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Saturday 27 April 2019

Guadalhorce, Malaga Province and driving north to Extremadura.

Leicester Ladies tour of Extremadura.
Pickup, day One.
Pre-tour birding at Guadalhorce and the drive North to Torrejón el Rubio.

Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis).
I drove down to Malaga early and before I collected the van for the Extremadura tour starting later in the day I spent a few hours at Guadalhorce Pools, as I walked along the beach where I started the list with Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris). 
I walked on to the reserve and to the main hide over looking Laguna Grande finding good numbers of Slender-billed Gulls (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei) as well as good numbers of Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), Mediterranean (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus), more Sandwich Terns and several Gull-billed (Pagaza Piconegra / Gelochelidon nilotica).
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus).
Waders included several Dunlins (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina), 3x Curlew Sandpipers (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea), Black-winged Stilts (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), 2x Avocets (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta), Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus), Kentish (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus) and Ringed Plovers (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula), Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba) and Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos).
Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis).
Also seen around this pool were Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cullinegro / Podiceps nigricollis), Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), an immature Whiskered Tern (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus) and Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).
Slender-billed Gulls (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei).
Smaller birds included Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus). 
I left the reserve and made my way to the Van hire company where I collected a Mercedes Vito van, never again as the bloody thing had so many warning alarms which were just so dam annoying.
Anyway once I had the van I met the Ladies from Leicester and we started to head north towards Torrejon el Rubio, before we made a lunch stop we had started the trip list with Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) and several White Storks (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) a very pale bird.
We made a stop at a bar where we got some fuel and food and on an area of grass behind the bar where we had Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Large (Pieris brassicae), Small (Pieris rapae) and Bath Whites (Blanqiverdosa / Pontia daplidice), Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina ssp hispulla),  Clouded Yellow (Colias Común / Colias corcea) and a smart False Ilex Hairstreak (Querquera / Satyrium esculi).
Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus).
Plants found in the grassland included Field marigold (Calendula arvensis), Mallow-leaved Bindweed (Convolvulus althaeoides), Purple Bugloss (Echium plantagineum), Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum), Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) and others.
We continued north to the pools along side the Rio Guadiana at the Puentes de Don Benito, we parked and checked a couple of the pools finding a nice Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea), Mallard, European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), a couple of Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis), a single Gull-billed Tern,  a Great Reed Warbler (Carricero Tordal / Acrocephalus arundinaceus) which played hard to see, Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Alpine Swift (Vencejo Real / Apus melba), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Barn Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), a small group of Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild) and low over the water Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) and Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea) and there were also several Stripe-necked Terrapins (Mauremys leprosa).
Immature Whiskered Tern (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus).
We continued heading North to our accommodation and by the time we reached a supermarket in Trujillo we had boosted the list with Greenfinch, Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), House Martin, Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Pallid (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus), Alpine Swift and Common Swift, Common Cuckoo (Cuco Común / Cuculus canorus), Rock (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia), Collared and Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus), Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans) and Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus).
False Ilex Hairstreak (Querquera / Satyrium esculi).
At the supermarket there were a couple of Lesser Kestrels (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) and at the accommodation in Torrejoh de Rubio I could hear good numbers of Perez's Frogs (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi).

Friday 26 April 2019

La Malaha and the Cacín Valley, Granada Province.

A run around the local patch with Sheila and Phil from the UK.

Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
I meet Sheila and Phil in Granada and we headed out south west to the first site at a semi derelict Cortijo where we were soon watching a good number of Lesser Kestrels (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) which were perched on the roof and flying around calling.
We also had a walk along a nearby dry barranco seeing Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Melodious (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta), Bonelli's (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli) and most unexpected a Western Olivaceous Warbler (Zarcero Pálido Occidental / Hippolais opaca).
We headed to the fields near to La Malaha but stopped near to the village on the way and had good views of Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
Once we were out on the field we soon had a female Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) on the list along with the first of several male Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) in the scope.
Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus).
In the same area we also had views of Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Calandra (Calandria / Melanocorypha calandra) and Short-toed Larks (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), 2x Golden Eagles (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator) and heard Common Quail (Codorniz Común / Coturnix coturnix) before we saw the main target species Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis).
After watching the Sandgrouse fly off we drove across the fields towards Cacín, on the way we had a male Ortolan Bunting (Escribano Hortolano / Emberiza hortulana) on it's way North, Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica), more migrants including Whinchat (Tarabilla Nortena / Saxicola rubetra), Common Redstart (Colirroja Real / Phoenicurus phoenicurus) and Common Whitethroat (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis) x2, Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) x2, Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus) and Rock Sparrows (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia).
We continued on towards Cacín but made a roadside stop on the way were we had good views of a singing Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Booted Eagles (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus) x2, Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus viridis) and a Roller (Carraca / Coracias garrulus) which did a runner before we had a chance to get the scope on it.
We dropped down in to the Cacín Valley collecting some food from a bar on the way and made our way down to the gorge where we spent some time eating the food a waiting to see what turned up.
Species recorded included Subalpine Warbler (Curruca Carrasquena / Sylvia cantillans), House (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), Pallid (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus) and Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina) and a couple of Blue-rock Thrushes (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius) which showed so briefly only I saw them.
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).
We moved north back along the valley and stopped at the Contra-embalse adding Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus) and several Sand Martins (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia).
 Just up the road we walked along the irrigatin canal in amongst the woods picking up Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater), Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus) and Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus).
The final stop of the day was on the fields near Moreleda but we only managed to boost the list with a Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) before heading back into the city.

Tuesday 23 April 2019

Balsa de Melendo, Rio Guadalquivir, Brazo del Este, Osuna area and Fuente de Piedra, Cadiz, Sevilla and Malaga Province.

The second days birding mostly in Malaga, Cadiz and Sevilla Provinces.

Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica).
I set off from the Hostal Concha which had been a Cheap, Basic but very clean place where I had a very good nights sleep. On the way to the first stop at Balsa de Melendo I had a couple of early Collared Pratincole (Canastera Común / Glareola pratincola) cross the road in the dawn light. 
Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Egretta alba).
At the Balsa I found Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax), Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans), Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Great Reed Warbler (Carricero Tordal / Acrocephalus arundinaceus), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis) and several White Storks (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).
Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus).
Along the road up to the Rio Guadalquivir and along the track to Brazo del Este I picked up Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser), some natural nesting White Storks and a pair of rather hacked off looking Red-rumped Swallows (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica) sat on a fence in the cold morning drizzle and wind.
White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).
Further along the Rio I had my first Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Egretta alba) of the year along with Gull-billed Tern (Pagaza Piconegra / Gelochelidon nilotica), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus) and lots of passing Common Swifts (Vencejo Común / Apus apus).
Eurasian Spoonbills (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia).
On the way to Brazo I stopped by a small pool surrounded by Tamarisks and soon found the first of a few Black-headed Weavers (Ploceus melanocephalus) and a singing Western Olivaceous Warbler (Zarcero Pálido Occidental / Hippolais opaca) which was also chasing a male Subalpine Warbler (Curruca Carrasquena / Sylvia cantillans) through the trees and two Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus) which were also having a bit of a scuffle.
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).
I turned on to the main track across Brazo and on the small channel right at the start of the track I found a group of roosting herons including several Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia), Little Egrets and a couple of Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea) flew off all to quickly.
Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea).
I continued on along the main track checking the first pools where there were loads of Purple / Western Swamp-hens (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio), Black-winged Stilts, Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta), Common (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina) and Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina), another Great Egret, Glossy Ibis, Yellow Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Black-headed Weavers both male and female, White Stork, the first of at least three Savi's Warblers (Buscarla Unicolor / Locustella luscinoides), Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus) and Black Tern (Fumarel Común / Chlidonias niger).
Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea).
At the first of the main pools I found a good number of Whiskered Terns (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus), several more Black's and 2x Caspian (Pagaza Piquiroja / Sterna caspia), a Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides) but I only managed shots through a wire fence, a pair of hunting Marsh Harriers (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), Curlew Sandpiper (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea), Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina), Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula), Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia), Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus), a single Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa) and Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus).
Again I continued on but was forced to turn around as by the third area of water there were several workmen with diggers taking the track apart making in impassable.
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus).
On my way back I added Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus), an immature Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo) and Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos).
Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus).
On one of the channels between Brazo and Los Palacios y Villafranca I had another three Night Herons and several Black-headed Weavers.
Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus).
At a site near Los Palacios y Villafranca I spent a while looking for and eventually seeing a pair of Laughing Doves (Streptopelia senegalensis) and in the same area I had lots of European Bee-eaters, Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Western Olivaceous Warbler, Western Cattle Egret and Glossy Ibis.
Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus).
My nest stop was on the fields west of Osuna where I checked a couple of areas adding Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni), Ortolan Bunting (Escribano Hortolano / Emberiza hortulana), Roller (Carraca / Coracias garrulus), Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis) and at least 11 Great Bustards (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda).
Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides).
My final site of the day was Fuente de Piedra but the only new species for the list were a single Ruff (Combatiente / Philomachus pugnax), Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius) and Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).
Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus) and Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina).
Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus).
Caspian Terns (Pagaza Piquiroja / Sterna caspia) x2.
Whiskered Terns (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus).
Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus).
Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea).
Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax).
Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax).
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster).
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster).
Roller (Carraca / Coracias garrulus).
Ruff (Combatiente / Philomachus pugnax), Curlew Sandpiper (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea) and Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

Monday 22 April 2019

Laguna Dulce, Chipiona Port, Playa, Lagunas de Camino Colorado, Laguna del Tarelo and Salinas de Bonanza, Cadiz Province.

The first of two days birding mostly in Malaga, Cadiz and Sevilla Provinces.

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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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.
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).
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.
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.
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).
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).
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 😁😁😁😁😁😁.
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).
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.
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. 
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).
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.
Curlew Sandpiper (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea).
Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta).
Curlew Sandpipers (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea).
Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus) female.