Fuente de Piedra, Laguna Dulce, Laguna de Redonda, Laguna Capacete, Laguna de Toro, Campillos and Pena Rubia, Malaga Province, Spain.

A wetland day.

Deb and Ian, Day Four.

Ebird List for Fuente de Piedra. 

Ebird List for  Laguna Dulce.

 

Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus).

We headed off to the West and started the day at Fuente de Piedra, after parking we checked the roadside pool where we saw several Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Thinornis dubius), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Common Reed (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti).

Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus).

Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta).

Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta).

Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta).

We walked to the far end of the pool and then took the back track around to the far end of the Boardwalk and then back to the Visitors center end, as we walked we found Dark Spreadwings (Lestes macrostigma) x8, Iberian Bluetail (Ischnura graellsii), Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii), Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) x6, Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Anarhynchus alexandrinus), Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus), Gull-billed Tern (Pagaza Piconegra / Gelochelidon nilotica), Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus) heard only, Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum), Purple Bugloss (Echium plantagineum), Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris) and Wild Clary (Salvia verbenaca).

Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Anarhynchus alexandrinus).

Marbled Duck (Cerceta pardilla / Marmaronetta angustirostris).

Marbled Duck (Cerceta pardilla / Marmaronetta angustirostris).

Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

We turned left at the end of the boardwalk and walked along the Tamarisks around to the area of cut trees where we could view the main laguna, on the way and at the gap in the trees we saw Common Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna), Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Curlew (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea) and Wood Sandpiper (Andarrios Bastardo / Tringa glareola), Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta), Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus), Common Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula), European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), European Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca) and European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola).

Dark Spreadwing (Lestes macrostigma).

Dark Spreadwing (Lestes macrostigma).

Dark Spreadwing (Lestes macrostigma).

Dark Spreadwing (Lestes macrostigma).

Up at the Mirador we scanned the Laguna finding a single Lesser Flamingo (Flamenco Enano / Phoenicopterus minor) amongst the thousands of Greater's, other species seen included lots more Common Shelduck, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris) and European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis).

Curlew Sandpipers (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea) and a Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis).

Both of the Hides were fairly quiet but we did find White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia), Marbled Duck, Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina), Northern Shoveler (Cuchara Común / Spatula clypeata), White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala), Black-necked (Zampullín Cuellinegro / Podiceps nigricollis) and Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa) and Rabbits (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus).

Lesser (Flamenco Enano / Phoenicopterus minor) and Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus).

Looking out over the main Laguna.

We returned to the Boardwalk where Ian and I found more of the Dark Spreadwings whilst Deb walked back to a spot near the Gap in the Tamarisks where she got some photo's of some Warbler species. 

Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides), Little (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta) and Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).

We returned to the car and then headed up into Fuente where we had a coffee and then headed around the Eastern side of the Laguna and on wards to Laguna Dulce near Campillos, here we saw Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus), Common and Red-crested Pochard, Gull-billed and Whiskered Tern (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus), Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides), Little (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta) and Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) and Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta).

Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra).

Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra).

White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala).

White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala).

Our next stop was just down the road at Laguna Redonda but it was quiet bird wise and we only found White-headed Duck, Eurasian Coot, a single Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) but I was pleased to see another Dark Spreadwing and a few more Red-veined Darters.

Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus).

Just down the road Laguna Capacete was even quieter and we added nothing new except for a single Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) dragonfly.

Gull-billed Tern (Pagaza Piconegra / Gelochelidon nilotica).

Gull-billed Tern (Pagaza Piconegra / Gelochelidon nilotica).

Our last stop around the area was at Laguna de Toro but again it was quiet and we only saw Northern Lapwing before heading for coffee in Campilos but this was the first time we became aware of the national electric outage as everywhere was shut.

Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) female.

Red-veined Darters (Sympetrum fonscolombii) mating.

Our last stop of the day was at Pena Rubia where we scanned the cliffs but only managed to find a few passing Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) before heading back to the house.