Second Spainsh Lifer in two days but not quite a stunning as yesterdays.
Ebird List from Charca by
Vanessa.
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The rain clouds moving away but there was still very cold wind.
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I was off early and after passing through some drizzle on the way there I arrived at Rambla Morales where it was cold, cloudy and very windy but I still went and stood at the end of the main Lagoon at the end of the rambla and scanned through the Ducks looking for the
Blue-winged Teal (Cerceta Aliazul / Anas discors) but without any luck.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2dQyvduOfMUs00yWa1lC9ldAKNnCxl8CnuZoXoUcJHnue_AITzs-eLtq1utq4dKV85p0gKoUP8GVsE9FlqE_tYc19ximMRPSKLSFKMD7X1HegArTZik6GoTgWMWUsYjdWkwd3IKy78fFWnlVQzSygyVly4ASu2-qJuxInzN5Ortkx52I5PvXuMlxk=w640-h480) |
Sun Rise.
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In this area I did find Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta),
Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina),
Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba),
Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus),
Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres),
Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa), Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta),
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), 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), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala),
Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio),
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus) and
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).
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Blue-winged Teal (Cerceta Aliazul / Anas discors). |
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Blue-winged Teal (Cerceta Aliazul / Anas discors). |
After a while a chap who's name I didn't came along and said he had seen the Teal briefly further up the rambla where it narrows and most of the Ducks were gathered and after a while I managed to get views of the Teal with a group of Northern Shovelers.
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Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta). |
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Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta). |
In this area I aslo had views of
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Lesser Short-toed Lark (Terrera Marismena / Calandrella rufescens) and
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhA48ScnWfMCnaW9xkrAjI9oNMHh0ZWbQfb6dfmj_Edxy48ibnVlj9MHgXtQ5cL3XjsmzbmvlVXaitgX7DSIqrO8PSQQ3N-BA-JafjJPpuJ4wbOtOvANGqNdLM3ecfUbg2xsKXA_s0rLiMSvxJIYvclP2g5kl6IZIjP-AQqpfsJbR4Nf9MOlwzisqv2=w640-h388) |
White-headed Ducks (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala) and a Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina). |
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White-headed Ducks (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala), a Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina) and a female Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata). |
After getting views of the Teal I waited there for a while but the bird stayed in the reeds so I went for a walk into the dry areas behind me finding at least 6 Trumpeter Finches (Camachuelo Trompetero / Bucanetes githagineus) but I didn't find the Eurasian Dotterels (Chorlito Carambolo / Eudromias morinellus) that good friend Juan Perez had seen a few days earlier.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZ8-lhXzpGM26fCVUPjaJIXYi99OWF-fIs6SPoK0zr72iOm243c0MUtL_8hAYp3qbTM37WK1YcUN9lghGdlxp3zTMNFOKRW48tWLNtigAypSW1u-8aueNP3ErK4kLeXc4yK1PgZuQBSbrgxEkbdXOIPuYf82pNCNT8clhT__7aNHyxSjqjUQAESXe3=w640-h614) |
Stripe-less Tree Frog (Hyla meridionalis). |
From here I went around Almeria to the pools of Los Norios, the last time I was there I thought the place had been cleaned up but it was not to last and it was back to being a grade one S**t hole again but I did managed to see plenty of
Crag Martins (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris),
Great Crested Grebes (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus) and half a dozen
Whiskered Terns (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus) which were a little more surprising.
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Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca) Male.
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I headed further along the coast towards Charca Suarez where I was meeting Juan and Beatriz who were meeting two young ladies from America for a walk around the reserve, I arrived and we all met up and started the evening with a couple of
Stripe-less Tree Frogs (Hyla meridionalis). ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgY967PMMrLkdVI9G45CBDFNA3io1-XwMYC6klnzxphzggy3GnrsEXL1GPCRyO3gATxLtvcsXCR6Q1bHhZJEtd_PJACmsxH4Z6AwvENXsvjy58AaCvFEYeXUlT8eB-JqE97hBa1JXlsEGQ0l2zl2RBFyNgL16FuZQisbgXEkJWcnmfAeJxNePev_Y7X=w640-h400) |
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea). |
We walked up to the New Hide but I didn't add anyhing to the day list here but in the next one we had the first of several Red-knobbed Coot (Focha Moruna / Fulca cristata) and from the main Hide
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild) and Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0jd1oe023l4-_5ln--esOadH9Q8FN_VcdfEf5dYEmN2b2ayhNy-EUnErwpVU3y5e666q7JLhc_hdGjaUz_cuOJAhC04FKsCpQXrBac7vv1ZXJabjAPSmeq_oh-evmyyJHMqcCq-fNSwg3-GZKh2d4ojDBnGcOc9_oRNzEFOffys8OC6_UTO69ShVD=w640-h596) |
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros). |
After a while I headed off ahead of the others as I wanted to get some time in the hide where the Moustached Warbler (Carricerin Real / Acrocephalus melanopogon) had been seen previously but when I got to the first hide it was full so I went around to the far side of the pool where the hide was empty and I found a very nice male Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca),
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and then the Moustached but just for a few seconds before it disappeared again.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8TNBh2QhhKvb5LjWcCXCyE43AcHrDRkPrYFPBtFzVQquhjY7vqKStf18BlxV9TuI-GDB7JwK2N_5SyjPqJJODTCg7WtficfNbcjAyltaIqho6WG71ejOsVkesztRt7XMaSls9OoSTm34X6bgMeeBdWhZPrspx5v-SYapHtGYwVP7fiRtpy2ForPqI=w640-h444) |
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti). |
The other caught up with me and we went around to the next hide where we had more Ferruginous Ducks, a male Eurasian Wigeon
(Sibón Europeo / Anas penelope), Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera) and Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus) before we made it to the exit just in time for Manu to let us out and lock up.
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