A Morning out with some family members of good friends and neighbours Jan and Garry.
Ebird List for Fuente de Piedra.
Ebird List for A-92, Moraleda de Zafayona.
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| Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus). |
I met Jo, Ian, Leo and Albie and we all headed out west to Fuente de Piedra where after parking we checked out the roadside pool finding
Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Gadwall (Anade Friso / Mareca strepera),
Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina),
Marbled Duck (Cerceta pardilla / Marmaronetta angustirostris), European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur),
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta),
Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa) x2, Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos),
Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Chroicocephalus genei),
White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia),
Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus),
Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula),
Common Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum).
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| Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus) and a Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus). |
Along the back rack to the far end of the boardwalk we found
Wild Carrot (Daucus carota), Small Fleabane (Pulicaria vulgaris),
Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum),
Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris), Purple Bugloss (Echium plantagineum), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata),
Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola),
European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris),
European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis)
and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
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| Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta). |
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| Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta). |
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| Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta). |
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| Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta). |
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| Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta). |
As we walked across the Boardwalk we had good views of
Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Marbled Duck,
Pied Avocet,
Black-winged Stilt,
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti),
Dark Spreadwing (Lestes macrostigma) x300+, Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) x2, Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) and Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa). |
| Dispute between a Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta) and Marbled Duck (Cerceta pardilla / Marmaronetta angustirostris). |
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| Dispute between a Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta) and Marbled Duck (Cerceta pardilla / Marmaronetta angustirostris). |
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| Dispute between a Pied Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta) and Marbled Duck (Cerceta pardilla / Marmaronetta angustirostris). |
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| Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus). |
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| Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus). |
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| Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus). |
We walked up to the Mirador where we had good views out over the main laguna and the bushes in front of it, here we saw
Common Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna),
Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster),
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator),
Melodious (Zarcero políglota / Hippolais polyglotta) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala),
Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica),
Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).
We walked back to the car and headed to Laguna Dulce where we added Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina), White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala), Little (Zampullín Común /
Tachybaptus ruficollis), Black-necked (Zampullín Cuellinegro / Podiceps nigricollis) and Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus), Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) and Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae).
From here we headed back towards Realenga but spent a bit of time up on the side of Sierra de Loja looking for Insects.
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