the Guadiana basin, La Serena, La Siberia, Sierra de Gata and the reservoirs of Valdecañas, Gabriel y Galán, Borbollón and Los Canchales, among other sites.

FIO dedicates this year’s poster to this emblematic species of Extremadura. As has been the case for years, the General Directorate of Tourism has invited a renowned artist to develop the image of the biggest bird fair in Spain. And this year is the work of Ben Woodhams, an English artist and illustrator who lives and works on the Danish island of Bornholm, in the Baltic Sea, an area where many of the cranes that travel to southern Europe come from.

With his work 'Three Preening Cranes', Ben Woodhams joins the list of great national and international illustrators who have collaborated with FIO.

Artists invited by FIO to design the official poster (most recent years):

  • 2023: Manuel Sosa (Extremadura, Spain)
  • 2022: Killian Mullarney (Ireland)
  • 2021: Andrea Romero Ardila (Colombia)
  • 2020: Lars Jonsson (Sweden)
  • 2019: José Antonio Sencianes (Spain)
  • 2018: Darren Woodhead (United Kingdom)

Are you a professional?

This is your moment! Explore new business opportunities in the ornithological and nature tourism sector.

PRESS

Concha Hierro

Press Officer

Department of Culture, Tourism, Youth and Sports

REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF EXTREMADURA

+34 924 00 70 59

concha.hierro@juntaex.es

¡Participa en las actividades del Festival de las Aves ‘Ciudad de Cáceres’!

✅ 24 y 25 de mayo

Inscripciones abiertas para:

💛 Rutas ornitológicas
💚 Maratón fotográfico
🩵 Cuentacuentos
💜 Jornadas técnicas

Consulta el programa completo:
https://festivaldelasavescaceres.juntaex.es/es/programa/ 

📸 'Mi casa', de José Luis Barriga Rubio, primer premio del concurso fotográfico del Festival de las Aves 2018

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¡Participa en el maratón fotográfico del Festival de las Aves ‘Ciudad de Cáceres’!

Inscripciones abiertas hasta el próximo viernes, 17 de mayo.

Las fotografías podrán realizarse desde el 17 al 24 de mayo.

🏆 1.700 euros en premios, en material fotográfico.

ℹ️ Bases e inscripciones:
https://festivaldelasavescaceres.juntaex.es/es/maraton-fotografico/ 

📸 Ángel Fernández Mogollón, primer premio del maratón fotográfico de 2023

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Día Mundial de las Aves Migratorias
Cigüeña negra #Extremadura
Torcecuello euroasiático
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📸 @jesusleonsanchez 

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✅ “Un aperitivo“ 🐥 Abejaruco común (Merops apiaster) 
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Fotografía realizada hace unos días, en mi última sesión con los abejarucos. En una finca privada de Arroyo de la Luz, Extremadura. 
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Os muestro un abejaruco con las luces de media tarde y lanzando al aire una abeja que posteriormente la utilizó de aperitivo. Es una especie que podemos ver de abril a septiembre en España. 
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Información: La dieta del abejaruco se basa principalmente en pequeños insectos voladores, abejas, avispas, libélulas, moscardones, etc. Para la construcción de sus nidos, buscan taludes arenosos principalmente. Aparte de por su colorido, uno de los más llamativos de las aves europeas, resulta muy fácil de reconocer por su característico reclamo, que emite constantemente mientras vuela y que puede ser oído desde largas distancias.
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Dar las gracias al amigo: @manuelmonterocarrero por su trato y su buen hacer siempre. ¡Os recomiendo este hide de abejarucos! 
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¿ Qué os parece la fotografía ? 🐥🐝🥰
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Para más fotografías en instagram: @rubensanfotos 
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Os recomiendo visitar mi página web: https://rubensanfotos.myportfolio.com
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Foto y texto: @rubensanfotos

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