Granada Coast, Granada Province, Spain.

A walk along Cartuna Beach checking the Kentish Population and the searching for Swifts Later.

 

Ebird List Cartuna Beach.

Cuaderno de campo "Aves granadinas" final account of the Kentish Plover Survey.

Ebird List Playa de La Rijana.

Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila Perdicera / Aquila faciatus).

I met Juan Perez at the usual meeting place and we walked the length of the beach checking on the Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus) population, we were very pleased to not find any new nests as the beach was getting much busier. 

Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila Perdicera / Aquila faciatus).

During the walk we saw Kentish Plover x13, Shag (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis) x8, Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii) x11 along with other species.

Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica).

We moved on along the coast to check a couple of spots for the uncommon White-rumped Swift (Vencejo Cafre / Apus caffer), we reached the first spot and spent a while scanning the area around two sections of the bridges that carries the main A7 motorway. At this site we didn't see and White-rumped Swifts but had views of a family party of Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila Perdicera / Aquila faciatus), 2x adults and 2x immature.

Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica).

Our last stop was at a very busy Playa de la Rijana where again we didn't see any White-rumped Swifts but we did see both Alpine (Vencejo Real / Apus melba) and Pallid Swifts (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus) along with Red-rumped Swallows (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica), Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura) and European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster).