Birding up in Seville Province with Sonia, Ricky and Derek.
Ebird List for
Los Palacios y Villafranca. Ebird List for Brazo del Este PjeNat, El Conde.
Ebird List for SE-667, La Puebla del Río.
Ebird List for Barzo de Este 1.
Ebird List for Brazo del Este main track.
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| Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus). |
Derek and I packed our kit and then headed down to the services A-381 where we met Sonia and Ricky and swapped over to their motor and then headed off towards Los Palacios y Villafranca but made a stop for some breakfast at Restaurante Venta Andrés which we have used several times before.
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| Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus) Murmuration. |
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| Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus) Murmuration. |
During the drive up to our first stop we saw
Northern Raven (Cuervo grande / Corvus corax),
Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula),
White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus),
Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus) and on some flooded fields
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus),
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) and
Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia).
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| Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia). |
As we drove along the track along the Southern side of the Arroyo we also had Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), an unexpected Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), a nice male Bluethroat (Ruiseñor Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Common Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula), Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia), another unexpected species was a male Little Bittern (Avetorillo Común / Ixobrychus minutus), Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común /
Tachybaptus ruficollis), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta), White Stork, Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus), Common Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago) x31, Common Kingfisher (Martin Pescador Común / Alcedo atthis), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops).
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| Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus). |
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| Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis). |
On our way back to the other side of the Arroyo we check further along the track where we dropped on 2 Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala) and several
Small Whites (
Pieris rapae) x7.
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Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila penntuas).
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Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila penntuas).
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We crossed back to the Northern side of the Arroyo and parked before walking along the track between the Arroyo and the southern edge of El Pantano adding Black-winged Stilt, Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Common Buzzard, Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Ardea alba), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca) which I missed,
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Mareca strepera), 2 late
Red-rumped Swallows (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica),
Western Swamp-hen (Calamón Común / Porphyrio porphyrio),
Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Ardea alba), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), lots of Red-veined Darters (Sympetrum fonscolombii) x150+, Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) x18+,
Bath White (Pontia daplidice) x3 and
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x4.
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| Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica). |
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| White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia). |
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| White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia). |
We returned to the car and then headed off to the Northern end of Brazo del Este where we checked out a couple of different areas, at the first we found 116
Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia),
Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta),
Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Black-winged Stilt x95, Great Cormorant,
Glossy Ibis,
White Wagtail,
Great Egret, Eurasian Skylark, Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia),
Common Kestrel, Grey Heron, Western Marsh Harrier,
Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) x1,
Large (Pieris brassicae) x2 and Bath White x4,
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) x1,
Red-veined Darter x17+, Autumn Squill (Scilla autumnalis), Lesser Celendine (Ranunculus ficaria) and
Autumn Narcissus (Narcissus serotinus).
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| Large White (Pieris brassicae). |
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| Autumn Narcissus (Narcissus serotinus). |
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| Lesser Celendine (Ranunculus ficaria). |
Further along the road we followed the Guadaira Channel picking up lots more
Little and several
Great Egrets, a
Black Stork (Cigüena Negra / Ciconia nigra) and a single Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus). |
| Little (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta) and Great Egrets (Garceta Grande / Ardea alba). |
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| Black Stork (Cigüena Negra / Ciconia nigra). |
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| Black Stork (Cigüena Negra / Ciconia nigra). |
We turned around and then took another track to the south hoping to make our way through to the main Brazo area but we were forced to take divertions as some of the crossing points between the raised banks were flooded or tracks just looked a bit too dodgy, eventually we managed to return to the town of Los Palacios y Villafranca and then went out onto the area via the usual route following the SE-9009 to Arroceros Del Bajo Guadalquivir where we turned onto the usual track through the center of the site. |
| Caspian Tern (Pagaza Piquiroja / Hydroprone caspia) with a few Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus). |
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| Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
Along this track we stopped several times, at the first stop we saw good numbers of Black-winged Stilts x230+,
Pied Avocet x181,
Eurasian Spoonbill x170+,
Northern Shoveler (Cuchara Común / Spatula clypeata), Mallard,
Eurasian Teal x100+ and lots more
White Storks.
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| Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides). |
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| Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides). |
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| Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides). |
We moved on up to the next area of water where we had some lunch which Ricky and Sonia had prepared for us all, THANKS and whilst we had the food we also added
Little and
Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus),
Western Swamp-hen,
Gadwall,
Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina), a single
Marbled Duck (Cerceta pardilla / Marmaronetta angustirostris), Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Cetti's Warbler,
Western Marsh Harrier,
Zitting Cisticola, Eurasian Skylark, Great Egret, Western Cattle Egret and
Green Sandpiper.
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The Black-winged Stilts (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus) before the attack.
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| Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus). |
We again continued on to the third area of water and the small channel just passed adding
Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus),
Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides) and
Common Kingfisher before following the track to the sluices seeing another
Black Stork on the way and in that area we also had several
Spanish Sparrows (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis) in the tamarisks along with a few Black-headed Weaver (Tejedor Cabecinegro / Ploceus melanocephalus). |
| Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus). |
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The Black-winged Stilts (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus) coming back down.
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We crossed to the track which follows another channel and found a large flock of Black-winged Stilts on a flooded area but they were soon up and calling loudly when a very smart Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus) hurtled in scattering them in all directions.  |
Black-headed Weaver (Tejedor Cabecinegro / Ploceus melanocephalus) at an old nest.
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We continued on to the end of the track where we had a second Glossy Ibis show with thousands of birds in the air and then flying toward us and over our heads and away.
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A very small part of the Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus) flock.
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We did a short dive along another track seeing a few more Pied Avocet before turning around and then driving off the site and back to where we had left Derek's car.  |
| Pied Avocets (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta). |
We then said goodbye to Sonia and Ricky and headed back to Derek's where we did the Ebird lists before I headed off home after three really good days birding in very good company.
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