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Tuesday 12 March 2019

Laguna Dulce, Malaga Province.

A dip on a Little Crake but another couple for the year list.

White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala).
On our way back from the coast we called in at Laguna Dulce where a female Little Crake ( Polluela Bastarda / Porzana parva) had been seen for a few days but I did not see it, even so I did pick up Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus) and Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina) for the year list.
White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala).
Other species included Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax), 2x Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna), Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), White-headed Ducks (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Little (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Great Crested (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus) and Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cullinegro / Podiceps nigricollis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti).
In the parking area there were several Vagrant Emperors (Anax ephippiger) whizzing around but not settling.