Heading back home after being away for nearly 6 week.
Ebird List for Laguna de la Veguilla.
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Great Bustards (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda). |
I was up and about early, Santi had some gardeners coming and I wanted to be on the road by 09.00 so breakfast was early and after saying thanks and goodbye to Santi I was on my way south and through Madrid without any problems.
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Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus). |
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Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus). |
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Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus). |
During this first part drive I had
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus),
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor).
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Lesser Scaup (Porrón Bola / Aythya affinis) with Common Pochards (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina). |
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Lesser Scaup (Porrón Bola / Aythya affinis) with Common Pochards (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina). |
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Lesser Scaup (Porrón Bola / Aythya affinis) with Common Pochards (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina) and Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata). |
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Lesser Scaup (Porrón Bola / Aythya affinis) with Common Pochards (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina). |
I reached a spot around 100km south of the city and made a stop for a Coffee and something to eat, once I had finished I checked the fields nearby hoping for some
Great Bustards (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda) and at the furthest point along the track I found a flock of 34 birds and in the same area I also had
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Common Starling (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis) and
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa).
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Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus). |
My next stop was at Laguna de la Veguilla near the town of Alcázar de San Juan, I parked and checked the two hides overlooking the lake, my main target was a male
Lesser Scaup (Porrón Bola / Aythya affinis) which after a short scan with the scope was found feeding with a group of
Common Pochards (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina).
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Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis). |
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Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis). |
On the main lake I also saw
Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina),
White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala),
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser), Little (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis) and Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cullinegro / Podiceps nigricollis),
Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio) and around the margins and in the air I also saw
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhleIyeesecT6XYyeGGzNGfSjbWGGoOgOz764oU8SFwShaHsApq2pAWbA2v9iCbnxLYkhsVchTIFtRyfOkG5RHxcYc6h4epphk_qePIfU5G32lvf_UtQbKA0tOeXAU024fvMEOQDyFrDrqkbh01p9gKc-xaOx-V0KIVbPQRK3hGmIQAMmGv_CUtP0VT/w640-h516/30th-Jan-23-12.jpg) |
Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus). |
I moved on to another site nearby out on an area of large agricultural cereal fields as I drove around the tracks I picked up good numbers of Golden Plovers (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia),
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Ganga Ibérica /
Pterocles alchata), Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis) and Calandra Larks (Calandria / Melanocorypha calandra),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra) and a
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua).
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Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Ganga Ibérica / Pterocles alchata). |
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Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Ganga Ibérica / Pterocles alchata). |
I left the site and then drove back home, I arrived about 19.30 to find the house was down to just +4.5 inside so I soon had the log burner glowing and the electric blanket on.
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