Trebujena, Marismas de Trebujena, Marisma de Adventus, A-2000 Trebujena and Presa de Bornos in Cadiz Province and Laguna Dulce near Campillos in Malaga Province, Spain.

Ups and Downs out West.

Sue and Dave, Day Ten. 

Ebird List for Trebujena Fields.

Ebird List for Marismas de Trebujena 1.

Ebird List for Marismas de Trebujena 2.

Ebird List for Marisma de Adventus.

Ebird List for A-2000 Trebujena.

Ebird List for  Presa de Bornos.

Ebird List for Laguna Dulce.

 

Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (Alzacola Rojizo / Cercotrichas galactotes).

We were up and having an early breakfast in Restaurante Miano before heading out a spot where I have seen Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (Alzacola Rojizo / Cercotrichas galactotes) on several occasions, as we drove there we had a bird fly up and across the road into an Olive grove but out of sight so we continued on up to the original spot where we searched but didn't find one.

Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (Alzacola Rojizo / Cercotrichas galactotes).

We did see Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina) before dropping back down to the spot where we saw the one earlier and had more views of this bird which sat up on a fence and moved around on the ground.

We moved to a nearby spot along a track on the Marismas de Trebujena where we were hoping to see Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Ganga Ibérica / Pterocles alchata) but the three birds were distant and countable for me on the day list but not as a lifer for Sue and Dave, we also picked up Pallid Swifts (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus) and Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus).

We moved further on along the track and parked again finding Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), Northern Raven (Cuervo grande / Corvus corax), Greater Short-toed (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla) and Crested Lark, European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola) and Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe).

We turned around and made our way back to the road and then drove down to the Rio Guadalquivir and parked at Manegodor and checked the pools and river out, species included Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta), Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra) and we finished off back at the spot where we had seen the Pin-tailed Sandgrouse earlier and this time we had a flock of 23 bids but still too far away for a lifer.

We started the head back west and just after leaving Trebujena we saw an unexpected Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus) on our way to the Presa de Bornos, when we arrived at the site we quickly found 5 White-rumped Swift (Vencejo Cafre / Apus caffer) but they were always distant over the Eucalyptus trees (just to make Sue and Dave feel at home).

Other species seen were Pallid and Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Northern Raven, Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum) and Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica).

Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus).

Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus).

White Storks (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).

White Storks (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).

We again continued on West and made a final stop for the day at Laguna Dulce near Campillos, from the hide we saw our first Whiskered Terns (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus) of the trip as well as Common Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna), Northern Shoveler (Cuchara Común / Spatula clypeata), Gadwall (Anade Friso / Mareca strepera), Mallard, Marbled Duck (Cerceta pardilla / Marmaronetta angustirostris), White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Black-winged Stilt, Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Thinornis dubius), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus), Curlew Sandpiper (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea), Yellow-legged Gull, Greater Flamingo's, Black-necked Grebes (Zampullín Cuellinegro / Podiceps nigricollis), a large flock of passage White Storks (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia) some of which dropped in for a drink, a Griffon Vulture, Western Marsh and an immature Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans), Sand Martin (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia), Western House Martin, Barn Swallow, Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris) and Corn Bunting.

White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).

White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).

Laguna Dulce from the Hide.

We also saw and heard Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator), Red-veined (Sympetrum fonscolombii) and Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea), Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) and Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi).

Enjoying a Sangria.

Later we went for some food and a few beers down at Tres Calle's in Huetor.