Guadalhorce, Malaga Province.

Well yesterday was almost the last day of the tour.

Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus).

On the way down to Malaga we called in at Guadalhorce for a final few hours birding at the beach and on the reserve. We walked to the sea watch point and scanned the sea but it was quite quiet, however we did see Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and Black-headed Gulls (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus), Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis), Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cuellinegro / Podiceps nigricollis) x2, Common Scoter (Negrón Común / Melanitta nigra) x7, Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres) x2,

Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus).

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Ostrero Euroasiatico / Haematopus ostralegus) x2, Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Cetti's (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and Sardinian Warblers (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),  Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis) and Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus).

White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala).

We drove to and parked outside the school and walked into the reserve and out to the main hide where we added Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus), Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra) and Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus).

Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo).

From the second hide we added Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris) and Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).

Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis).

From here we made our way back to the car and then to the airport.