Another run around some of the sites near to Sanlucar.
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Ring-billed Gull (Gaviota de Delaware / Larus delawarensis) 1st Winter / 2CY.
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I started the day back at yesterdays last stop, Costa Ballena tryng to find the
Ring-billed Gull (Gaviota de Delaware / Larus delawarensis) amongst the
Common Gulls (Gaviota Cana / Larus canus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRhVKXu_a1HGNiiu83ddh-DT1tVRJ1Kls6Liv8sp0LDInyA9d1Cv9orYqPW1ne2BHbwOrNnBTjLLN1Fbi5ZgJrUy06Dy3xKzGMQW8RKIJcaOMy9YHQ-NZX8HBlV3Vfaq7nC3xIJ-UoK3JQRUW-mzMnEAMyaLbod1TPp1k7GG_E9amnK-9GdrPwuPRo=w640-h452) |
Ring-billed Gull (Gaviota de Delaware / Larus delawarensis) 1st Winter / 2CY. |
I arrived to find that there were very few Gulls at Parque de Los Lagos but I did find a few Black-headed Gulls (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus),
White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala),
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra) and
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus).
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Common Gull (Gaviota Cana / Larus canus). |
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Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus). |
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Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus). |
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Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus) bored by the birder with a camera. |
As there were not many Gulls around the Pool I walked along the canal to the Lago Norte but it was the same here and I only managed to add
Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus),
Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) and Mediterranean Gull (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia) and
Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos).
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Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita). |
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Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax) adult.
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Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) male next building. |
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Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild). |
During the walk between the two site I also added
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and a calling
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei).
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Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus). |
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Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus). |
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Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus). |
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Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus). |
Back at the top pool I noticed some Gulls had gathered on one of the bridges on the far side of the island so I walked around there and quickly found a couple of
Common Gulls, plenty of
Black-headed and a 1st winter
Ring-billed which was my main target for this trip, well happy.
On the larger pool some of the
Temmincks Stints (Correlimos de Temminck / Calidris temminckii) were still there along with
White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala),
Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus),
Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta), 2x
Ruff (Combatiente / Philomachus pugnax),
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) and
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjQ-rtWxiLXWWX5FHk9zJRl2clIZF-g9-J28IokSOQD9kLqLt_05Y5F70eiZuYGUd_Bc9cQHpPemqOdx5RLjwtsytDXB_6qreKFMHeill1zovy_KxMxBPSV2Zk0nXYUVha9E6Nmb_6vuH9jXxHZc7x4OW27iNn9I3km9rOO7qm9a2-J5aba4xc9pGV=w640-h482) |
Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta). |
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Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula). |
Around on the back pool there were as usual good numbers of Night Herons (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax), a couple of Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), a male and several female Black-headed Weavers (Ploceus melanocephalus) and my first Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica) of the year.
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Caspian Tern (Pagaza Piquiroja / Sterna caspia). |
My next stop was at the saltpans, on the drive up I added
Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta),
Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula) and
Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina) which look like the long billed / long legger ssp alpina, at the end of the road I walked along the track beyond the blue gates after chatting to the workmen there and added
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus) and
Caspian Tern (Pagaza Piquiroja / Sterna caspia).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6yrgIVOuhtPaiCc7N2o6zdchLZm1ZPuL2IkFUpGrx21JxUVeeVe1hLRg6U4k6X4xCqfYAJW3lievAe-0-wXv5BU-cGCB45VDhkRyVv69wz5L8pD6D7PeqJu2RrGll9_4fbuGaC7vqUSnEhhGoARgxHIvAFnyUj0N7Lx20T9aBv8LS8q4j1KK2VQXd=w640-h348) |
A few of the Black Kites (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans). |
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Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans). |
I was going to go to Braza del Este but as the clouds were building and I was Knackered I decided to head off home, on the way I stopped of at the rubbish dump again where there were still hundreds of Black (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans) and a couple of Red Kites (Milano Real / Milvus milvus), lots of Western Cattle Egret and a good number of
White Storks (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).
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Spotted Crake (Polluela Pintoja / Porzana porzana). |
Further along the A92 I made a stop at Fuente de Piedra but only did the pool by the board walk and along with a young Spanish lad had views of a very sculking
Spotted Crake (Polluela Pintoja / Porzana porzana) before actually heading home.
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