Salt pans and River's with Derek and Ricky.
Ebird List for Marismas de Cetina.
Ebird List for Rio San Pedro.
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Marismas de Cetina salt pans.
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After sorting our kit and John's house we headed off towards a bar up the motorway where we met friend Ricky Owen and after a coffee and some breakfast we made our way across country to the parking spot at the entrance to the Salt Pans at the Marismas de Cetina.
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Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina). |
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Collared Pratincole (Canastera Común / Glareola pratincola) immature. |
We went in and walked up to the main track finding
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta),
Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa), Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus),
Grey (Chorlito Gris / Pluvialis squatarola) x1, Kentish (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus) and
Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula),
Ruff (Combatiente / Philomachus pugnax),
Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba),
Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina),
Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta),
Curlew (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea),
Common (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos) and
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus),
Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia),
Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus), an immature
Collared Pratincole (Canastera Común / Glareola pratincola),
Slender-billed (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei),
Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus) and
Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Little Tern (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons),
Greylag Goose (Ansar Común / Anser anser), Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna) and
Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus) out on the Pans. |
Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea) Male.
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Long Skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria) Male.
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On the other side of the track and along the side spur we recoreded 100+ White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus),
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) and
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) as well as
Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea) and Long Skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria).
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Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).
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Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).
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Further up the main track on the way to the next hide we found more of the same species and added Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia), more
White Storks,
Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Mediterranean / Lesser Short-toed Lark (Terrera Marismena / Calandrella rufescens),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Red-rumped (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica) and
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica).
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Ricky and Derek at the Rio San Pedro.
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We returned to the car seeing the Pratincole again and very nice male
Banded Groundling (Brachythemis leucosticta) before heading towards Puerto real and a car park along the side of the Rio San Pedro where we were going hoping to find Tern's and Wader's and during the 2 and a bit hour's we were there we saw Eurasian Oystercatcher (Ostrero Euroasiatico / Haematopus ostralegus) x67, Ringed Plover,
Bar-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica) x31,
Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres) x34,
Sanderling x30,
Dunlin x2,
Common Redshank x6, over a 100
Mediterranean Gulls (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus), along with Yellow-legged and Lesser Black-backed, Sandwich (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis) x11,
Common (Charrán Común / Sterna hirudo) x7, Black (Fumarel Común / Chlidonias niger) x17, Little Tern (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons) x60+,
Little Egret x1, Zitting Cisticola x1, Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus).
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Black (Fumarel Común / Chlidonias niger) and Little Terns (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons). |
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Black Terns (Fumarel Común / Chlidonias niger). |
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Eurasian Oystercatchers (Ostrero Euroasiatico / Haematopus ostralegus), Bar-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica) and Yellow-legged Gulls (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis). |
We returned to the car and then went back to the meeting point and then home.
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