My second day birding with John.
Ebird List for Marismas de Cetina, 58 Species.
Ebird List for John's, 19 Species.
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John watching the Wood Sandpipers (Andarrios Bastardo / Tringa glareola).
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We headed out to the very good Marisma de Cetina but made a stop for some breakfast at Restaurante Venta Andrés on the way, as we drove we saw
Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra) and
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).
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Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis) by the main gate.
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We arrived at the Salinas and went in through the big metal gates and walked the main track up as far as the first hide, along this stretch we saw
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), plenty of
Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Avocets (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta),
Black-tailed Godwits (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa), Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina),
Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta),
Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus),
Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna),
Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and
Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae),
White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia),
Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia),
Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia) and several
Mediterranean / Lesser Short-toed Lark (Terrera Marismena / Calandrella rufescens).
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Looking across the salt pans from the main track.
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At the hide we scanned the far salt pans finding
Grey Plover (Chorlito Gris / Pluvialis squatarola), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos),
Caspian Tern (Pagaza Piquiroja / Sterna caspia), Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo) and
Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus).
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| Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus). |
From here we took the side track along to the fresh water pools, on the way we saw several Common Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and on the pool and ditches we added Wood Sandpiper (Andarrios Bastardo / Tringa glareola), Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis) and 2x Stone Curlews (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus).
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| Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) female. |
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| Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) female. |
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| Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) female. |
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| Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) female. |
We reached the cars and decided to head to the Punto Mágico Miralamar and Laguna de Jeli area, as we left the Marismas we picked up Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula) and
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto).
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Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) male.
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| Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) male. |
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| Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) male. |
We drove through the fields of the Punto Mágico Miralamar area but we added nothing new, at the parking area for Laguna de Jeli we had several
Small White (
Pieris rapae) x18+ and on the track to the dry laguna we again saw nothing new bird wise but found
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) x1,
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) x3,
Spanish Festoon (Zerynthia rumina) x1,
Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) x2 and
Clouded Yellow (Colias corceua) x3.
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| Cinereous / European Black Vulture (Buitre Negro / Aegypius monachus). |
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| Cinereous / European Black Vulture (Buitre Negro / Aegypius monachus). |
We returned to John's and set our selves up on the terrace again and did some Raptor watching, as we watched we had Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus) x1,
Cinereous / European Black Vulture (Buitre Negro / Aegypius monachus) x1,
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) x13, Iberian Imperial Eagle (Aguila Imperial Ibérica / Aguila adalberti) x1,
Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans) x4,
Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus) x1 and Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) x17.
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| Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax). |
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The Sunset from John's Terrace.
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1 comment:
The track we took across the fields from the Venta Pinero on the A2233 near El Palmar to N340 is called the Camino del Lomo and crosses the southern rim of the Los Benitos del Lomo.
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