Crossbill Guide: Canary Islands : Fuerteventura and Lanzarote – Spain

This guidebook is a revised and expanded edition of the Crossbill guide: Canary Islands 1 covering the islands f Lanzarote and Fuerteventura including its satellite islands of Isla de Lobos and La Graciosa.

The Crossbill Guide to Fuerteventura and Lanzarote is a thorough and practical guide for naturalists and nature lovers. It offers background information and detailed routes and site descriptions, plus tips on finding and watching all kinds of wildlife. Each route offers detailed descriptions of where and how to find wildlife and wildflowers and shows you the characteristics of the landscape and geology. The book offers a mix of (mostly easy) walking routes and car itineraries with stops and short walks.

• Landscape history
• Ecosystems
• Geology
• Flora and Fauna
• Where to watch birds
• Finding wildflowers
• 13 detailed routes with tips for finding wildlife and 22 site descriptions

Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the two easternmost Canary Islands, are very different from the rest of the archipelago. With their odd combination of volcanic and Saharan-style landscapes, they form a special destination – one where you can find birds and other animals that occur nowhere else in Europe or even the world.
Unexpected perhaps for these dry islands, there is beautiful flora to explore, while the ocean itself is inviting for snorkelling or watching dolphins and seabirds. With this guidebook you’ll discover that Lanzarote and Fuerteventura have much more to offer than just sun and sand.