Saltpans and Stone Pines.
Kate and Jim McCusker, Day Four.
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Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus). |
We left the hotel and drove through the town hearing towards Bonanza Saltpans seeing good numbers of
Pallid Swifts (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus) on the way.
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Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta). |
Once there we stopped on the entrance road and scanned the lagoons seeing several nice plumaged
Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus),
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus),
Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta), several passing
Sand Martins (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita),
Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) croaking from a water deposit nearby and a rather tatty
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta).
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Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus). |
We drove out on to the main area of saltpans and turned right out to the pump house at the end, on the way we saw
Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba),
Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus),
Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina),
Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus),
Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta),
Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei) and
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae).
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Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei). |
On the run out to the Pump House
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis),
Caspian Tern (Pagaza Piquiroja / Sterna caspia),
Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Red-rumped Swallows (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and
Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) were added.
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Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei). |
At the Pump House
Lesser Short-toed Larks (Terrera Marismena / Calandrella rufescens) were heard calling over head and we also saw
Collared Pratincole (Canastera Común / Glareola pratincola),
Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus),
Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia),
Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) and
Black-headed Gulls (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus) and a
Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus) which sat on a pylon back along the track but did not allow Kate to get close enough for a photograph.
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Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina). |
We made our way out of the pans adding a winter plumage
Spotted Redshank (Archibebe Oscuro / Tringa erythropus) before heading out to two nearby pools where we boosted the list with
White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala),
Red-crested (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina) and
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis) and male and female
Little Bitterns (Avetorillo Común / Ixobrychus minutus) as well as several
Vagrant Emperors (Emperatriz emigrante / Anax ephippiger) and a couple of teneral
Red-veined Darters (Sympetrum fonscolombii).
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White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia). |
We moved on and visited the pool in the Pine woodlands and picked up Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cullinegro / Podiceps nigricollis), Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax) and out at the other end of the woods Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia), White (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia) and Black Storks (Ciguena Negra / Ciconia nigra), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans), Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus), Sardinian Warbler, Clouded Yellow (Colias corcea), Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra), Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) and lots of the stunning little flower Leucojum trichophyllum.
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White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia). |
We then moved out and took the track around to the upper Saltpans of Algaida where we saw plenty of
Yellow (Spanish) Wagtails including a strange looking intergrade which was a probable hybrid between flava flava and flava iberiae.
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M. f. flava x M f iberiae. |
In the same area we had
Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago),
Zitting Cisticola,
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator),
Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta),
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) and on our way out of te area a very smart male
Spectacled Warbler (Curruca Tomillera / Sylvia conspicillata) which posed long enough for me to get a couple of shots with kates camera.
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