An early start to drop Steve back down to Malaga.
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Long-tailed Duck (Pato Havelda / Clangula hyemalis). |
Steve, Jayne and I headed down to Malaga Airport, we said good bye and then headed off to Fuengirola where I dropped Jayne off at the shopping center and went to Miraflores where I was hoping to see the Long-tailed Duck (Pato Havelda / Clangula hyemalis) again.
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Purple Sandpiper (Correlimos Oscuro / Calidris maritima). |
I arrived and had good views of the bird but it never came out of the shade into the sun but I still got some shots. I also saw
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) and
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula).
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Purple Sandpiper (Correlimos Oscuro / Calidris maritima). |
On my back to meet up with Jayne I called in at the large rock on the side of the coastal motorway where I checked the sea and rocks and was very pleased to find a single
Purple Sandpiper (Correlimos Oscuro / Calidris maritima) in amongst the
Ruddy Turnstones (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres),
Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba) and a single
Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus).
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Ruddy Turnstones (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres). |
I also saw
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea),
Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Audouin's (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii),
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).
Later I met Jayne and we had some lunch before we carried on with the shopping.
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