Not quite the Straits but still nice to get some visible migration from the Terrace.
Between 11.20 and 13.10, so probably only caught the ones that had got up late.
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| Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus). |
I sat out on the terrace on the Laptop but made regular scans of the sky and recorded
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) x1.
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) x1.
Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus) pale morph x3 dark morph x1.
Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans) x1.
Honey Buzzard (Aberjero Europeo / Pernis apivorus) x33.
Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) x1M.
Other species seen included European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor).
Later I went to Balsa de Regidor seeing 2x Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus) on the way to see what came into the roost and the final totals were
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) x87.
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) x9 but 8 birds left before dark.
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) x2.
Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus) x4.
Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides) x1 which flew from west bank and joined the roost just before I left.
Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax) x1 adult which flew out of the roost.
Other species included Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina) x6, Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus) heard, Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Blue / Common (Anax imperator) and Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) both of which were flying when it was nearly dark.
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) x87.
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) x9 but 8 birds left before dark.
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) x2.
Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus) x4.
Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides) x1 which flew from west bank and joined the roost just before I left.
Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax) x1 adult which flew out of the roost.
Other species included Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina) x6, Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus) heard, Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Blue / Common (Anax imperator) and Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) both of which were flying when it was nearly dark.
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