Dipped on both target species down on the coast in Malaga Province.
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Mediterranean Gull (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus). |
Jayne and I headed down to the coast where we visited Guzman Garden centre before going to Fuengirola where I dropped Jayne at the Miramar before going to the rocks at El Faro.
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Mediterranean Gull (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus). |
I parked and crossed the coastal highway to the path and turned west towards the hide on the way I saw
Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres),
Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba),
Ringed (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula) and
Kentish Plovers (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus),
Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus),
White (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and
Grey Wagtails (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea),
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor).
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Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres). |
Once I was at the hide I sat for an hour or so and watched the sea to see what passed by, species seen included Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus), Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus), Mediterranean (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus), Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus) and Audouin's Gulls (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), a single Razorbill (Alca Común / Alca torda) and several Sandwich Terns (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis).
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Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus). |
Later I met Jayne and then we went to the River mouth at Guadalhorce looking for but again dipping on the flock of Common Scoters (Negrón Común / Melanitta nigra) but I did add Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cullinegro / Podiceps nigricollis), Balearic Shearwater (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus), a single Kittiwake (Gaviota Tridáctila / Rissa tridactyla) which hung around for a few minutes just off the rocks, House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), and Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus).
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Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus). |
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Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii). |
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Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus). |
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House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus). |
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