A bit of a Goose day.
Ebird List for Fuente de Nava.
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Common Pochard x Ferruginous Duck (Aythya ferina x nyroca). |
I started the day with a good breakfast at the hotel and the went back to Molino de Santa Olaja and Casa de las Mareas hoping to see the
Goosander (Serreta Grande / Mergus merganser) which I had missed yesterday but with the same results unfortunately but during my search I did find what looked like a
Common Pochard x
Ferruginous Duck (Aythya ferina x nyroca) which has been in the area for a while.
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Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser). |
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Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Egretta alba). |
Also seen were
Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor), Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Tufted Duck (Porrón Monudo / Aythya fuligula),
Great Crested (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus) and
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Great (Garceta Grande / Egretta alba) and Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus).
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Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis). |
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Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) and Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia). |
My next stop was south at Fuente de Nava in Palencia Province, here I parked at the Observatorio de Corralillos but it was quiet so I went down the road to Observatorio del Pradowhere I scanned the visible pools seeing
Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis),
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei) and as I scanned back towards the other hide I picked up a flock of
Greylags which landed near there so I drove back down again but not before I found 33
Great Bustards (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda) back by the car
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Barnical Geese (Barnacla Cariblanca / Branta leucopsis). |
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Pink-footed Goose (Ánsar Piquicorto / Anser brachyrhynchus). |
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Pink-footed Goose (Ánsar Piquicorto / Anser brachyrhynchus). |
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Snow Goose (Ánsar nival / Anser coerlescens). |
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Snow Goose (Ánsar nival / Anser coerlescens). |
I set the scope up and scanned through the flock and soon found the fist of several
Barnical Geese (Barnacla Cariblanca / Branta leucopsis) x17,
Greater White-fronted Geese (Ánsar Careto / Anser albifrons) x46 and as more and more
Greylags arrived I found a single
Pink-footed Goose (Ánsar Piquicorto / Anser brachyrhynchus) and a blue morph Snow Goose (Ánsar nival / Anser coerlescens) which had been coming in with the
Greylags.
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White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia). |
Other species seen before I headed off to Silos to see how friend Santi was doing included
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus),
Golden Plover (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia),
Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus),
White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia),
Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), a smart male Hen Harrier (Aguilucho Pálido / Circus cyaneus) and several
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipeoVXFo9yISr7Fw2PYW9nXymTgy8s6eVFOY_AL06r_iCkR4_Un1ANY5R_84XQT4PTt_agEfFfdHfhD4AG32tmD2teJPhRvad1B9RaB3JwyFR4Nfwl2smAmSZdU8uqvEfO-M5CxGr-P4fDjVvlUc5SmoJoCmjU-faKkcxzUcomWjgl15UHGw4BqoBz=w640-h388) |
Eurasian Eagle Owl (Búho Real / Bubo bubo). |
On my way to Santi's I had two Eurasian Eagle Owls (Búho Real / Bubo bubo) sat on wooded cable posts between Quintana del Puente and Lerma on the N-622.
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