A bit of pre-mothing birding around the reserve.
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Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
I was going to be meeting Miguel, Beatriz and Juan for a night of Mothing but I spent a couple of hours doing some birding around the reserve where I saw
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian (Focha Común / Fulica atra) and
Red-knobbed Coot (Focha Moruna / Fulca cristata),
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus) and
Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio).
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Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca) male.
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Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca) male. |
Other species seen included
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) and Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia).
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Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta). |
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Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta). |
In the marginal trees and bushes I also found Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and several passing
European Bee-eaters (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster).
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Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia). |
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Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio). |
Later Miguel arrived and we started to set up the traps and then Beatriz and Juan joined us as we finished off, the weather took a turn for the worst so we had to relocate some of the traps but even with the rain and storms we had a good number of species before we turned in.
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