La Janda, Cadiz Province and travelling home to Granada Province, Spain.

My last morning in Cadiz with John.

Ebird List for La Janda 1, 39 Species.

Ebird List for La Janda 2, 4 Species.

 

One of the harvested Rice Fields where the Buntings feed.

We decided to head back to the Río Celemín area of La Janda where we unsuccessfully looked for the Rustic Bunting (Escribano rústico / Emberiza rustica), however we did again see a good number of the wintering Little Buntings (Escribano pigmeo / Emberiza pusilla) and other smaller species included  Reed (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus) and Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Tree (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), House (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops) and an Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei) which we could hear off in the distance.

Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo).

Other water birds and larger species seen included Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio), lots of Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus), Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), Common Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago), Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) and Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans).

Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).

After a while we returned to the car seeing a couple of Pallid Swifts (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus) on the way and drove out to the main Canal and then followed it as far as the Junction on the A-340 where road to Zahara de los Atunes meets it, on the drive we saw Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Pheasant (Faisán Vulgar / Phaisanus colchicus), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) and White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia). 

Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus).

Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus).

We returned to our original site where we found Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Booted (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus) and Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus) and heard a distant Common Quail (Codorniz Común / Coturnix coturnix) before heading back to John's where I said Goodbye after a great few days birding (THANKS JOHN) and headed off home. 

The view from the track to the main Canal.