Moving North for a few more year ticks, one that was not expected.
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Mute Swans (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor). |
I left the Hostal but I will return again as I had a great stay there and enjoyed it greatly, I took a steady drive up to a couple of spot near the airport at Santander, on the way I didn't see a great deal as to start with the roads were a tad tight and bendy and later it was almost all motorway, however I saw a couple of
Common Buzzards (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) and several of both Black (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans) and Red Kites (Milano Real / Milvus milvus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmdKd3yBjtJst5EEGNIBbRMFCS1COiJ1Vv0SkdK2lNq1dGI5Q7bgnIy2SV_u8kBeyxLJR-ihcJgDiFSgCVa2_A1OZ-b2imr-vO14iFxjSr2YzOEq616Focgf-0UEpG1FV4XEryan1jDc/w640-h428/21st-June-21-11.jpg) |
Common Tern (Charrán Común / Sterna hirudo). |
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Common Tern (Charrán Común / Sterna hirudo). |
I arrived at the freshwater pools along the Northern edge of the airport where my first target of the day was Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor) and within a minute or two I had found a cygnet and parent bird as well as Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus) and Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qf5bwdL8mWKLsxxUjac1352TQ3eWSvJ3jazBrHNN8EQn4yiIvcvM9y5kSnoaaVoWJgMnxukFkLjS7QbntILFaKg0g4ogCRaiqiv-wCQh_0oQwJw4364ETPO9gYrUUFcaxfF1CQWkfso/w640-h302/21st-June-21-12.jpg) |
Mute Swans (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor) on the Estuary.
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I drove just down the road to the port where I parked again and checked the estuary where I found Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus).
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Great Black-backed Gulls (Gavión Atlántico / Larus marinus). |
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Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia), some of the flock.
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Just around the corner I parked again and walked along the path that follows the estuary where I had good views of a couple of
Common Terns (Charrán Común / Sterna hirudo) that were using the fence to fish from.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTFCXBKMJjLzyRG-V2lE1Iyl-WVW0mQARtqPnzyD1OoAvhjl3S0_F3YIdWL0JvaAKEbA-pO-vCnfCjO6JWbHzOmeJq8NByXuuPJ0-dOhflTGFZSn-dTUUuM6g9P5zRhx8ry3TybvX9zQ/w640-h498/21st-June-21-5.jpg) |
Common Eider (Eider Común / Somateria mollissima). |
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Common Eider (Eider Común / Somateria mollissima). |
In the same area I had 8 more Mute Swans and a male Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxYIWOMlxikshnioLl1qMWhz7Pj1-SyuaktTY9lqPw-VHkL2FCWGQXFr6TBx4YGnmT-xCulj_-Gde5P1oShD9wIAdxs2A5mo6w6WmYlPu4baP5xB8Wm03SC24C5SKRRQWNKIdqdHV4ko/w640-h400/21st-June-21-9.jpg) |
Shag (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis). |
I got back to the car and hit the road again and made my way around to the Port of Santoñia where I parked and waited for the rain to stop or at least ease of which is all it did so I went for a walk and scanned the estuary for the Common Eider (Eider Común / Somateria mollissima) which had been reported for quite a while on Ebird.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Vt7mRhyphenhyphenYuBM2q2nCb23z_nyAbEcxCbxguuq4tgTBJnjvSzWSJeczx3sqgoBl740dy4UuyWpiXCl9ibRc91mBcOrMLPWGI5ZhPjotTk814kzmKiNVZK02OjJXPulesiL7YzFiim9tPb0/w640-h574/21st-June-21-16.jpg) |
Long-tailed Blue (Lampides baeticus). |
I did not see the Eider from the breakwater but I did see 30 odd Pied Oystercatchers (Ostrero Euroasiatico / Haematopus ostralegus), Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata), Great Black-backed Gull (Gavión Atlántico / Larus marinus), Shag (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis), Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) and Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVL4Gcnf0Kg4Z3QApWEbD4uwBmHV41YOW8mUDdEESyPUnHIEjckVT1osRPUSCCNSmi1pFSduDzLuiYSZkpNJ7ChBnf2UVQbQKdvUVtPmwxWYWCD5ZkjzVPl0FQLv-GurhGQaLNmaA8Bk/w640-h406/21st-June-21-19.jpg) |
The end of the days birding approaches.
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I walked down to the far end of the breakwater and scanned with the scope again but this time I did find the Eider which was now stood up on a spit of rocks over near the main road out of town so I made my way around there and had some good views of this bird and also saw Long-tailed Blue (Lampides baeticus) and Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).
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Iceland Gull (Gaviota Groenlandesa / Larus glaucoides). |
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Iceland Gull (Gaviota Groenlandesa / Larus glaucoides). |
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Iceland Gull (Gaviota Groenlandesa / Larus glaucoides). |
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Iceland Gull (Gaviota Groenlandesa / Larus glaucoides). |
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Iceland Gull (Gaviota Groenlandesa / Larus glaucoides). |
The weather was again changing and I could hear thunder and see storms all around me so I headed back to the Port where I had a late lunch and then walked into the fish docks and scanned through the gull seeing the expected
Yellow-legs, a couple of
Great Black-backed and then a much more unexpected distant white winged gull which I was soon sure must be an
Iceland Gull (Gaviota Groenlandesa / Larus glaucoides) but on the North coast of Spain in June??? I did later find out via Ebird that the bird had been around for a few days.
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Iceland Gull (Gaviota Groenlandesa / Larus glaucoides). |
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Iceland Gull (Gaviota Groenlandesa / Larus glaucoides). |
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Iceland Gull (Gaviota Groenlandesa / Larus glaucoides). |
However after getting much better views and asking Ed Mackrill for his opinion I was very happy to be watching a 2nd year
Iceland. I spent a while watching and photographing it until the approaching storm arrived and finish my birding for the day. My next stop was a bar near the nights hotel.
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