Laguna Dulce, Laguna del Cerero, Laguna Dulce, Tajo del Molino de Teba, Vulture Feeding Station, Laguna de Toro, Laguna Redonda and Laguna Dulce, Malaga Province, Spain.

A dip around the Campillos Laguna's.

Deb and Ian, Day Nine.

Ebird List for Laguna Dulce.

Ebird List for Laguna del Cerero.

Ebird List for Carretera de Antequera near Laguna Dulce.

Ebird List for Tajo del Molino de Teba.

 

Black Tern (Fumarel Común / Chlidonias niger).

After getting a message from friends Barbara and Derek Etherton to say that they had spent the day in the area around Campillos and they had seen an adult White-winged Tern (Fumarel Aliblanco / Chlidonias leucopterus) we decided to go and try to find it but dipped.

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

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

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

We arrived at Laguna Dulce to find a good number of Black Terns (Fumarel Común / Chlidonias niger) were still out on the water feeding along with a couple of Whiskered (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus) and several Gull-billed (Pagaza Piconegra / Gelochelidon nilotica) but there was no sign of the White-winged.

Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea).

Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea).

Other species included Northern Shoveler (Cuchara Común / Spatula clypeata), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina), Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina), White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta), Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Little (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Black-necked (Zampullín Cuellinegro / Podiceps nigricollis) and Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus), Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta), Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides) and Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea), Western Marsh (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) and Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real / Lanius meridionalis), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa), Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) and Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta).

We couldn't pick the White-winged Tern up so we decided to pop to the nearby Laguna del Cerero as we had heard that there had been a Red-knobbed Coot (Focha Moruna / Fulca cristata) there which we found quite quickly along with Gadwall (Anade Friso / Mareca strepera) and more Mallard, Red-crested Pochard, Common Pochard, White-headed Duck, Little, Black-necked and Great Crested Grebe.

Red-knobbed Coot (Focha Moruna / Fulca cristata).

Also seen were European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Eurasian Hoopoe, Calandra Lark (Calandria Común / Melanocorypha calandra), Common Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis) and Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos).

Temmincks Stint (Correlimos de Temminck / Calidris temminckii).

Temmincks Stint (Correlimos de Temminck / Calidris temminckii).

On our way back out to the road we stopped and checked a flooded field next to a small farm finding Common Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna), a single Wood (Andarrios Bastardo / Tringa glareola) and several Common Sandpipers (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus) and a more unexpected Temmincks Stint (Correlimos de Temminck / Calidris temminckii).

Black Tern (Fumarel Común / Chlidonias niger).

We popped back into Laguna Dulce again but didn't add anything new so we headed to Teba for a Coffee before standing on the bridge over the Tajo del Molino de Teba where we saw Alpine Swift (Vencejo Real / Apus melba), Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila penntuas), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Eurasian Crag (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes) and Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura).

Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus).

Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus).

Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus).

Our next stop was at a nearby Vulture feeding station where there were a good number of Griffon's coming in to some Pig carcasses that had been put out giving us some amazing views.

Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus).

Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus).

Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus).

We moved on again seeing large numbers of Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) butterflies feeding on roadside plants which included Blue Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum creticum), Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris), Crown Daisy (Chrysanthemum carinatum), Ground-pine Germander (Teucrium pseudochamaepitys) and Purple Bugloss (Echium plantagineum).

Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi).

Broomrape species.

Around at Laguna de Toro, we only found Northern Lapwing and it was equally quiet at Laguna Redonda, so after another quick visit to Laguna Dulce we headed back to the House and spent the rest of the evening on the terrace.

Asparagus.

Later Laura, one of our neighbors rand the bell and dropped off a very nice big round of Asparagus off.