Trujillo is a beautiful old and well preserved ( and restored) historical town , which rightly receives considerable numbers of both Spanish and foreign tourists.The town itself is bird-rich, with large numbers of Lesser Kestrel and White Stork breeding, Pallid Swift occurs in small numbers, and other raptors, including Booted Eagle, regulary overfly the central plaza. When probably the best single area in Extremadura for seeing both Great and Little Bustards easily, the Belen Plain, lies within 15 minutes drive, the attraction of staying her for several days becomes clear.

Two parts of the town are of main interest. Firstly, the Plaza Mayor has numerous breeding Lesser Kestrel in the surrounding roofs and White Stork around the church towers . Several pairs of Pallid Swift also breed amongst the hordes of Swift , favouring the area around the main church . Although all can be watched while stting at a bar, climbing up towards the main castle leads along cobbled streets with excellent views down over the plaza and rooftops. The various gardens and open areas are attractive to othe species, including Hoopoe and Serin,while the quieter parts of the castle walls ( on the north side, especially) usually support Blue Rock Thrush and Red-rumped Swallow , and Black Redstart is common in winter. Red and Black Kites and Booted Eagle are often seen drifting over and around the town and Barn Owl breeds in the town and can sometimes be seen late evenings hunting over the fields below and to the east of the castle . umbers of little Owl often sit on power lines and wall-tops in this area, and the dry stone walls have attracted Black-eared Wheatear.

The second main area of interest lies around the bull ring. From the juction with the C.324, head south towards Zorita, and after c.100m turn right onto the very wide track just before the circular bull ring. Lesser Kestrel breeds in numbers in the roof and provide a fascinating spectacle as they interact very close. Continuing along the track and keeping right, the track borders a large double fish-pond. Although usually shallow and disturbed it is extraordinarily attractive to birds, especially waders, and apart from breeding Little Ringed Plover and sometimes large numbers of Black-winged Stilt, Avocet, Black-tailet Godwit ( early spring), Ruff, Dunlin, and Green and Common Sandpipers have all been recorded, and new birds can appear daily. Red and Black Kites frequently drift over, Little Grebe is usually abundant , as is Coot in winter and the edges attract small numbers of Cattle and Little Egrets. White Wagtail is resident, while Grey Wagtail occurs intermittently and Yellow Wagtail ( usually ssp.iberiae) on passage, when Meadow and Water Pipit often occur. A couple of tiny patches of bankside reedmace sometimes hold Sedge and Red Warblers on passage. Serin come down to drink and Hoopoe and Crested Lark are common in the immediate surrounds. Note that in late spring and summer and especially at weekends, this can be so disturbed ( fishermen,etc…) that many of the birds move off. Finally, instead of turning left just past the bull ring to go back towards the town centre, take the small road ( just to the right) opposite. The roofs of a series of low, old vehicle repair workshops on the left hold several Pallid Swift which can be watched at very close range.