Malaga in Malaga Province and Near Huéotr Tajar Granada Province, Spain.

A trip to the Garden Center and then back on the Terrace at home.

Ebird List for the Terrace.

 

We started the day with a drive down to Malaga where we visited one of the Garden Centers, during the drive there and back I saw 2x White Storks (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia) sitting on the motorway lighting poles, Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila penntuas),  Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica).

Later up on the terrace we had the same immature Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos) which had been knocking around for a few days as well as Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma) x2, Desert Darter (Sympetrum sinaiticum) x2, Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi) x1, Vagrant Emperor (Anax ephippiger) x1, Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), Desert Orange-tip (Colotis evagore) x1 and Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina).