An unexpected but much anticipated Pelagic from Chipiona.
Ebird List for the Pelagic 1.
Ebird List for the Pelagic 2.
Ebird List for the Pelagic 3.
Ebird List for the Pelagic 4.
Ebird List for the Pelagic 5.
Ebird List for the Embalse de Bornos.
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| We were all looking forward to getting out to sea. |
We were up and out early and down in Chipiona Port having breakfast at Cantina Marinera before meeting up with Manuel Bárcena of Oxyura Birdwatching tours who had organised several Pelagics including this one which was earlier in the year than I was expecting one to be
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| The way out of Chipiona Port to the pretty calm sea. |
So after telling Deb and Ian that we wouldn't get out on one as nothing was planned it was a very nice surprise to get three places on this trip.
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| Ian up front picking out the Petrels. |
During breakfast we saw several
Pallid (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus) and
Little Swift (Vencejo Moro / Apus affinis), Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) and Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus).
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| Deb happy with the lifers on the trip. |
Once every one had assembled we were off out of the port and heading out to sea hoping for a few nice seabird species but as no one had really done Pelagics in June we didn't know what to expect, I had aleady said to Deb and Ian that even on a great day here it would be far worse than their worst ever Pelagic down of South Australia so I was very pleased that it actually went very well.
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| Wilson's Storm Petrel (Paiño de Wilson / Oceanites oceanicus). |
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| Wilson's Storm Petrel (Paiño de Wilson / Oceanites oceanicus). |
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| Wilson's Storm Petrel (Paiño de Wilson / Oceanites oceanicus). |
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| Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii). |
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| Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii). |
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| Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii). |
As we reached the furthest point from shore and we started to chum and drift we saw many of the same species but added both Cory's Shearwater (Pardela Cenicienta Canaria / Calonectris diomedea borealis) and Wilson's Storm Petrel (Paiño de Wilson / Oceanites oceanicus), a couple of people on the boat including Manuel also saw a Manx Shearwater (Pardela Pichoneta / Puffinus puffinus) but we all missed it unfortunately. |
| European Storm Petrel (Paíño Europeo / Hydrobates pelagicus). |
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| Cory's Shearwater (Pardela Cenicienta Canaria / Calonectris diomedea borealis). |
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| Cory's Shearwater (Pardela Cenicienta Canaria / Calonectris diomedea borealis). |
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| Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus). |
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| Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus). |
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| Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus). |
As we bimbled around out at the most distant point from the coast we continued to see the same species but picked up a beast of a Great Skua (Págalo Grande / Stercorarius skua) which did several passes and really hacked off the other birds that were feeding around the slick of chum and oil. |
| Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus). |
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| Balearic Shearwater (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus). |
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| Balearic Shearwater (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus). |
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| Balearic Shearwater (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus). |
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| Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii). |
Once back on dry land we said goodbye to the others and headed back towards the house but called in at the Presa de Bornos on the way where we again got the chairs out and scanned the skies for the
White-rumped Swifts (Vencejo Cafre / Apus caffer), today we only had brief views of a single bird but managed to add
Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus) to the trip list and
Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus),
Black-crowned Night (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax), Grey (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) and Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea), Little (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta) and Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Ardea alba), Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), Short-toed Snake Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus), Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila penntuas), Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula),
Red-rumped (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica) and
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala),
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea),
European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis) and
European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).
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| Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus). |
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| Violet Dropwings (Trithemis annulata). |
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| Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea). |
We also saw a good number of female type
Violet Dropwings (Trithemis annulata), Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra) and
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) before we started the drive back to the house.
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