Fuentes de Nava, Laguna de Campos in Palencia Province and Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos Province, Castilla Y Léon, Spain.

Heading South to see friend Santi on my way home.

Ebird List for Laguna de la Nava ENat, Observatorio de Corralillos.

Ebird List for Laguna de la Nava ENat, Observatorio del Prado.

Ebird List for Laguna de la Nava ENat, Observatorio de La Colada. 

Ebird List for Laguna Boada de Campos.

Ebird List for La Yecla.

View from the Observatorio de Corralillos.

I left the Hotel early and headed south thinking I would get to Fuentes de Nava before light but the best laid plans of mice and men often go to Rat Poooooooo and as I started to climb up towards the highest point along the A67 the snow started, the police were making the lorries exit the motorway so I stopped and asked if it was still passable and the offices said yes with care but I really wish he had said no as the next 40 or so Kms were scary and by far the worst driving conditions I have been in (or i thought so, more to come in a couple of days).

Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser) and 3 Barnical's (Barnacla Cariblanca / Branta leucopsis).

Anyway I eventually left the snow behind so I did eventually get to Fuentes by 09.00 and went to the Observatorio de Corralillos where I scanned the fields and found Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser) with 3 Barnical's (Barnacla Cariblanca / Branta leucopsis) as well as nearly 100 Golden Plovers (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia), Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei) and a couple of Ravens (Cuervo / Corvus corax).

Golden Plovers (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia).

From hide I also saw Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus), Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) and a good sized flock of Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris).

Golden Plovers (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia).

I moved just down the road and checked the blind at Observatorio del Prado but the only new speces for the day were Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes) and Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).

Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis).

Next I walked down to the two story Observatorio de La Colada, on the way an Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis) perched long enough for me to pop off a couple of shots, further along the track I also saw Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus) and from the hide and the far fields I added 12x Great Egrets (Garceta Grande / Egretta alba) and 8x Great Bustards (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda).

White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).

I returned to Observatorio de Corralillos but added nothing so I went around to Laguna de Campos, on the way I picked up another 13 Great Bustards and at the parking area for the Laguna I added a good number of Tree Sparrows (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), a few Linnets (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula) and a couple of White Storks (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).

Great Bustards (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda).

At the hide over looking the pool I saw another largish flock of Greylag Geese, 20 odd Shelducks (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna), quite a few Common Pochards (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina) and a single male Red-crested (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina), Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Northern Pintail (Ánade Rabudo / Anas acuta), Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago) and several more Marsh Harrier.

Great Bustards (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda).

I returned to Observatorio de Corralillos but I didn't see anything new so I started to head to Santi's in Santo Domingo de Silos, On the way I saw another flock of 16 Great Bustards, another flock of Golden Plovers and nearer to Lerma a fly over group of around 20 Fieldfares (Zorzal Real / Turdus pilaris).

Great Bustards (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda).

I stopped off very quickly at La Yecla but as it started to snow I didn't see much but did add Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) before going to Santi's.

Later we went down town to go to the Gregorian Chant's and then had a beer in the central plaza.