Costa Ballena, Colorado Road Pools, Bonanza Saltpans in Cadiz Province and Fuente de Piedra in Malaga Province, Spain.

Another run around some of the sites near to Sanlucar.

Ring-billed Gull (Gaviota de Delaware / Larus delawarensis) 1st Winter / 2CY.

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).

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).

Common Gull (Gaviota Cana / Larus canus).

Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus).

Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus).

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).

Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita).

Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax) adult.

Black-headed Weaver (Tejedor Cabecinegro / Ploceus melanocephalus) male next building.

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).

Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus).

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.

Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina).

Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina).

I returned to the car and then drove via Sanlucar to the Colorado Road Pools where I parked in the Pines and checked the smaller pool where I again saw the two Marbled Ducks (Marmaronetta angustirostris) and Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio).

Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus).

Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus)

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).

Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta).

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 (Tejedor Cabecinegro / Ploceus melanocephalus) and my first Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica) of the year.

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).

A few of the Black Kites (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans).

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).

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 skulking Spotted Crake (Polluela Pintoja / Porzana porzana) before actually heading home.