Heading North from Santi's for a few days birding along the Coast.
Ebird List for Ensenada de San Bartolomé.
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Ensenada de San Bartolomé. |
After Breakfast Santi and I walked down to the Bakery, on the way back we saw several
Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), a couple of Red Kites (Milano Real / Milvus milvus) and a small group of around half a dozen
Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) all fighting against the very strong wing.
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Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor), Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera), Eurasian Wigeon
(Sibón Europeo / Anas penelope), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) and Northern Pintail (Ánade Rabudo / Anas acuta). |
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Eurasian Spoonbills (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia) and Little Egrets (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta). |
Once we were back I loaded the car, said goodbye to Santi and headed off to the North via Burgos to a spot to the South of Santander, on the way I saw lots more
Red Kites, a single
Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos) being mobbed by a couple of
Ravens (Cuervo / Corvus corax) near Lerma and another large
Eagle which I think was an adult
Iberian Imperial Eagle (Aguila Imperial Ibérica / Aguila adalberti) sat in a tree next to the motorway between Lerma and Burgos but as I couldn't stop I was not 100% sure.
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General view of the bay.
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Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor), Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera), Eurasian Wigeon
(Sibón Europeo / Anas penelope), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Northern Pintail (Ánade Rabudo / Anas acuta), Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) and Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia) is about the best I can do. |
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Little Egrets (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) getting blown around. |
Other species were
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Egretta alba), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and
Roe Deer (Corzo / Capreolus capreolus) x5.
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Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum). |
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Herb-Robert (Geranium robertianum). |
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Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana).
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My only birding stop was at the Ensenada de San Bartolomé on the Estuary opposite Santander where I had a walk along the river, the tide was out which made seeing some of the species more difficult but I still found
Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor), Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
Eurasian Wigeon
(Sibón Europeo / Anas penelope),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Northern Pintail (Ánade Rabudo / Anas acuta), Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus),
Eurasian Curlew (
Numenius arquata), Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia),
Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus),
Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and
Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Little (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) and Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Common Starling (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis) as well as
Common Daisy (
Bellis perennis), Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima), Wild Carrot (Daucus carota), Herb-Robert (Geranium robertianum),
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense),
Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana), Redshank (Persicaria maculosa), Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) and
Bidens aurea. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEboz4o0yAUe912MhThp27vQNhE-SGi1zFnumyNfGsEZzDiMSIIHiBkfb4fJSOgbSBsXbgKPW57dZs9MFKPBbIP_60Odfe9V92nR9HlCjpb8_L6BNe4_oj4Ciu_5hBWkT1tfMnBinaSCdXKTal4IiOcsrP0bS2BYQtvMme06MYqMMIjicwD01S4l-IrU8/w640-h396/31st-Dec-23-10.jpg) |
Bidens aurea. |
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Bidens aurea. |
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Bidens aurea. |
I returned to my car and headed to Isla to the East of Santander where I spent the night ready to start the year list in the morning.
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