A return to Zapata.
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Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia). |
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Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia). |
Going back to yesterdays original plan Jayne and I headed off down to Malaga where Jayne had a look around the Larios centre whilst I revisited the ford area along the Rio Guadalhorce near Zapata. On the track along the entrance canal I checked some reed patches and soon had a stunning male
Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica) sat high up on a reed head with a male
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) and a
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).
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Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca). |
In the same area I had good views of the first of at least four
Marsh Harriers (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major),
Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and
Cetti's Warblers (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and
Common Waxbill (
Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild).
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Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus). |
I moved on to the ford where I soon had a Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis) shooting the rapids and a couple of Little Egrets (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) and
Grey Herons (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) further up stream by the next concrete bar.
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Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus). |
I looked for the
Grasshopper Warbler (Buscarla Pintoja / Locustella naevia) that I had seen yesterday but could not find it but I had views of
Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis) and
Blue / Common (Anax imperator) and
Lesser Emperors (Anax parthenope),
Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea) and
Long Skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria).
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Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius). |
Further upstream near the concrete bar I had a look at the main pool and added
Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia),
Green (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) and
Common Sandpipers (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos),
Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) and
Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops) and a distant soaring
Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus) which never came to my side of the motorway bridge.
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Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala). |
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Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala). |
On the mud near the concrete bar I found a single
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius) and in the marginal vegetation a scolding
Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus),
Common Redstart (Colirroja Real / Phoenicurus phoenicurus) and a second Bluethroat.
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Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus). |
The last birds of the visit were a noisy group of
Monk Parakeets (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus) as the flew across the ford.
I then drove back in to the city and met Jayne for some lunch and then continued the shopping.
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