A return to Fuente and the Phalarope.
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A bit of water in the main lake.
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I returned to the pools of Fuente de Piedra hoping to get better views of the
Grey Phalarope (Falaropo Picogrueso / Phalaropus fulicarius), the bird was still on site but unfortunately it was still distant on the Laguneta pool. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tCcfB-aRO4QaeDDI28tI4kH4hBHwz1nCmBylG9UzhRe-g2uMBG9i1T-vuoh8TyPq_eCutPBDVVoyezBtfScSgngZ0pN36-Omaqb812HKj_zbwOlKQUC1-8KZKwS3Mhs4lmV6J77ukDXnPJXIM15eC_kcrQgYWODZXzHNx4iRhePsCY2D5RjbRAVP/w640-h556/6th-Dec-22-1.jpg) |
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus). |
The light was a bit better so I had better views this time, whilst I was there I also recorded Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Red-crested (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina) and
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Northern Pintail (Ánade Rabudo / Anas acuta), Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris), White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala),
Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus) and
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus),
Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus) and Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) on or in the water.
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Grey Phalarope (Falaropo Picogrueso / Phalaropus fulicarius). |
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Grey Phalarope (Falaropo Picogrueso / Phalaropus fulicarius). |
Around the margins and in the trees and bushes I also saw
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), a
Wryneck (Torcecuello / Jynx torquilla), Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) and several
Rabbits (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus). ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03-BXB-IB8beZ7y0SnD_e5_bIZzUgD8-m_CGL_UFOvx76vkYrwkTnF26PrultWUur42Bj3m28FJxnXqT0dxzKMNK0YiX2tFCqNaz7GwIkBqsGl0iA0xpNA6kq6L4CYBdlNHURyCwjy0nQ2gR59TYsN4xChJHoztuy1apCJ7don3DBv2a11rzRO8QV/w640-h482/6th-Dec-22-4.jpg) |
Grey Phalarope (Falaropo Picogrueso / Phalaropus fulicarius). |
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Grey Phalarope (Falaropo Picogrueso / Phalaropus fulicarius). |
I left the hide and walked around to the Mirador where I scanned the main Lagoon finding a sizable flock of
Northern Lapwings (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), more
Greater Flamingo's and masses of
Gulls.
I dropped down to the boardwalk across the smaller lagoon where I had views of Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Water (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta) and Meadow Pipits (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica) and out on the fields at the far end a flock of roosting Stone Curlews (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus). There were few birds on the entrance pool but I did add Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) and Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago).
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Female Northern Pintail (Ánade Rabudo / Anas acuta). |
On the drive back home I picked up
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica) and
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) along the motorway.
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A few minutes before I got a soaking down on the fields.
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