Several sites around Granada whilst Jayne and Barb head for the city.
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Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti). |
I dropped Jayne and Barb in Granada where they were spending the day shopping whilst I visited a few birding spots nearby starting at Padul. I parked at the end of the smelly canal and walked out to the hide, on the way I saw a couple of
Sedge Warbler (Carricerin Común / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) along with
Cetti's (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Reed (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus),
Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) and
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea).
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Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa). |
In the air over the reeds there were good numbers of feeding
Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Red-rumped Swallows (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica),
House (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and
Sand Martins (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia) and a few
Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus) all fatterning up for the next leg of their migration. Around the pools and along the channel I heard several
Water Rails (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus),
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae and a
Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus).
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Tawny Pipit (Bisbita campestre / Anthus campestris). |
I returned to the car and had a drive along the tracks around the reserve and saw several
Whinchats (Tarabilla Nortena / Saxicola rubetra), a single
Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Tawny Pipit (Bisbita campestre / Anthus campestris),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus). On the lake the only new species was a group of three
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo).
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Immature Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus). |
From Padul I headed out in to the fields near the town of La Malaha where I searched fields along several different track. In general things were very quiet but I did see
Northern Wheatears (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe),
Short-toed (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla),
Thekla (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae) and
Calandra Larks (Calandria / Melanocorypha calandra),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops),
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) and a pale phased
Booted Eagle (
Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus).
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Two Little Stints (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta). |
My last stop of the day was at Cubillas, a large area of water to the North of the City where I checked out the Northern shores looking for waders. I soon found a single immature
Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), two
Little Stints (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta), two
Ringed Plovers (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula) and a
Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos). Other species seen were
Eurasian Coot,
Mallard, 5x
Grey Herons, several
White Wagtails (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Barn Swallow,
Sand Martins and on my way back to the car a
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla).
Later I made my way back to the city and met up with Jayne and Barb and headed home.