Day two down in Cadiz Province with Jayne, Allan and Lesley.
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View out to Tarifa Island. |
We had a nice breakfast st the AC hotel in La Linea before heading over the border again but this time it was just a quick visit to the supermarket before going further west to Tarifa.
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Tarifa Beach. |
Whilst we were in the supermarket it was nice to bump into Penny and John Hale as we had not seen them for quite a long while, after a chat we did the shopping and the headed for the crossing and straight through. Once we were in the town at Tarifa we had a coffee before walking through the streets down to the port and the out onto the beach near the causeway out to the Island.
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5x Grey Plovers (Chorlito Gris / Pluvialis squatarola). |
Here I saw a few bits including several
Sandwich Terns (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis),
Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis),
Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and
Black-headed Gulls (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus),
Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).
After we got back to the car we headed just down the road to Los Lances beach where we walked out to the hide and I scanned the pool and see.
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Group of Gulls and Terns. |
On the way I added
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) and
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus). On the pool and around the hide we saw a small group of 5
Grey Plovers (Chorlito Gris / Pluvialis squatarola), as well as a single
Ringed (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula) and a couple of
Kentish (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus),
Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba), a single immature
Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus),
Audouin's (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii) and
Mediterranean Gull (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus) and a fishing
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).
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View of Getares Beach. |
We walked back to the car and made our way to Getares just to the west of Algeciras where we had a very nice luch watching the Kite Surfers on the beach. Later we drove home adding just
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) to the list.
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