A Spanish Lifer and some other good birds again.
Ebird List for Puerto Deportivo de Laredo.
Ebird List for Observatorio de La Arenilla.
Ebird List for Polder y Ría de Escalante.
Ebird List for Canal de Hano.
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My first views of the arriving Cape Gull (Gaviota cocinera / Larus dominicanus vetula). |
I headed out at 08:00 and it was still fairly dark but was getting better by the time I reached Laredo where I made my first stop of the day in Cafetería Pigalle where I had Coffee and a pinchos which set me up for a while.
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Cape Gull (Gaviota cocinera / Larus dominicanus vetula) on the next pier across. |
I arrived at the port and parked before going for a long walk around the longest of the two Seawalls, as I went I picked up Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Black-headed (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus),
Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo) and European Shag (Cormorán Moñudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis) before I reached the end.
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Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros). |
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Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros). |
As I did get to the barrier at the end of the Seawall I picked up a gull in flight which I was fairly sure was the target
Cape Gull (Gaviota cocinera / Larus dominicanus vetula) and when it landed opposite me on another part of the port I was 100% certain it was as I could read the ring number through my scope. |
Cape Gull (Gaviota cocinera / Larus dominicanus vetula). |
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Cape Gull (Gaviota cocinera / Larus dominicanus vetula). |
The bird then flew through the masts of the sailing boats and landed on one of the jetties before disappearing again. |
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis). |
I walked back around the port to the area where I had seen it but it took me another 2 hours or so to get better views but this time the bird sat brilliantly and allowed my self and the only other birder there to get some nice shots before flying off over the large seawall. |
Common Eider (Eider Común / Somateria mollissima). |
I then walked back to the car adding Common Kingfisher (Martin Pescador Común / Alcedo atthis) and
Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Thalasseus sandvicensis).
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Lunch, Coffee and a mini French Omelette and Chorizo roll.
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I moved on and made my way back to Santoña but stopped just short of there at the Observatorio de La Arenilla where I found the long staying male
Common Eider (Eider Común / Somateria mollissima) fast a sleep, a Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis),
Grey Plover (Chorlito Gris / Pluvialis squatarola), Eurasian Curlew (Zarapito Real /
Numenius arquata), Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus),
Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus),
Black-headed and
Lesser Black-backed Gull,
Great Crested (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus) and
Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cuellinegro / Podiceps nigricollis),
Great Northern Diver (Colimbo Grande / Gavia immer), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia) and
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea).
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Slavonian / Horned Grebe (Zampullín Cuellirrojo / Podiceps auritus). |
I returned to the car and went to the viewing point at Polder y Ría de Escalante where I set up the scope and scanned the Marses, Fields and Cliffs around me adding 2x
Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus), Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus),
Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
Common Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia),
Black-necked Grebe,
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) as well as my first two species of butterfly for the year Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) x1 and
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) x3.
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Male Green-winged Teal (Cerceta americana / Anas carolinensis). |
I popped just down the road to the Canal de Hano bridge where I again soon found the male
Green-winged Teal (Cerceta americana / Anas carolinensis),
Slavonian /
Horned Grebe (Zampullín Cuellirrojo / Podiceps auritus) but x3 today,
Great Northern Divers x2, Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa), Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres),
Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Ardea alba) and what I thought was going to be Razorbill (Alca Común / Alca torda)
but turned out to be a more unexpected Common Guillemot (Arao Común / Uria aalge).
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Common Guillemot (Arao Común / Uria aalge). |
On my way back to my accommodation I stopped briefly at Playa de Berria but only managed to add
European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis) before I called it a day.
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