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

Trepador azul
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#EurasianNuthatch
Águila perdicera
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Petirrojo europeo
#Extremadura 

La luz tenue de las tardes invernales acaricia al petirrojo, envolviéndolo en un halo cálido que realza la magia de su presencia.

Extremadura, naturalmente.

Foto y texto: @krlosma 

#PetirrojoEuropeo
#ErithacusRubecula
#EuropeanRobin
El alimoche (Neophron percnopterus) es un pequeño buitre migratorio que en Europa nidifica principalmente en la península ibérica y algunas zonas de la cuenca mediterránea. 

Pero al menos desde los años ochenta algunos optaron por pasar el invierno aquí, alternancias que cada vez se observan más en numerosas especies. 

Concretamente en Extremadura se localiza su población invernante más numerosa —y probablemente la única salvo casos aislados— en Europa, con 171 ejemplares según el último censo de @seo_birdlife (2022) distribuidos en tres dormideros comunales.

¿Cada vez sabemos más de las aves y hay más gente observándolas o el cambio climático está favoreciendo la modificación de sus conductas?

Probablemente ambas cosas, además de otros cambios en los usos humanos del suelo, claro, pero el caso es que en Extremadura los podéis ver todo el año.

Ilustración y texto: @agustin.gallardocasado
¡Del 21 al 23 de febrero tienes una cita con lo mejor del turismo ornitológico! FIO cumple 20 años 🎂

Reserva estas fechas para visitar el Parque Nacional de Monfragüe y participar en las actividades de la principal feria de turismo de naturaleza y observación de aves de España.

Próximamente todo el programa estará disponible en www.fioextremadura.es

🎨 Cartel de Ian Lewington para #FIO2025 

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