Pools and Saltpans in Cadiz Province.
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Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides). |
Jayne and Lynn were staying around the town and having a walk along the sea front and Steve and I were heading out birding again, so after breakfast in the town we first headed for the small pools near Bonanza.
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Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta). |
As we arrived the first birds we saw were two
Night Herons (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax), the first one looking like a nice normal adult bird but the second one was a leucistic bird looking almost white with darker grey patches.
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Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei). |
During this visit we saw several more normal looking adults and immature birds but the leucistic bird did not return.
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Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei). |
However we did add
Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides),
Little Bittern (Avetorillo Común / Ixobrychus minutus),
Little (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) and
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Common (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina) and
Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala),
Little (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis) and
Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus).
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Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei). |
We moved on after a while and revisited Bonanza after yesterdays success, on the main track in we parked a spent quite a while photographing Curlew Sandpiper (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea), Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina), Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus) and Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei).
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Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei). |
In the same area I also saw Green (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) and Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta), Ringed (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula), Little Ringed (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius) and Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus) and a pair of passing Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax).
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Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina). |
Once around the corner and heading down to the pump house we stopped and checked the spot where we had seen the
Red-necked Phalarope (Falaropo Picofino / Phalaropus lobatus) yesterday but only found
Ruff (Combatiente / Philomachus pugnax) and
Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta).
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Curlew Sandpiper (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea). |
Once we were down at the Pump house we were again trying for flight shots of the highly mobile Little Terns (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons) as well as the Slender-billed, Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus) and Yellow-legged Gulls (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis).
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Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta). |
We also saw a good many other species including
Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus),
Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis),
Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa),
Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia),
Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea),
White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia),
Greater Short-toed (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla) and
Crested Larks (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).
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Curlew Sandpiper (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea). |
We retraced our way along the top track and continued on down to the River but only added
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and on the river
Mediterranean Gull (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus),
Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus) and
Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans).
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Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba). |
We made our way out of the Saltpans and then had a look at the Laguna de Tarelo but it was quiet except for a very large number of
Western Cattle and
Little Egrets, a few
Squacco Herons,
Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata),
Black Kite and as we went through the woodlands to the far end we saw more
Booted Eagles,
Black Kite,
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus),
Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax),
Spoonbill,
Red-rumped Swallow and
Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli).
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Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus). |
We moved out on to the open tracks and looked around the other saltpans and wet areas out there but we did not find a great deal but we did see
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Marsh (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) and
Montagu's Harrier's (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus).
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Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus). |
We later went back to Bonanaza where we only added
Ruff (Combatiente / Philomachus pugnax) and
Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus) but had good photographic chances with quite a few species before we headed back to the hotel and went out for the evening.
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Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus). |
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Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius). |
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Little Tern (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons). |
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Little Tern (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons). |
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Little Tern (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons). |
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Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus). |
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Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus). |
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Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax). |
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