A great visit to El Capricho de Gaudi in Comillas and then a look around the Santander area.
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Adult Great Black-backed Gull (Gavión Atlántico / Larus marinus). |
We returned to Comillas after remembering why we wanted to visit the town, we had a look around the town following a route given to us by the tourist office.
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1st winter Great Black-backed Gull (Gavión Atlántico / Larus marinus). |
On the beach I saw 3x
Great Black-backed Gulls (Gavión Atlántico / Larus marinus) along with
Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus),
Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), 3x
Mediterranean (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus) and several
Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) and several
Great Cormorants (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo).
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Mediterranean Gulls (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus) x3. |
Later, once it was open we went to the very impressive El Capricho de Gaudi house. We spent nearly 3 hours there before heading towards and past Santander to a spot where due to the weather I had a walk on the estuary while Jayne read her Kindle in the car.
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Comillas. |
During the hour or so I was there I saw 100s of
Eurasian Wigeon (Sibón Europeo / Anas penelope),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Northern Pintail (Ánade Rabudo / Anas acuta),
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor) x8, a Spanish Lifer in the shape of 3
Velvet Scoters (Negrón Especulado / Melanitta fusca),
Black-necked Grebes (Zampullín Cullinegro / Podiceps nigricollis) and 2x
Great Northern Divers (Colimbo Grande / Gavia immer).
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Comillas. |
On the mud flats there were also
Eurasian Curlew (Zaoaito Real / Numenius arquata),
Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia),
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta),
Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia) and
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea).
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Gaudi's Gateway. |
On the landward side I recorded
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus),
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone),
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and as I walked back an
Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus) flew over carrying a very large fish.
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Gaudi's sunflowers at El Capricho. |
Later we drove into the city of Santander where we had a very nice lunch and later a walk along the seafront where saw
Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo) and lots of
House Sparrows (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus).
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