A rather damp day on the estuary and around the Port.
Going North and trip to UK, Day Three.
Ebird List first visit to hide.
Ebird List second visit to hide.
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Bar-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica). |
I got up and headed back to the Observatorio de La Arenilla near Santoña as it was raining and I thought it would be a good spot to sit out the showers.
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Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus). |
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Bar-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica). |
Whilst there I saw
Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor), Eurasian Wigeon
(Sibón Europeo / Anas penelope),
Bar-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica),
Eurasian Curlew (
Numenius arquata), Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus),
Great Black-backed Gull (Gavión Atlántico / Larus marinus),
Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis),
Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia),
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) and
Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus) as well as others, see list above. |
A returning fishing boat.
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Shag (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis). |
The weather cleared a bt so I went down to the Port and had a walk round checking through the Gull species finding Great Black-backed (Gavión Atlántico / Larus marinus),
Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus),
Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus) and
Mediterranean Gull (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus) as well as Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Shag (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis),
Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis) and
Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos).
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The approaching rain.
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The weather closed in rapidly so I decided to get a sandwich from a nearby bar and take it with me for a longer session in the Hide.
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Ready for some birding.
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I arrived at the hide and set up along side a Spanish birder who had been there for a while, during this visit I saw a lot of the birds I had seen earlier in the morning but added quite a few more species including the
Common Eider (Eider Común / Somateria mollissima) which flew in from the estuary and started to feed in one of the muddy channels. |
Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus) Phonescope pic.
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Other species seen included an Immature Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus), Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cullinegro / Podiceps nigricollis),
Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis),
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Ostrero Euroasiatico / Haematopus ostralegus) and Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa). Other species on the Link above. |
Common Eider (Eider Común / Somateria mollissima) male.
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Common Eider (Eider Común / Somateria mollissima) male. |
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Common Eider (Eider Común / Somateria mollissima) male. |
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Common Eider (Eider Común / Somateria mollissima) male. |
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Common Eider (Eider Común / Somateria mollissima) male. |
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