A mornings birding with friend Andy down on the coast.
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| Western Swamp-hen (Calamón Común / Porphyrio porphyrio). |
I met Andy in Granada and we went down to the coast to visit the Charca del Suarez reserve which is unfortunately only open at very restrictive times, on the way we had a flock of several hundred
Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) leaving a roost site and heading off south.
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| Little Grebe (Zampullín Común /
Tachybaptus ruficollis). |
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| Little Grebe (Zampullín Común /
Tachybaptus ruficollis). |
Anyway after getting some breakfast we went in and did a loop around the hides starting at Alamo Blanco where we started the list with
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
Western Swamp-hen (Calamón Común / Porphyrio porphyrio),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) and a male Bluethroat (Ruiseñor Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica) which Andy saw but unfortunately I missed it. |
| Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus). |
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| Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus). |
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| Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus). |
We walked to the hide over looking the Northern end of Laguna del Taraje but it was very quiet and the light was awful so we moved on around to the main hide at Laguna de la Aneas but again the light was bad but we did see Common (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina) and
Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina),
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Mareca strepera),
Northern Shoveler (Cuchara Común / Spatula clypeata), Red-knobbed (Focha Moruna / Fulca cristata) and
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta), Common Kingfisher (Martin Pescador Común / Alcedo atthis),
Eurasian Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris),
Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), lots of Migrant Hawkers (Aeshna mixta) x35+, a few
Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) x5, Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) and Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa). |
| Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo). |
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| Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
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| Red-knobbed Coot (Focha Moruna / Fulca cristata). |
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| Red-knobbed Coot (Focha Moruna / Fulca cristata). |
We continued on again heading for Laguna del Trébol but we didn't add anything so we went to the hide on the opposite end of the same pool, on the way we heard a couple of Stripe-less Tree Frogs (Hyla meridionalis). |
| Western Swamp-hen (Calamón Común / Porphyrio porphyrio). |
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| Western Swamp-hen (Calamón Común / Porphyrio porphyrio). |
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| Western Swamp-hen (Calamón Común / Porphyrio porphyrio). |
From the hide we had good views of a couple more Western Swamp-hen and heard at least 3 calling
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus) but they all remained hidden.
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| Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta). |
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| Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta). |
At the final two hides we didn't add anything new so we headed off and called in at the area to the rear of the reserve to check the area after Juan Perez had told me that there had been some
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) and Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) butterflies seen and he was quite right as we managed to see 6 of the former and 2 of the latter as well as
Small White (
Pieris rapae) x5 and singles of both
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) and
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) before we headed back up to Granada.
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