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| Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax). |
After visiting the site with Chris Pedroza I made my way back to Laguna Herrera after dropping Jayne off in Antequera for a wander around the town. I first took the Southern track and straight away I was seeing and hearing plenty of
Calandra Larks (Calandria / Melanocorypha calandra) and
Corn Buntings (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), a displaying male
Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), a small group of 5
Red-legged Partridges (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa) and the first of quite a few
Lesser Kestrels (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni).
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| Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus). |
I then came to the first area of flooded fields, on the left there were a small group of immature
Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), several pairs of
Black-winged Stilts (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), a winter and a summer plumaged
Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), 4
Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia), loads of
Wood Sandpipers (Andarrios Bastardo / Tringa glareola) with at least 35 being here and on the flood on the opposide of the track, 2 pairs of
Kentish Plovers (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus) and in the air there were hundreds of
Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Red-rumped Swallows (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica),
House Martins (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and higher up lots of both
Common (Vencejo Común /Apus apus) and
Pallid Swifts (Vencejo Pálido / Apus pallidus).
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| Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus). |
I spent a long time along this stretch of track getting shots of the waders and other species. I then moved around to the main Lagoon, on the way I saw a single
Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo),
Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis),
Melodious Warbler (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta) and several singing
Reed Warblers (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus). On the verges there was a superb show of wildflowers including a mix of
Purple Viper's Bugloss (Echium plantagineum),
White Mignonette (Reseda Alba) and
Crown Daisy (Chrysanthemum coronarium).
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| Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus). |
On the main water there were loads of
Eurasian Coots (Focha Común / Fulica atra), a few
Mallards (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), a couple of male
White-headed Ducks (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala), a dozen or so
Great Crested Grebes (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus) and
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus).
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| Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra). |
In the air there were good numbers of
Gull-billed Terns (Pagaza Piconegra / Gelochelidon nilotica),
Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Red-rumped Swallows (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica),
House (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and
Sand Martins (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia) and small number of
Alpine Swifts (Vencejo Real / Apus melba) mixed in with hundreds of
Pallids and
Commons.
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| Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica). |
I had a quick scan across the fields on the left of the track which had almost completly dried out but out on the mud there was a female
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) sat plucking some sort of prey. In the same area I picked
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae),
Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) and a
Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus).
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| Wood Sandpiper (Andarrios Bastardo / Tringa glareola). |
I then drove back around to the floods and continued to take more shots of the birds there, new species seen included
Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis) and
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina).
I later went and picked Jayne up in the town and we went down to the shopping centre where we had a pretty crap lunch in one of the cafes up stairs, did some shopping and then headed home.
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| Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus). |
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