A few hours in the hills and then down on the beach.
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Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus). |
Jayne spent a morning shopping in the large centre down on the coast so I went up to the woodlands at Refugio de Juana where I basically sat on the edge of the boot of the car and waited to see what came by and straight away I picked up
Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea),
Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater),
Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus),
Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and
Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes),
Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius) and
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula).
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Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus). |
As I dropped back down to the coast I stopped again and added
Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus) and
Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus).
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Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater). |
I picked Jayne up and we went along the coast towards Fuengirola where Jayne again went in to the shopping centre and I popped back to the hide on the coast and had a look at what was out to sea but there was not a great deal, in fact I was just a single
Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), a few
Sandwich Terns (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis),
Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus),
Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis),
Mediterranean (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus) and
Audouin's Gulls (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii).
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Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus). |
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Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus). |
On the rocks below the hide I also saw a single
Purple Sandpiper (Correlimos Oscuro / Calidris maritima), as well as a
Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus),
Ringed (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula) and
Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus),
Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres),
Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba) and
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta). Other birds were
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) and
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis).
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Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus). |
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Purple Sandpiper (Correlimos Oscuro / Calidris maritima). |
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Purple Sandpiper (Correlimos Oscuro / Calidris maritima). |
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Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres) x3, Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba) x2, Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus) x1 and Purple Sandpiper (Correlimos Oscuro / Calidris maritima) x1. |
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Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba). |
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Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba). |
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Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba). |
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Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres). |
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Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres). |
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