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Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina) x2 and a Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba) winter plumage.
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I left home early and made my way round the northern route to Almeria and then down to the hide which over looks the Salinas at the northern end, here I started the day list off with Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia), Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta), Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Ringed (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula) and Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus), Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae) and Sand Martin (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia).
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Red-necked Phalarope (Falaropo Picofino / Phalaropus lobatus). |
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Red-necked Phalarope (Falaropo Picofino / Phalaropus lobatus). |
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Red-necked Phalarope (Falaropo Picofino / Phalaropus lobatus). |
I drove through the village and out along the beach to Rambla Morales where I spent a while scanning the pool and the beach seeing masses of feeding
Pallid Swifts (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus),
Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and both
Sand and
House Martins (Avión Común / Delichon urbica).
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Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta). |
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Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia). |
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Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina). |
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Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula). |
Around the margins I checked out the waders hoping to find the two reported
Temmincks Stint (Correlimos de Temminck / Calidris temminckii) but only managed to see
Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina),
Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba),
Ruff (Combatiente / Philomachus pugnax),
Ringed Plover,
Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta) and
Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres).
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Slender-billed Gulls (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei). |
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Slender-billed Gulls (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei). |
Whilst I was there I bumped into a Spanish birder who I think was Delfín González and he gave me some info on the Temmincks but whilst I was talking to he I added
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), good numbers of immature Greater Flamingo's, Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and
Western Yellow Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava flavissima).
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Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus). |
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Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus). |
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Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus). |
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Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula). |
My next stop was on the track along the back of the southern end of the saltpans where my second target of the day was a reported, a very smart
Red-necked Phalarope (Falaropo Picofino / Phalaropus lobatus) which I soon found feeding on the waters edge along with lots of other wader and a good many
Slender-billed Gulls (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei) which were feeding in large groups in the shallows.
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Lesser Flamingo (Flamenco Enano / Phoenicopterus minor). |
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Sea Daffodil (Pancratium maritimum). |
Other species seen included
Audouin's (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii), Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus),
Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and
Yellow-legged Gulls (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Dunlin, Little Stint, Sanderling, Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta),
Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia) and
Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica).
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Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus) immature.
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My last stop of the day was near the Camping site inland from the Rambla Morales where Delfín had told me to check some small pools in the river bed and I was soon getting distant views of a couple of
Temmincks Stints as well as
Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos) and several
Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur) before I headed off home.
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