Heading North to Santo Domingo de Silos.
Ebird List for Laguna Navaseca.
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View across the misty Laguna.
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I started out early to make my way up North to stay with Friends Santi and Howard for a while, on the way up I stopped off at Laguna Navaseca, a spot I alway like to visit as there are always good birds.
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Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus). |
I parked by the hide and scanned the lake but could not see a great deal to start with as the fog was fairly think but as it started to lift I started to see birds including a calling male
Pheasant (Faisán Vulgar / Phaisanus colchicus) behind me on the car park, White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus) heard only and down in the reeds the first of a few
Spanish Sparrows (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis), good numbers of
Corn Buntings (Triguero / Emberiza calandra) and calling
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti).
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A distant Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca). |
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Male Ring-necked Duck (Porrón acollarado / Aythya collaris). |
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Male Ring-necked Duck (Porrón acollarado / Aythya collaris). |
I had a walk along the road down to the far corner where you can view the far end of the pool better and started to check through the
Common Pochards (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina) finding a
Tufted Duck (Porrón Monudo / Aythya fuligula),
Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca) and a nice male
Ring-necked Duck (Porrón acollarado / Aythya collaris) which had been around for a few days.
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Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus). |
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Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus). |
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Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus). |
In the same area I also saw
Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna), both male and female
Marsh Harriers (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago),
Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina),
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus) and 2 flyover
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Ganga Ibérica /
Pterocles alchata).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQqBHQPGWbX9MYkaxrSN_cb05Y0cGFAIF7u9dEZrtLOEFenDkHxcTzftrocMM_4xk6ffyJKavd79tzexHH3m9R1qfroPuMnPqH1rDqxWZgObCOlmuy1aSyUlnC5Pv97EFR7VyyUFWTjCrPNJWs1iamwOPlbzktK_XzKhsSzwpvzzQYFHK64YtumbT_=w640-h416) |
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
I walked on along the Northern edge of the laguna where I saw more Spanish Sparrows, Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus),
Dunnock (Acentor Común / Prunella modularis),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos) and an amazing 15+ more
Ferruginous Ducks.
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Spanish Sparrows (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis). |
As I made my way along the eastern shore I was surprised to see a winter plumage
Spotted Redshank (Archibebe Oscuro / Tringa erythropus) with 3x
Black-winged Stilts (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), a Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus),
Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia),
Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio), a female
White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus) and
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor).
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Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia). |
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Spotted Redshank (Archibebe Oscuro / Tringa erythropus). |
Along the Southern shore on my back to the car I picked up
White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and
Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula).
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White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia). |
Once back at the car I set off for the north againm between the Laguna and a spot 100KM or so from Madrid where I again pulled off the motorway I only added
Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus) to the list.
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Female Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca). |
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Female Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca). |
Out on the fields off the side of the motorway I saw more
Red Kites,
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus),
Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa) and a group of a dozen or so
Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSILPe3NNI9NsXTjMcNk4SslV1vlgIGi_Voo5sSMU-TAUP3wkDx1mCm7aElOmeR--B3TSivg1HWbbKIp3PDlaB2MY1hUOeplxqO6zk_H8APvA47VXPCw84o8uPrvhP9nYHxzGTEaVhQ_O22H7h9mWs5fdVOWPzrqv6uoby9U3lq-6XiDk2g_dt3ALx=w640-h306) |
Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax). |
I had to wait until I was a little further along the motorway and had come off for fuel to find any Great Bustard (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda), just after I had fueled I found a group of 28 birds close to the slip road back on to the motorway but had a loorry right behind me so I coud not stop typically.