Hotel, Laguna de Navaseca, Tablas de Daimiel and Driving South again, Ciudad Real, Spain.

Last stage of the trip back home.

Trip to Uk, Day Fourty One.

 

Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus) passing over the hotel.

After the sun came up at the hotel it was great to see and even better hear large numbers of Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus) passing around the hotel as they made their way out to the fields to feed.

Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus) passing over the hotel.

Before breakfast, which was very nice we went for a walk around the hotel gardens and scanned nearby fields finding Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) and Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus).

Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca), Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina) and Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra).

Once we had finished breakfast we headed to Laguna Navaseca picking up Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis) and Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina).

Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina).

Once we had parked we had a good look out over the pool from the hide finding Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Marsh Harrier, Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Common (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina) and Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera), Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis), Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea).

Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus).

Once we were happy that we had seen everything from the hide we had a walk along the roads checking the reed beds and found a nice male Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Penduline Tit (Pájaro Moscón / Remiz pendulinus) and at the far end of the pool we talked to a group of four Spanish birders for a while and whilst there we found a nice male Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca), White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago) and I heard but did not see a Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Ganga Ibérica / Pterocles alchata) which flew over.

Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio).

At this point I walked back to the car where I had a Pheasant (Faisán Vulgar / Phaisanus colchicus) before I parke again at the point where Andy was waiting, when I got back Andy told me had seen a Fieldfare (Zorzal Real / Turdus pilaris) whilst I was away.

Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus).

We took the track along the Northern side of the lake and added a Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus), Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio), Dunnock (Acentor Común / Prunella modularis), Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis) and Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus).

Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus).

Next we went up the road to the main reserve at Tablas seeing Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris) and Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) on the way and on the loop walk we found Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) before we completed the trip to the house adding on the fields Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) just before arriving.