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Wednesday, 26 February 2025

Fuente de Piedra in Malaga Province and Huétor Fields, Granada Province, Spain.

A morning at the Laguna's and then back on the Patch.
Ebird List for Fuente.
 
A foggy start by the roadside Pool.
I started the morning with a visit to  Fuente de Piedra after getting info from Barbara and Derek Etherton about a Lesser Flamingo (Flamenco Enano / Phoenicopterus minor) they had seen yesterday.
Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus) in the Fog.
On the way over I went through areas of thick Fog and once I reached Fuente I decide to go for some breakfast before visiting the Laguna as the fog was quite thick. 
Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus) in the Fog.
Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus) in the Fog.
Once I arrived I parked and walked back to check the roadside pools out but the lingering fog made finding much quite difficult to start with but I did see Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa), Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus) and White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae).
On the opposite side of the road I checked the swampy looking area seeing several Common Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago), singles of both Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) and Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Thinornis dubius), as well as Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus) and a couple of calling Water Rails (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus).
Marbled Duck (Cerceta pardilla / Marmaronetta angustirostris).
I walked around to the boardwalk and out to the field at the far end, on the way I added Marbled Duck (Cerceta pardilla / Marmaronetta angustirostris), Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris).
The pool from the Boardwalk.
Looking back along the Foggy Boardwalk.
Once I was back at the start of the Boardwalk I went back to the car and got the scope before taking the low track around to the seeing European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis) and on the pool just before I went up to the Mirador Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) and Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula).
Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis).
Up at the Mirador I picked up several
Red Admirals (Vanessa atalanta) x4, Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), lots more Greater Flamingo's and the target Lesser Flamingo which was surprisingly easy to loose amongst the other birds, Common Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna), Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), more Northern Lapwing, a smaller number of European Golden Plover (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia), several Little Stints (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta), Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina), Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus) and a few Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus).
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta).
Next I made my way around to the Hides where the fog was still lingering, however I still picked out
White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala), Northern Shoveler (Cuchara Común / Spatula clypeata), Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina), Black-necked (Zampullín Cuellinegro / Podiceps nigricollis) and Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus) and from the smaller pool Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa) and Gadwall (Anade Friso / Mareca strepera).
Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus).
As I walked back to the Mirador I had Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) and back at the Mirador I picked up Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus) and two female type Western Marsh Harriers (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus).
White Storks (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).

Vagrant Emperor (Anax ephippiger).
I had a walk around to the front of the visitors center and checked the western end of the freshwater lagoon before dropping back down to the Roadside pool and swampy bit where I had Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Vagrant Emperor (Anax ephippiger) x2, Green-Striped White (Euchloe belemia) x1 and European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula) before heading to the car and around the the bar at the camping place for a coffee.
After having the stop I went just up the road and took the track to a spot where you can view the Flamingo's a little closer and found the Lesser again but the heat haze was horrendous which meant the photo's were dreadful but the bird is just about identifiable.
Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus) and Common Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna).
Greater (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus) and Lesser Flamingo (Flamenco Enano / Phoenicopterus minor).
Greater (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus) and Lesser Flamingo (Flamenco Enano / Phoenicopterus minor).
Greater (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus) and Lesser Flamingo (Flamenco Enano / Phoenicopterus minor).
After showing some Spanish birders the Lesser I went back to the car and headed back to Huétor where i did a bit of food shopping before having a walk around the Lucerne Fields where I picked up Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Red Avadavat (Bengali Rojo / Amandava amandava), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Northern Lapwing x2, Wild Grape Hyacinth (Muscari neglectum), Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) and Small White (Pieris rapae).
Wild Grape Hyacinth (Muscari neglectum).

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