A morning around the City of Santiago and an afternoon on the river at A Coruña.
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Razorbill (Alca Común / Alca torda). |
Jayne and I spent the morning around the city visiting the Cathedral and other land marks before heading of a short way north as it was yet again peeeeeeeeeeeeeing it down.
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Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus). |
I dropped Jayne off at the shopping centre and headed out the nearby rio do Burgo where I spent a very nice three hours watching
Great Northern Diver (Colimbo Grande / Gavia immer),
Razorbill (Alca Común / Alca torda),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Shag (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis),
Little Egrets (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta),
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Ostrero Euroasiatico / Haematopus ostralegus) and
Bar-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica) along the estuary.
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Little Egrets (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta). |
Further on added Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis), Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), Mediterranean (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus), Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and Yellow-legged Gulls (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) and Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus).
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Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis). |
Back near the car I found Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) and Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica).
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Great Northern Diver (Colimbo Grande / Gavia immer). |
Later Jayne and I had a walk along one of the longer sea walls down in the main harbour and had good views of
Shag,
Great Cormorant,
Northern Gannet and
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis).
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Shag (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis). |
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