Canonical URL: https://natureslens.co.uk/2025/06/10/wildlife-photography-holiday-in-extremadura/ # Wildlife Photography Holiday in Extremadura Published on June 10, 2025 [![One Of The Bonellis Eagles Found On The Estate Photographed On The Estate Used For The Natureslens Birds Of Extremadura Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/One-of-the-Bonellis-Eagles-found-on-the-estate-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday-1024x768.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/One-of-the-Bonellis-Eagles-found-on-the-estate-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg) Written by [David Miles](https://natureslens.co.uk/guides/david/) with images contributed by Olimpia Oriol Ibarra. Our [wildlife photography holiday in Extremadura](https://natureslens.co.uk/photography-holiday/birds-of-extremadura/), [Spain](https://natureslens.co.uk/discover/europe/spain/), is built around a private estate in the dehesa country west of Madrid. Over seven nights & six full days in the field, a recent group worked the hides, tracks, & water features across the property, coming away with strong portfolios of raptors, woodland species, & waterbirds. [![A Booted Eagle Perched On A Fallen Tree Photographed On The Estate Used For The Natureslens Birds Of Extremadura Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-Booted-Eagle-perched-on-a-fallen-tree-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-Booted-Eagle-perched-on-a-fallen-tree-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg) [![A Golden Eagle In Flight Photographed On The Estate Used For The Natureslens Birds Of Extremadura Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-Golden-Eagle-in-flight-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-Golden-Eagle-in-flight-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg) The accommodation is a restored farmhouse on the estate itself, which means you can be in a hide within minutes of finishing breakfast. Single-occupancy rooms are included as standard. The surrounding dehesa landscape gives you clean, open backgrounds for flight photography, & the valley orientation means good light from both ends of the day as raptors move between roost sites. [![A Hovering Black Shouldered Kite Photographed On The Estate Used For The Natureslens Birds Of Extremadura Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-hovering-Black-Shouldered-Kite-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-hovering-Black-Shouldered-Kite-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg) The species list from this trip speaks for itself. [Golden Eagles](https://natureslens.co.uk/photograph/golden-eagle/) & [Booted Eagles](https://natureslens.co.uk/photograph/booted-eagle/) were photographed on multiple days, often at close range from the hides. Black & [Griffon Vultures](https://natureslens.co.uk/photograph/griffon-vulture/) came through in large groups – sometimes fifty or more overhead at once. [Red Kites](https://natureslens.co.uk/photograph/red-kite/) & Buzzards were constant presences. At the woodland & waterside hides, Azure Magpies, [Kingfishers](https://natureslens.co.uk/photograph/common-kingfisher/), & Dartford Warblers provided opportunities for detailed perched portraits. A Fox & a Hare also made appearances in the scrubland beyond the hides. [![A Lesser Kestrel On A Rooftop With Captured Prey Photographed On The Estate Used For The Natureslens Birds Of Extremadura Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-Lesser-Kestrel-on-a-rooftop-with-captured-prey-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-Lesser-Kestrel-on-a-rooftop-with-captured-prey-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg) [![A Lesser Kestrel On A Rooftop With Prey Photographed On The Estate Used For The Natureslens Birds Of Extremadura Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-Lesser-Kestrel-on-a-rooftop-with-prey-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-Lesser-Kestrel-on-a-rooftop-with-prey-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg) [![A Lesser Kestrel On A Rooftop With Recently Captured Prey Photographed On The Estate Used For The Natureslens Birds Of Extremadura Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-Lesser-Kestrel-on-a-rooftop-with-recently-captured-prey-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-Lesser-Kestrel-on-a-rooftop-with-recently-captured-prey-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg) [![A Lesser Kestrel On A Rooftop Photographed On The Estate Used For The Natureslens Birds Of Extremadura Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-Lesser-Kestrel-on-a-rooftop-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-Lesser-Kestrel-on-a-rooftop-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg) Two sessions in the hydrohide are included on every trip. These put you at water level with species like [Kingfisher](https://natureslens.co.uk/photograph/common-kingfisher/) & various waders, giving you that clean, eye-level angle with a blurred water foreground. It works well with a long lens for tight portraits, but some of the group also pulled back to wider focal lengths for environmental shots that show the bird in context. [![A Little Owl Perched On A Rooftop Photographed On The Estate Used For The Natureslens Birds Of Extremadura Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-Little-Owl-perched-on-a-rooftop-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-Little-Owl-perched-on-a-rooftop-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg) [![One Of The Estates Little Owls Perched On A Rooftop Photographed On The Estate Used For The Natureslens Birds Of Extremadura Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/One-of-the-estates-Little-Owls-perched-on-a-rooftop-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/One-of-the-estates-Little-Owls-perched-on-a-rooftop-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg) The schedule is structured around the light. We are out early for the morning golden hour, back for a midday break when the light is flat, & out again for the afternoon session through to dusk. The images from this trip cover a good range – raptor flight shots, perched portraits of smaller species, & wider landscape frames that show the character of the [Extremadura](https://natureslens.co.uk/specific-location/extremadura/) dehesa. [![A Pair Of Mating Lesser Kestrels On A Rooftop Photographed On The Estate Used For The Natureslens Birds Of Extremadura Photography Holiday](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-pair-of-mating-Lesser-Kestrels-on-a-rooftop-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg)](https://natureslens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-pair-of-mating-Lesser-Kestrels-on-a-rooftop-photographed-on-the-estate-used-for-the-NaturesLens-Birds-of-Extremadura-photography-holiday.jpg) ## Join this Wildlife Photography Holiday in Extremadura in 2026 We are running this trip again in [2026](https://natureslens.co.uk/during/2026/). The estate gives us private access to hides & locations that are not available to the public, & the group size is kept small so everyone gets time in the best positions. Full details & dates are on [the trip page](https://natureslens.co.uk/photography-holiday/birds-of-extremadura/). Places are limited. [Book your place here](https://natureslens.co.uk/photography-holiday/birds-of-extremadura/) to join us in one of the richest raptor regions in Western [Europe](https://natureslens.co.uk/discover/europe/). 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