Birding with Juan Pérez Contreras for the first time in far too long.
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Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus). |
After what seemed like ages Juan and I were meeting up to go down the coast and do a mornings birding and sea bird recording.
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Shag (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis). |
We arrive at Peñón de Jolúcar and walked up to the highest point and got set up and soon started to pick up good numbers of Cory's (Pardela Cenicienta / Calonectris diomedea) and Balearic Shearwaters (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus) as well as smaller numbers of Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus), Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), Mediterranean (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus), Audouin's (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii), Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) and a single unexpected Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and even more surprising there were 7 immature Shags (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on the rocks below the cliffs.
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Shags (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis). |
We also saw Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus), Crag (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and House Martins (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala).
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Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii). |
Our next stop was on a beach next to Motril Port where we walked it's full length and added
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis),
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris) and a couple of
Monarchs (Danaus plexippus).
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Little Bittern (Avetorillo Común / Ixobrychus minutus). |
We then moved to the wetlands of Charca Suarez and had a walk around the hide but it was quiet as expected, high lights were finding a nest of
Penduline Tits (Pájaro Moscón / Remiz pendulinus) with the male still building, an immature and a male
Little Bittern (Avetorillo Común / Ixobrychus minutus),
Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio),
Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea),
Red Avadavat (Bengali Rojo / Amandava amandava),
Common Waxbill (
Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae),
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus),
Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos),
Long Skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria),
African Grass Blue (Zizeeia knysna),
Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous),
Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) and
Stripe-less Tree Frog (Hyla meridionalis).
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African Grass Blue (Zizeeia knysna). |
Later we went and had a coffee and chatted about one of the books released recently about the Orchids of Granada.
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Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous). |
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Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild). |
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Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild). |
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Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild). |
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Immature Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus). |
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