A Fawn Yawn in A Coruña and a few more bits.
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Grey Plover (Chorlito Gris / Pluvialis squatarola). |
I set off to a spot on the outskirts of A Coruña where an immature
Rosy Starling (Estornino Rosado / Sturnus roseus) had been for a few days but with just some sketchy Information I did not expect to find it, there is not a great deal of rare bird info in Spain at the best of times but for some time now birders report birds on certain sites without pinning locations for some reason.
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Rosy Starling (Estornino Rosado / Sturnus roseus) Immature. |
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Rosy Starling (Estornino Rosado / Sturnus roseus) Immature. |
Anyway I got to the spot nearest to the Ebird pin which was helpfully put in the middle of the river, I parked and crossed the railway and walked along the river side Paseo where I found
Grey Plover (Chorlito Gris / Pluvialis squatarola), Black-headed (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus),
Mediterranean (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus), Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and
Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes) and several
Spotless Starlings (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor).
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Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos). |
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Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos). |
After a while I saw a group of
Starlings in some Laylandi trees at the back of a Dia store and when I walked closer I soon found the not so
Rosy Starling sat up on a cable, not one of the nice pink adult birds but the name from the 80sthe fawn yawn is more apt for this chap but still very pleased to find it.
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Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) female.
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My next stop was a few KMs to the North at Ferrol on the river at San Valentín on the more Southern side of the river where I started my search for a reported
Bonaparte's Gull (Gaviota de Bonaparte /
Chroicocephalus
philadelphia) but I could not find it and only added
Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) and
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).
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Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus). |
I had a look on Google Maps and decided to check an area opposite on the Northern side of the river, so I crossed the bridge and parked on an industrial estate before I walked along a path which followed there shore of the river. On the way I scanned the groups of Gulls but only turned up the same species as before, I also found
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Long-tailed (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus) and
Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Perparus ater) and
Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus).
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Bonaparte's Gull (Gaviota de Bonaparte / Chroicocephalus philadelphia). |
I turned around and walked back towards the car but checked a group of around a 100 or so
Black-headed Gulls and was pleased to find the
Bonaparte's out on the water at the far side of the flock but it stayed distant and when a Runner came passed and flushed the gulls up it disappeared even though most of the others returned.
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Encoro de Cecebre. |
I moved on to my last stop of the day at Encoro de Cecebre a reservoir where I had popped into yesterday, I walked the track back down to the water and again found the flock of
Tufted Duck (Porrón Monudo / Aythya fuligula) still in the same area but more spread out which made picking out the other species easier. I found the two
Lesser Scaup (Porrón Bola / Aythya affinis), a male and female along with 2 male and at least one female
Greater Scaup (Porrón Bastardo / Aythya marila).
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