Day one of our Holiday.
Jayne and I set off for a few days away down in the area around Algeciras and Los Barrios. After finding a nice room in the AC Hotel in La Linea we headed down to the shopping area at Los Barrios and spent the rest of the morning getting a few
bits and pieces. Later in the day we headed for an area of wet land just before the town of Los Barrios where I was hopeing to see the wintering Long-legged Buzzard (Busardo Moro / Buteo rufinus). We arrived and immediately picked up a Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus) passing East. On the waterlogged fields there were 50+
Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), a dozen or so
Little Egrets (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta) and a few
White Storks (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia). The
Buzzard was not seen but several other species were seen including
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus) and
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Somria / Larus fuscus),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer Domesticus) and
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba). Later we returned to
La Linea and found something to eat and made our way back to the hotel.
Photographs from the top:
Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) and
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta).
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