Another day down on the coast with Jayne, Lynn and Steve.
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Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus). |
We all headed down to the coast near Motril where Steve and I spent a couple of hours in the wetland reserve of Charca de Suarez and Jayne and Lynn went for a long walk along the beach to get Jayne's 10.000 steps in for the day.
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Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus). |
We first stopped at the small hide over looking the long pool on the western side of the reserve, on the way round we had seen
Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) and a single
Monarch (Danaus plexippus).
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Red Avadavat (Bengali Rojo / Amandava amandava). |
Once in the hide we spent quite a while watching and photographing small parties of
Red Avadavats (Bengali Rojo / Amandava amandava) as they feed on the exposed mud of a very low pool. we also saw
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius),
Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos),
Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum),
Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator),
Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea) and
Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa).
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Red Avadavat (Bengali Rojo / Amandava amandava). |
We moved on to the new hide over looking the new lagoon which was also lacking a great deal of water and spent the rest of the visit seeing what came out of the reeds.
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Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus). |
Species seen included
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus),
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus),
Red-rumped (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica) and
Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea),
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta),
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster),
Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio),
Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) and both male and female
Little Bitterns (Avetorillo Común / Ixobrychus minutus) but only in flight as well as
Long Skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria),
Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi) and
Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope).
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Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus). |
After lunch we drove a little further along the coast to Cerro Gordo where we walked out to the tower and photographed the splended
Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius) and at the same time saw
Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus),
Swallowtail (Papilio machaon),
Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus),
Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata),
Western Orphean (Curruca Mirlano / Sylvia hortensis) and
Sardinian Warblers (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus).
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Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius). |
The only big dip of the day was when we visited Salabrena and the frozen milk shop was closed!!!! GUTTED. We did however have a cracking meal at El Cerro bar in Loja later in the evening.
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Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius). |
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Steve and the Two-tailed Pasha. |
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Jayne by the tower. |
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Swallowtail (Papilio machaon). |
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