Travelling North from Santi's to Santoña for a bit of birding.
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Common Eider (Eider Común / Somateria mollissima) Male.
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I left Santi's after breakfast and drove North towards Santander and then across to Santoña, on the way I saw
Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus),
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina) and
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos).
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Common Eider (Eider Común / Somateria mollissima) Male.
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Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus). |
My first stop was at the Observatorio De Aves De La Arenilla where I sat and scanned the estuary at about half tide, As I arrived I picked up the resident male
Common Eider (Eider Común / Somateria mollissima) mid channel, lots of both Eurasian Curlews (
Numenius arquata) and Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus), as well as good numbers of
Eurasian Spoonbills (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia), 50+
Northern Pintails (Ánade Rabudo / Anas acuta), a large flock of around 250 Dark-bellied Brent Geese (Barnacla Carinegra / Branta bernicla) which I realized later was only part of the Flock,
Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cullinegro / Podiceps nigricollis), 5x
Common Scoter (Negrón Común / Melanitta nigra), a
Razorbill (Alca Común / Alca torda) which I got better views of later near the port, a distant
Great Northern Diver (Colimbo Grande / Gavia immer), lots of Western Cattle (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) and
Little Egrets (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) as well as a single Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Egretta alba) which was feeding amongst the Spoonbills.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjruJYHK3C9e_G99C4pKld0HKyd3vERtxz3rE7qu316upA1iJ4NXgq8eUiTSVZxD6xARThXYAhPjrSjOq2Gp7oSUIJWxXstGPdMqtWT9nObca4NQlgYqJD1K0NGR0BG_Nl2nihdnsVGNgCPkjyfotwQwFop03JNNZlTfFoBmfuZuRU8oUaTueoL-rsK/w640-h388/13th-Dec-22-5.jpg) |
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis). |
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Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis). |
I moved just up the road and parked at the central point of the port and walked out onto the nearest of the larger jetties where I could see the full extent of the Brent Goose flock which must have numbered well over 400 birds.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVNfjSt40kWNybLYNSd_6vzOeNbw4jSH9NGQlm2YGDpFakD7Tus6Qvj9_xI8cEIviGkp0n80bOEkNCVgQe8Mg8b0FMh8vs1GJHU99MOEQEyKrIKFP7zU8X6434WMZkbnEG42Vo6d3vRFqf4jdDNGklOH--THcJwD4OA6IkcXfgT7nqfpq5bC48ZJn/w640-h436/13th-Dec-22-1.jpg) |
Great Northern Diver (Colimbo Grande / Gavia immer) just surfaced. |
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Great Northern Diver (Colimbo Grande / Gavia immer). |
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Great Northern Diver (Colimbo Grande / Gavia immer) taking a deep breath. |
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Great Northern Diver (Colimbo Grande / Gavia immer) about to Dive. |
I spent quite a while scanning the main channel in front of me and got better views of another Great Northern Diver, the Razorbill, Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cullinegro / Podiceps nigricollis),
Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis),
Great Black-backed Gull (Gavión Atlántico / Larus marinus),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Ostrero Euroasiatico / Haematopus ostralegus), 8x Shag (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis),
Bar-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica),
Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus),
Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus) and
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis).
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Dark-bellied Brent Geese (Barnacla Carinegra / Branta bernicla) after being flushed by photographers on a boat.
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Dark-bellied Brent Geese (Barnacla Carinegra / Branta bernicla). |
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Dark-bellied Brent Geese (Barnacla Carinegra / Branta bernicla). |
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Dark-bellied Brent Geese (Barnacla Carinegra / Branta bernicla). |
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Dark-bellied Brent Geese (Barnacla Carinegra / Branta bernicla). |
I returned to the hide breifly but did not add anything new so I started to make my way around to my hotel for the night in Escalante, on the way I made a stop at the Mirador Montehano and checked the river and marshes, just below me I had my fourth
Great Northern Diver, more
Black-necked Grebes,
Eurasian Wigeon
(Sibón Europeo / Anas penelope),
Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca) and big numbers of Western Cattle Egrets flying passed heading for their roost.
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Shag (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis). |
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Shag (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis). |
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Great Northern Diver (Colimbo Grande / Gavia immer). |
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Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta). |
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View from the Port of Santoña.
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Looking from Mirador Montehano to Escalante.
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Christmas lights in Escalante.
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