The first of two days birding mostly in Malaga, Cadiz and Sevilla Provinces.
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Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cullinegro / Podiceps nigricollis). |
I set off for an appointment at the Doc's in Loja seeing Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus).
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Little Swift (Vencejo Moro / Apus affinis). |
After the appoitment I left Loja via the Western side adding a Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) before I left town and on the way to Laguna Dulce boosted the list with Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
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Little Swifts (Vencejo Moro / Apus affinis). |
I parked by the hide and set the scope up on the left hand side but soon moved as some considerate B*******D had used it as a toilet. From the front windows I had good views a stunning summer plumaged Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cullinegro / Podiceps nigricollis) which was close in but there a good many more out on the lake along with Great Crested (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus) and Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), White-headed Ducks (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala), Red-crested (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina) and Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Black-headed Gulls (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), Gull-billed Terns (Pagaza Piconegra / Gelochelidon nilotica), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Sand Martin (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia), lots of Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus).
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Bar-tailed Godwits (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica), Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba), Ruddy Turnstone and Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula). |
In the tree near the main roads there were a few migrants feeding including a couple of Willow Warblers (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus), Orphean Warbler (Curruca Mirlano / Sylvia hortensis) and a male Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca).
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Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina). |
On the Thistles around the picnic area there were several Red Admirals (Vanessa atalanta), Painted Lady's (Vanessa cardui) and Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera).
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Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba) and Ruddy Turnstone. |
I then drove from the Laguna across to Chipiona Port, on the way I had views of several species including Black Kites (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans), Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus), Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus) and on a stretch of road between Lebrija and Trebujena I had several Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) and more surprisingly a single European Black Vulture (Buitre Negro / Aegypius monachus) which flew right infront of me.
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Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula). |
The other species seen were Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni), White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia) and a Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax) which was in a battle with a Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo).
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Bar-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica). |
Once I was at the port I walked to the Grassed area just the port building and had great views of several Little Swifts (Vencejo Moro / Apus affinis) a very rare species which should only be views from out side the port area on the grassed area near the beach to avoid any disturbane.
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Bar-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica). |
In the same area I had Yellow-legged Gulls (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), a Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia) on the beach along with a Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres) and quite a few more Little Egrets.
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Bar-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica), Grey Plover (Chorlito Gris / Pluviali squatarola) and Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus). |
My next stop was just up the road on one of the beaches, the tide had just turned but there were masses of birds present including 6 Eurasian Oystercatcher (Ostrero Euroasiatico / Haematopus ostralegus), a dozen or so each of Bar-tailed Godwits (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica) and Whimbrels (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus) with one of the former in full summer plumage, masses of Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba), Ruddy Turnstone, Ringed Plovers (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula) and smaller numbers of Grey (Chorlito Gris / Pluviali squatarola) and Kentish Plovers (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus), Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina) and 6x Red Knot ( Correlimos Gordo / Calidris canutus).
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Bar-tailed Godwits (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica). |
Mixed in with the waders were large numbers of Little Terns (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons) along with Sandwich (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis), 3x Black (Fumarel Común / Chlidonias niger), 2x Caspian Tern (Pagaza Piquiroja / Sterna caspia), a couple of Common Terns (Charrán Común / Sterna hirudo) and several Slender-billed Gulls (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei).
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Little Tern (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons). |
I sat on the top of the beach and waited as the tide pushed some of the birds in towards me but everything was flushed off by a family of Germans who allowed there three dogs to chase the birds, As they passed it was quite plain that they understood English very well as I let them know in very clear terms what I thought of there actions but as usual only got a load of foul abuse back but at least it was in English as well 😁😁😁😁😁😁.
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Little Tern (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons). |
After the birds had moved off I made my way North to the Lagunas de Camino Colorado where I bumped into Ian who was already there, on the two pools there were loads of Eurasian Coot, Black-necked Grebe, Red-crested and Common Pochards, White-headed Ducks, Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio), Bonelli's (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli) and Great Reed Warbler (Carricero Tordal / Acrocephalus arundinaceus) and Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus).
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Little Tern (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons). |
Ian followed me up to the next spot at Laguna del Tarelo where we first scanned the lake from the screen and soon located several Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia), a single Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides), a few Night Herons (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax) including both adults and immature birds, Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser), Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus) as well as many of the Duck and Grebe species seen earlier in the day.
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Caspian Tern (Pagaza Piquiroja / Sterna caspia). |
Our final spot of the day was on Bonanza Saltpans where there were a large number of Ringed Plovers and Curlew Sandpipers (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea) on one of the banks on the way out to the pumping station.
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Gull-billed Tern (Pagaza Piconegra / Gelochelidon nilotica). |
When I got there I found it was fairly quiet but there were several Little Terns feeding close in to the banks and a couple of Common Terns flying over. On the main lagoons there were large numbers and both Caspian and Gull-billed as well as good numbers of Greater Flamingo's, Little Egrets, Slender-billed, Black-headed and Yellow-legged Gulls, a hunting Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus) which stooped on a group of Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus).
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Common Tern (Charrán Común / Sterna hirudo). |
In the same area we had Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta), Yellow Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis) and as I drove back out of the site I got some shots of Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta), Curlew Sandpiper and Kentish Plover before heading off and finding a hotel.
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Curlew Sandpiper (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea). |
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Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta). |
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Curlew Sandpipers (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea). |
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Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus) female. |