A move to Bilbao via a couple of birding spots and some shops.
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| Tufted Duck (Porrón Monudo / Aythya fuligula). |
Jayne and I started to make our way towards our next in Bilbao but on the way we called at a shopping centre where I dropped Jayne off and then went birding along the Northern side of the Airport.
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| Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis). |
First of all I checked the pools on the side of the runway and soon found
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
Tufted Duck (Porrón Monudo / Aythya fuligula),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata),
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Eurasian Wigeon (Sibón Europeo / Anas penelope),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus) heard only,
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea),
Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia),
Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus),
Golden Plover (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaria),
Grey Plover (Chorlito Gris / Pluviali squatarola),
Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa),
Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus) and
Mediterranean Gulls (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus) and
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo).
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| Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo). |
I then spent some time along the sea front and port area scanning the sea and rocks, I soon found several new species including
Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis),
Great Crested (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus) and
Black-necked Grebes (Zampullín Cullinegro / Podiceps nigricollis),
Common Scoter (Negrón Común / Melanitta nigra) x4,
Great Northern Diver (Colimbo Grande / Gavia immer) and over 300 roosting
Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina).
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| Common Scoter (Negrón Común / Melanitta nigra). |
I got back to the carpark early so I went and had a look at the pools at Marismas Alday where I saw more
Common Pochards,
Tufted Ducks,
Northern Shovelers,
Little Grebes,
Eurasian Coots,
Common Moorhen,
Gadwall and then a bird which superficially looked like a
Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca) but it later turned out to be a Hybrid between a
Ferruginous and a
Common Pochard.
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| 3rd winter Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) ????????? |
In the same area I also recorded
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita),
Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus),
Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and
Long-tailed Tits (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus),
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and a female
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus).
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| Group of Ducks. |
I met Jayne and we moved on to another wetland nearby called the Marismas Blancos, I only saw a few new species along with most of the other seen earlier, the new ones for the day were
Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor),
Eurasian Curlew (Zaoaito Real / Numenius arquata),
Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes) and
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata).
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| Group of Ducks. |
We made our way to Bilbao and then spent a very nice evening wandering around the city finding the entrance of the Guggenheim Museum ready for Jayne's visit tomorrow and then the old part of the city.
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| Ferruginous Duck X Common Pochard. |
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