The first of many hours birding with Stephanie and Ken from South Africa.
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Caspian Tern (Pagaza Piquiroja / Sterna caspia) and Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis). |
I met up with Stephanie and Ken down in Malaga and we made our way to the beach sea watch point to have a look at what was passing. We dropped lucky as there was a fishing boat away out which had a good number of birds following it including
Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis),
Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus),
Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus) and
Mediterranean Gulls (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus) plus a couple of distant
Balearic Shearwaters (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus) which Ken picked out but they unfortunattly eluded Stephanie.
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White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala). |
In the same area we also recorded the first
Common Sandpipers (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos) of many, a single winter plumaged
Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica). I then drove down to the main reserve entrance and parked before heading around to the main hide over looking Laguna Grande. On the way we saw
Red-rumped (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica) and
Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and
Monk Parakeets (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus).
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Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus). |
We arrived at the main hide just as two cracking
Caspian Terns (Pagaza Piquiroja / Sterna caspia) were lifting off from the near island which was a shame as they would have made a nice picture, in the area we also saw
Lesser Black-backed,
Yellow-legged and
Black-headed Gulls,
Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea),
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), a single
Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus),
Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta),
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus),
Kentish (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus) and
Little Ringed Plovers (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius),
Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina),
Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus),
Common Sandpiper,
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus).
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Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus). |
On the way around to the next hide we picked up a couple of
Common Redstart (Colirroja Real / Phoenicurus phoenicurus),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), a male
Banded Grondling (Brachythemis leucosticta) and several
Large Whites (Pieris brassicae).
Once we were in the next hide we added White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala), Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris) and got flight views of the Caspian Terns again.
Time was now moving on so we completed the loop back to the car adding Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and two female type Pied Flycatchers (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca) which only I saw whilst fetching the car.
From here we headed up o the house where Jayne had prepaired us a nice meal which we had out on the terrace before a good nights sleep.
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