A morning birding with good friend Juan Perez down on the coast.
Ebird List for Playa de
Poniente.
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View from the Main Hide.
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I set of early, as I headed for Huétor I started the day list with a
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) but added nothing else until I met Juan and Chika down on the beach where we spent 1.5 hours or so seeing what was passing on the sea but it was generally quiet.
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| European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur). |
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| European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur). |
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| European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur). |
There were a few
Scopoli’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) and Juan had 3
Balearic (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus) which I didn't managed to get onto, other species seen included Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus),
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius),
Black-headed (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus),
Mediterranean (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus), Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and
Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus). |
| Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos). |
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Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus) immature.
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Just before 09:00 we packed in and we headed just down the road to Charca where we went in and checked the pool just behind the new visitors center finding the first of many Mallards (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus) and a male
Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) x1. |
| Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild). |
We continued on to the hide that over looks Laguna del Taraje crossing a new bridge that the wardens have put in, from the hide we saw European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), an eclipse male
Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Eurasian (Focha Común / Fulica atra) and
Red-knobbed Coots (Focha Moruna / Fulca cristata) and 2 hybrids from this mixed couple.
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| Cynanchum acutum. |
Other species
Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Pallid Swift, Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica),
Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and
Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada).
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Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).
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We went up to the hide at the other end of the same pool where we found
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común /
Tachybaptus ruficollis), Common Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis),
a migrant Sedge Warbler (Carricerin Común / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta), 2x immature Little Bitterns (Avetorillo Común / Ixobrychus minutus) one of which I managed to get a shot of as we walked over to Laguna del Alamo Blanco. |
| Little Bittern (Avetorillo Común / Ixobrychus minutus). |
From this hide we found Common Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus),
Red Avadavat (Bengali Rojo / Amandava amandava),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala),
Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea), Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio),
Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos) and a
Common Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago) which was flushed from the reed beds when a large group of
Wild Boar (Jabalí / Felis silvestris) came clattering through.
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| Wild Boar (Jabalí / Felis silvestris). |
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| Wild Boar (Jabalí / Felis silvestris). |
On our way around to the next hide we saw
Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata), more
Eurasian Turtle Doves,
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster),
Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis),
European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and a single
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) x1. |
| Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea). |
From the main hide over looking Laguna de las Aneas we could see that there were good numbers of birds around including at least 10
Black-crowned Night Herons (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax) stood on top of post at the far end of the pool along with a single Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis)
, a couple of Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus) were roosting on one of the floating platforms and they were joined by more as we sat there and built up to 37,
Black-headed,
Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) and an immature
Audouin's Gull which flew over at the far end of the lake, an immature / winter type Whiskered Tern (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus),
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca) x6 and
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina).
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| Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus). |
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| Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus). |
We also saw Blue / Common (Anax imperator) x2 and Lesser Emperor x4, Long Skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria) x1, Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea) x11 and Black Percher (Diplacodes lefebvrii) x3.
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| Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) and Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus). |
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| Black-crowned Night Herons (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax) and a Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis). |
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| Whiskered Tern (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus) and Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus). |
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| Whiskered Tern (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus) and Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus). |
We moved on and had a look at Laguna del Trebol, on the way we saw
Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) x1 and
African Grass Blue (Zizeeria knysna) x3 but added
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| Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild). |
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| Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild). |
nothing bird wise so we returned to the main hide and then around to
Laguna del Alamo Blanco to finish off the visit and picked up a pale morph
Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), a heard only Eurasian Penduline Tit (Pájaro Moscón / Remiz pendulinus), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and
Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus).
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