A dryer day than expected with some good birds, including my 350th species for the year.
Winter trip, day three.
Ebird List for Laredo-Puerto deportivo.
Ebird List for Laredo-El Puntal.
Ebird List for Playa de El Regatón y Ría de Treto.
Ebird List for Polder y Ría de Escalante.
Ebird List for Puerto de Santoña.
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| Adult Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) northern race lusitanius. |
Started the day by driving around to the Port of Laredo, on the way I made a stop for some breakfast and then went to have a look at the long staying
Kelp / Cape Gull (Gaviota cocinera / Larus dominicanus vetula) which I had seen several times before with June being the most recent when I visited the spot with Deb and Ian from Australia.
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| 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) northern race lusitanius. |
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| 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) northern race lusitanius. |
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| 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) northern race lusitanius. |
After I had parked I walked the big seawall, seeing several
Yellow-legged Gulls (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) of the northern race lusitanius along with
Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus),
Great Black-backed (Gavión Atlántico / Larus marinus) and of course the
Kelp / Cape which showed well for myself and two German guys that had come down especially for it.
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| Kelp / Cape Gull (Gaviota cocinera / Larus dominicanus vetula). |
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| Kelp / Cape Gull (Gaviota cocinera / Larus dominicanus vetula). |
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| Kelp / Cape Gull (Gaviota cocinera / Larus dominicanus vetula). |
Other species were few, I did see
European Shag (Cormorán Moñudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis) and
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).
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| The estuary side of the point, with Santoña on the far shore. |
After a while I drove on along to the end of the point where I parked and checked the Estuary side of the sandbank, here I found 650+
Dark-bellied Brent Geese (Barnacla Carinegra / Branta bernicla),
Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor), 100s of distant Eurasian Wigeon
(Sibón Europeo / Mareca penelope),
Black-headed (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus),
Yellow-legged,
Lesser Black-backed and
Great Black-backed Gull,
Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Thalasseus sandvicensis),
Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cuellinegro / Podiceps nigricollis),
Great Northern Diver (Colimbo Grande / Gavia immer) with 3 on the estuary and one on the sea later, Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Ardea alba), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica),
White Wagtail and
Climbing Groundsel (Senecio Angulatus).
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| The seaward side. |
I walked around the headland to the seaward side where there was another
Great Northern Diver but nothing else, so I moved on down to another spot about a KM or so along the estuary side of the point where I crossed some dunes to view the water again. |
| Red-throated Diver (Colimbo Chico / Gavia stellata) bad light, high ISO = crap shot. |
From here I hit my 350 species for the year target with a distant Red-throated Diver (Colimbo Chico / Gavia stellata)
which definatly looked better through the scope than the camera. |
| Dark-bellied Brent Geese (Barnacla Carinegra / Branta bernicla). |
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| Dark-bellied Brent Geese (Barnacla Carinegra / Branta bernicla). |
Other species seen were the Dark-bellied Brent Geese again, a single female
Common Scoter (Negrón Común / Melanitta nigra),
Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus),
Black-necked and
Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus),
Great Northern Diver, and in the trees behind me Eurasian Jay (Arrendajo Euroasiático / Garrulus glandarius),
Eurasian Magpie,
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula)
and Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs). |
| Large-flowered Evening-Primrose (Oenothera glazioviana). |
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| Linaria species. |
On the walk back to the car I also saw Large-flowered Evening-Primrose (Oenothera glazioviana), Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) and a Linaria species before heading around to the opposite side of the estuary to Cicero where I had some lunch at the Mirador de Sollagua. |
| Looking over the estuary to Santoña. |
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| A panoramic Photo from the boardwalk. |
Whilst out on the boardwalk here I added Northern Pintail (Ánade Rabudo / Anas acuta), Grey Plover (Chorlito Gris / Pluvialis squatarola), Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus),
Common Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia),
Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres),
Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina), 3x
Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia),
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola) and
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis).
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| Looking across the Estuary to the SE. |
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| European Shag (Cormorán Moñudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis) and a Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus). |
My last stop of the day was on the sea wall near the bullring in Santoña Port, I didn't see anything new, so I headed back to the accommodation via the supermarket and chilled for the night.
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