Canonical URL: https://natureslens.co.uk/2019/09/07/wildlife-birdlife-toledo/ # 21 images of the captivating Wildlife & Birdlife of Toledo Published on September 7, 2019 [![A Lesser Kestrel Perched On A Tree Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-lesser-kestrel-perched-on-a-tree-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-lesser-kestrel-perched-on-a-tree-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) Graham was one of the group of guests that joined myself & Dan in [Spain](https://natureslens.co.uk/discover/europe/spain/) during July 2019, to photograph the fabulous Wildlife & Birdlife of Toledo – we had a superb group of guests join us, who were a lot of fun, totally engaged & there to make the most of the week of photographic opportunities; along with the superb organisation skills of our hosts, this made for a most enjoyable time. [![A Crow Comes In To Land In Front Of The Hides Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-crow-comes-in-to-land-in-front-of-the-hides-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-crow-comes-in-to-land-in-front-of-the-hides-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) Graham was lucky in that he captured a few species & behaviours that others didn’t have the chance to experience including crows mobbing the larger raptors at the the various raptor & harrier hides in El Taray … [![A European Bee Eater Perched On A Branch Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-european-bee-eater-perched-on-a-branch-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-european-bee-eater-perched-on-a-branch-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) … & the bee-eaters; sadly the bee-eater nesting had all failed earlier in the summer, the birds tried for a second nesting, but this too failed; the end result of this was that the population of the colony had begun to migrate & disperse earlier than normal. This meant that opportunities with the bee-eaters were to be cherished & made the most of – & Graham did so. [![A European Roller Perched On A Branch Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-european-roller-perched-on-a-branch-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-european-roller-perched-on-a-branch-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) [![A Europen Roller Tosses A Fly Before Eating It Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-europen-roller-tosses-a-fly-before-eating-it-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-europen-roller-tosses-a-fly-before-eating-it-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) As noted elsewhere, on previous blog posts, the rollers were increasing in activity through the week, with some hides working well earlier in the week, & others becoming highly active in the latter part of the stay; this meant that many of the guests were able to experience the birds in all their glory, & for Graham to capture the quintessential image of a roller tossing an insect into the air to catch in it’s mouth! [![A Hoopoe Hops Onto A Stoney Outcrop Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-hoopoe-hops-onto-a-stoney-outcrop-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-hoopoe-hops-onto-a-stoney-outcrop-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) [![A Hoopoe Hops Onto A Stoney Outcrop Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-hoopoe-hops-onto-a-stoney-outcrop-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-hoopoe-hops-onto-a-stoney-outcrop-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) [![A Hoopoe With Freshly Caught Prey On A Stoney Outcrop Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-hoopoe-with-freshly-caught-prey-on-a-stoney-outcrop-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-hoopoe-with-freshly-caught-prey-on-a-stoney-outcrop-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) When I left, leaving the group with [Dan](https://natureslens.co.uk/about/dan/) & Luis, the [hoopoes](https://natureslens.co.uk/photograph/hoopoe/) were increasing in activity, Graham took advantage of this with a number of visits to the [hoopoe](https://natureslens.co.uk/photograph/hoopoe/) photography hides, resulting in some really beautiful images as shown above. [![A Lesser Kestrel Perched On A Tree Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-lesser-kestrel-perched-on-a-tree-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-lesser-kestrel-perched-on-a-tree-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) [![A Lesser Kestrel Takes Flight From The Rootfop Of The Building Which Houses Their Colony Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-lesser-kestrel-takes-flight-from-the-rootfop-of-the-building-which-houses-their-colony-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-lesser-kestrel-takes-flight-from-the-rootfop-of-the-building-which-houses-their-colony-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) We had timed the trip perfectly for the action on the roofs which the [Lesser Kestrel](https://natureslens.co.uk/photograph/lesser-kestrel/) colony have made their nests within, & Graham capitalised upon this, with perched & in flight shots being added to his portfolio. [![A Lesser Kestrel With Freshly Caught Prey On The Rootfop Of The Building Which Houses Their Colony Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-lesser-kestrel-with-freshly-caught-prey-on-the-rootfop-of-the-building-which-houses-their-colony-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-lesser-kestrel-with-freshly-caught-prey-on-the-rootfop-of-the-building-which-houses-their-colony-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) [![A Perched Lesser Kestrel On The Rootfop Of The Building Which Houses Their Colony Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-perched-lesser-kestrel-on-the-rootfop-of-the-building-which-houses-their-colony-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-perched-lesser-kestrel-on-the-rootfop-of-the-building-which-houses-their-colony-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) [![An Adult Lesser Kestrel Feeds One Of Its Young On The Rootfop Of The Building Which Houses Their Colony Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/an-adult-lesser-kestrel-feeds-one-of-its-young-on-the-rootfop-of-the-building-which-houses-their-colony-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/an-adult-lesser-kestrel-feeds-one-of-its-young-on-the-rootfop-of-the-building-which-houses-their-colony-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) One of my favourite behavioural moments with [Lesser Kestrels](https://natureslens.co.uk/photograph/lesser-kestrel/) is food retrieval, the adults bringing insects back to their young or during the incubation period, the males to the females – the activity on the rooftops was frenetic, with the young demanding food, & the adults making content forays for insects, which they gently passed to the young. [![A Stone Curlew Drinking From One Of The Estates Many Water Holes Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-stone-curlew-drinking-from-one-of-the-estates-many-water-holes-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-stone-curlew-drinking-from-one-of-the-estates-many-water-holes-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) [![A Gorgeously Reflected Stone Curlew In One Of The Estates Many Water Holes Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-gorgeously-reflected-stone-curlew-in-one-of-the-estates-many-water-holes-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-gorgeously-reflected-stone-curlew-in-one-of-the-estates-many-water-holes-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) [![A Stone Curlew Strides Towards One Of The Estates Many Water Holes Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-stone-curlew-strides-towards-one-of-the-estates-many-water-holes-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-stone-curlew-strides-towards-one-of-the-estates-many-water-holes-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) As with each of the other guests, the Stone Curlews at the ware holes were a firm favourite, the drinking shots below, I think capture the pbehaviour of this bird throughout the week perfectly. [![One Of The Estates Many Passerines Grips On A Reed Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/one-of-the-estates-many-passerines-grips-on-a-reed-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/one-of-the-estates-many-passerines-grips-on-a-reed-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) [![One Of The Estates Many Passerines Perches On A Reed Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/one-of-the-estates-many-passerines-perches-on-a-reed-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/one-of-the-estates-many-passerines-perches-on-a-reed-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) [![One Of The Estates Many Passerines Perches On A Stoney Mound Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/one-of-the-estates-many-passerines-perches-on-a-stoney-mound-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/one-of-the-estates-many-passerines-perches-on-a-stoney-mound-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) As a wrap-up, a few images of the smaller birds & passerines of the estate put on a good show, enabling our guests to capture some great images of them, whilst on a larger scale, the raptors, both harriers & buzzards made their presence known at the hides whilst Graham was ready with him camera. [![One Of The Estates Many Raptors Comes In To Land In Front Of The Hides Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/one-of-the-estates-many-raptors-comes-in-to-land-in-front-of-the-hides-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/one-of-the-estates-many-raptors-comes-in-to-land-in-front-of-the-hides-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) [![One Of The Estates Many Raptors Lands On A Perch In Front Of The Hides Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/one-of-the-estates-many-raptors-lands-on-a-perch-in-front-of-the-hides-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/one-of-the-estates-many-raptors-lands-on-a-perch-in-front-of-the-hides-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) [![One Of The Estates Raptors Comes In To Land In Front Of The Hides Photographed During The Natureslens Spanish Wildlife Birdlife Of Toledo Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/one-of-the-estates-raptors-comes-in-to-land-in-front-of-the-hides-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/one-of-the-estates-raptors-comes-in-to-land-in-front-of-the-hides-photographed-during-the-natureslens-spanish-wildlife-birdlife-of-toledo-photography-holiday.jpg) - NaturesLens wildlife photography holidays are structured around photographic opportunity — every schedule decision is made around light, behaviour, & access. - Small groups of 4–8 photographers ensure unhurried positions & individual guidance. - Single occupancy accommodation is included as standard across the majority of our trips. ## Share this post - - - - [![A Group Of Puffins On One Of The Headlands Photographed During The Natureslens Shetland Puffins Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/a-group-of-puffins-on-one-of-the-headlands-photographed-during-the-natureslens-shetland-puffins-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/2018/11/17/shetlands-puffins/) ### [Photographing Shetland’s Puffins of Fair-Isle](https://natureslens.co.uk/2018/11/17/shetlands-puffins/) November 17, 2018 Fair Isle is a truly unique place to photograph Shetland's Puffins. 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