Another Pelagic with Javi from Birding the Strait's.
Day Two.
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Cory's Shearwater (Pardela Cenicienta / Calonectris borealis) first of the morning.
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I left my hotel in Algeciras and drove along the coast to Tarifa and then waited for Javi and the other guests to arrive, as I sat there I started the day list off with
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus) and
Yellow-legged Gulls (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis). |
Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus) immature.
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The Gannets were soon followed by Cory's (Pardela Cenicienta / Calonectris borealis) and Balearic Shearwaters (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus), lots of Black Terns (Fumarel Común / Chlidonias niger) which were crossing and heading North and a couple of Great Skuas (Págalo Grande / Stercorarius skua). |
| Cory's Shearwater (Pardela Cenicienta / Calonectris borealis). |
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| Cory's Shearwater (Pardela Cenicienta / Calonectris borealis). |
While we were out at sea we also had very good numbers of Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis) and smaller numbers of Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), Long-finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melas), Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) and a low flying Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans). |
| Black Terns (Fumarel Común / Chlidonias niger). |
We returned to port and I went to have a look at the cliffs near Traffico watch point finding Booted (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus) and Short-toed Eagles (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus),
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti).
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| Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis). |
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| Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis). |
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| Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis). |
I then decided to have a look up around La Janda where I found a dozen or so
Northern Bald Ibis (Ibis Eremita / Geronticus eremita) on pylons at the side of the road before I took to the main track along the main Canal seeing
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator),
Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe), Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis) and
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta). |
| Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas). |
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Tuna fishermen from Morocco.
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I took the road out to the farm adding Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Green (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) and Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia),
Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus) and a teneral male
Vagrant Emperor (Anax ephippiger) which was the first one I has seen perched.
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| Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans). |
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| Northern Bald Ibis (Ibis Eremita / Geronticus eremita). |
I then headed back to my hotel where I walked out into the town for something to eat.
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| Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata). |
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| Vagrant Emperor (Anax ephippiger). |
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