A windy day around Cadiz Province.
Ebird List for Costa Bellena Parque de Los Lagos.
Ebird List for Costa Bellena Laguna Norte.
Ebird List for Chipiona Port.
Ebird List for Playa de Montijo.
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| A couple of Great Egrets (Garceta Grande / Ardea alba)just as it was starting to get light. |
I started the day with breakfast just down the road to the Hotel and then went back to the spot for the
Black-faced Bunting (Escribano carinegro / Emberiza spodocephala) but it was much windier this morning and the birds were keeping their heads down and if the did come up they were blown passed very quickly so I was not surprised that I didn't find the bird. |
| Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
However I did see White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia),
Great (Garceta Grande / Ardea alba) and Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta), Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea),
Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
Common Quail (Codorniz Común / Coturnix coturnix),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Thinornis dubius),
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Western Marsh (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) and a fine male
Hen Harrier (Aguilucho Pálido / Circus cyaneus),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula),
Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata),
Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti),
Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada),
Bluethroat (Ruiseñor Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica) and a Weasel (Mustela nivalis) which ran across the road.
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| White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala) female. |
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| White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala) female. |
As I did a loop I found a group of 3 White-headed Ducks (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala), the 2 males were all far too busy getting amorous with the single female that they took no notice of me which allowed me to get some decent shots.
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| Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos). |
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| Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos). |
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| Common Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia). |
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| Common Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia). |
Other species seen included
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común /
Tachybaptus ruficollis), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos),
Common Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia),
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), Common Kestrel, Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum).
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| Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres). |
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| Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres). |
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| Mediterranean Gull (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus). |
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| Mediterranean Gull (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus). |
I went down to the nearby Laguna Norte, there was loads of work being carried out and there weren't many birds about but I still added
Northern Shoveler (Cuchara Común / Spatula clypeata), Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres),
Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii) and Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) before I moved on to the Port at Chipiona.
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus). |
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus). |
My final stop of the day was just up the road at Playa de Montijo, the tide was dropping and as I stood there scanning the beach I saw 3x Western Ospreys (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus),
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Ostrero Euroasiático / Haematopus ostralegus), Grey (Chorlito Gris / Pluvialis squatarola), Kentish (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Anarhynchus alexandrinus) and
Common Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula),
Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus),
Bar-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica),
Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina),
Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba),
Great Skua (Págalo Grande / Stercorarius skua), 3x Caspian (Pagaza Piquiroja / Hydroprone caspia) and several Sandwich Terns (Charrán Patinegro / Thalasseus sandvicensis).
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| Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus). |
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| Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus). |
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| Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta). |
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| Caspian Tern (Pagaza Piquiroja / Hydroprone caspia). |
I also saw Vagrant Emperor (Anax ephippiger) x1, Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x2, Large White (Pieris brassicae) x3, Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) x1 and Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) x1.
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| Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres). |
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| Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina). |
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| Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina). |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher (Ostrero Euroasiático / Haematopus ostralegus). |
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| Grey Plover (Chorlito Gris / Pluvialis squatarola). |
As I drove home I saw Red (Milano Real / Milvus milvus) and Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops) and Northern Raven (Cuervo grande / Corvus corax).
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