Birding in and around A Coruña.
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Torre de Hércules from Playa de Riazor. |
I set off before light and found my way to Culleredo in A Coruña to have a second look for the
Rosy Starling (Estornino Rosado / Sturnus roseus) but this time I walked to an area of waste ground behind Dia but didn't get any views of the Starlings but could hear them so I walked up the road and crossed to the other side of the railway line and look into the conifers from the other side and some had
Rosy,
Spotless (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and
Common Starling (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris) in the trees.
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Rosy Starling (Estornino Rosado / Sturnus roseus). |
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Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor). |
In the same area I also saw
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and
Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos).
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Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos). |
My next stop was at a Playa de Riazor where I had a nice view across to the Torre de Hércules but with Information from Cosme Damián I found what I was looking for on the rocks much closer to me, down below the sea wall I found at least 12
Purple Sandpipers (Correlimos Oscuro / Calidris maritima) along with several Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres), 3x
Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus),
Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus), Shag (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo) and
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Purple Sandpiper (Correlimos Oscuro / Calidris maritima). |
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Purple Sandpiper (Correlimos Oscuro / Calidris maritima). |
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Purple Sandpiper (Correlimos Oscuro / Calidris maritima). |
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Purple Sandpiper (Correlimos Oscuro / Calidris maritima). |
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Purple Sandpiper (Correlimos Oscuro / Calidris maritima). |
Just up the coast I made another stop where I checked through a flock of Gulls on Playa de Alba but I only found the usual species, Mediterranean (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus), Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKXhZbc00by0DUGZrBbI3qG-uFK5s7-PL4m9dvB-HHTClo1iaR_VcUdL5kWUb9heHwyFckNmTWmlbGx5eaCLWeIX5QJMUkaW9cx1uSzT2fRalnIEEgwXKHHPT3Y7VeEID6TKhLLtaKHbJnSv-zOJTL8iqbUvhvW7UFCLVqUNHxIWYfgykVrE08BoDW=w640-h544) |
Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus). |
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Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres). |
I also saw Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) and a Peacock (Aglais io) butterfly.
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Egyptian Goose (Ganso del Nilo / Alopochen aegyptiaca). |
My last stop of the day was at Encoro de Cecebre where I checked a couple of spots and found a couple of Egyptian Geese (Ganso del Nilo / Alopochen aegyptiaca), 6x
Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Egretta alba), Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca) and
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra) before returning to my accommodation.
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