Kittiwakes in Motril Harbour, Granada Province.

Kittiwakes a new Province tick.

Black-legged Kittiwake (Gaviota Tridáctila / Rissa tridactyla).

On Saturday the 7th February Juan Pérez Contreras and I took part in the RAM seabird survey at Peñón de Jolúcar just to East of Motril.
The first bird recorded that morning was a Juv Black-legged Kittiwake (Gaviota Tridáctila / Rissa tridactyla) flying west towards Motril, followed closely by almost 1000 Great Cormorants (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocórax carbo).

Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea).

After the survey we visited the fishing docks at Motril and found at least a further 11 Black-legged Kittiwakes of various ages sheltering from the strong winds out in the Mediterranean.
We then moved to Charca de Suárez on the other side of Motril where we saw our first Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and Western House Martins (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) of the year, several of each.
Also there we saw Western Swamp-hen (Calamón Común / Porphyrio porphyrio) and 50+ Grey Herons (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea).