An early drive North to the wetlands around Daimiel.
Deb and Ian, Day Fourty.
Ebird List for Laguna Navaseca.
Ebird List for Molino del Nuevo.
Ebird List for Laguna Navaseca.
We set off early as we wanted to be at the Laguna Navaseca before the Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Ganga Ibérica / Pterocles alchata) started to come in for a drink.
As we drove North we saw Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Eurasian (Urraca Común / Pica pica) and Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris).
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| Laguna Navaseca. |
We got to the hide near the car park and scanned the lake and margins at Laguna Navaseca where we saw
Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser), Common Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna),
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Mareca strepera),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Red-crested (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina) and
Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común /
Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta),
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Thinornis dubius),
Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos),
Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus),
Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus) and
Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia).
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| Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Ganga Ibérica / Pterocles alchata). |
As the Sandgrouse started to arrive Deb walked back to the hide where Ian was keeping an eye on the drinking Grouse as they were dropping in onto a rocky area of the Margin which was out of view from where I was, I still continued on down the road until I reached the left turn where the track goes along the Northern side of the Laguna.
As I walked I added Eurasian Collared (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Common Reed (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and Great Reed Warbler (Carricero Tordal / Acrocephalus arundinaceus), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Small White (Pieris rapae) and Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui).
I eventually returned to the hide and we decided to have a Ginger Biscuit break before starting to make our way to Tablas on the cross country route, at Molino del Nuevo we spent a bit of time watching a European Roller (Carraca / Coracias garrulus) and looking for an Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito ibérico / Picus sharpei) which flew off from a dead tree right next to the road as we arrived, it was not seen again but we did hear it off in the distance.
At this spot we also had Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops) and Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos) before we did the drive through the vines out to the main car park at Tablas where we could hear a calling in the Tamarisks near the visitors center so we tried to get views of it and as we were doing this we had a very nice Cardinal Fritillary (Argynnis pandora), Agapanthia irrorata and lots of Red-veined Darters (Sympetrum fonscolombii).
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| Cardinal Fritillary (Argynnis pandora). |
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| Agapanthia irrorata. |
We took the La Isla del Pan route, at the start of the clockwise path we saw Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum), Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea), Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria),
Common Nightingale, Common Reed Warbler and
Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea). |
| Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea). |
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| Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum). |
A little further on we had a look from a small pier where we saw a Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus)
carrying several youngsters on it's back, also seen were Gadwall (Anade Friso / Mareca strepera),
Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina),
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta) and a calling but unseen Eurasian Penduline Tit (Pájaro Moscón / Remiz pendulinus). |
| Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus). |
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| Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus). |
We crossed the boardwalk over to Isla del Descanso, on the way we had Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Eurasian Spoonbill, European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), Eurasian Magpie, Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathinerum), Signal Crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus), Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) and Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa).
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| Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis). |
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| Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia). |
We crossed over to Isla del Pan where we walked up to the view point finding several Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and as we were returning to the boardwalk we had at least 2x Common Quail (Codorniz Común / Coturnix coturnix) and a
Common Pheasant (Faisán Vulgar / Phaisanus colchicus) calling from the grassland but none of them were seen. |
| The approaching storm. |
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| Heading for some cover in the hide. |
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| One of the Tablas Boardwalks. |
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| Looking back towards Isla del Pan. |
As we reached the hide a storm started to push its way in and the rain was quite heavy for a while so we just sat and watched what flew passed and came out of the reeds, we saw several
Great Egret, Whiskered Tern (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus),
Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus) and
Zitting Cisticola. |
| Whiskered Tern (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus). |
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| Whiskered Tern (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus). |
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| Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Ardea alba). |
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| Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus). |
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| Whiskered Tern (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus). |
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| Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Ardea alba). |
The rain eased off so we continued on and just behind the hide from the main board walk we picked up a flying Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides),
Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cuellinegro / Podiceps nigricollis),
Ferruginous Ducks (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca) and
White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).
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| Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos) |
After eating we headed to the accommodation and booked in before returning to Laguna Navaseca but this time we checked out the whole loop around the reserve and added Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa), Collared Pratincole (Canastera Común / Glareola pratincola),
Savi's Warbler (Buscarla Unicolor / Locustella luscinoides),
Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra) to the mornings list.
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| Great Reed Warbler (Carricero Tordal / Acrocephalus arundinaceus). |
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| Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua). |
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