Pelagic off Chipiona, Playa Montijo in Cadiz Province, Lebrija in Sevilla Province and Marismas de Trebujena in Cadiz Province, Spain.

A morning at sea, a visit to the beach and the an evening walk near the Rio Guadalquivir.

Ebird List Pelagic 1.

Ebird List Pelagic 2.

Ebird List Pelagic 3.

Ebird List Pelagic 4.

Ebird List Pelagic 5.

 

Sunrise over the Port.

Paqui and I were off from the hotel early as I was on a Pelagic today that was leaving at just before 08:00, I said bye to Paqui as she was going to spend the morning around Chipiona and on the beach.

Setting off.

Looking back toward Chipiona Lighthouse.

A bit further out to Sea.

Cloud formations.

In the Port area we saw several of the local  Little Swifts (Vencejo Moro / Apus affinis), Eurasian Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis).

AD Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus).

AD Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus).

1st winter Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus).

1st winter Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus).

1st winter Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis).

Common Tern (Charrán Común / Sterna hirundo).

Common Tern (Charrán Común / Sterna hirundo).

Common Tern (Charrán Común / Sterna hirundo).

Out side the port we headed straight out to sea and started to see Black-headed (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus), Mediterranean (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus), Slender-billed (Gaviota Picofina / Chroicocephalus genei), Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Black (Fumarel Común / Chlidonias niger), Little (Charrancito Común / Sternula albifrons), Common (Charrán Común / Sterna hirundo) and Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Thalasseus sandvicensis).

European Storm Petrel (Paíño Europeo / Hydrobates pelagicus).

A little further out we had the one and only European Storm Petrel (Paíño Europeo / Hydrobates pelagicus) and we also had several Wilson's Storm Petrels (Paiño de Wilson / Oceanites oceanicus).

Wilson's Storm Petrels (Paiño de Wilson / Oceanites oceanicus).

Wilson's Storm Petrels (Paiño de Wilson / Oceanites oceanicus).

Wilson's Storm Petrels (Paiño de Wilson / Oceanites oceanicus).

Wilson's Storm Petrels (Paiño de Wilson / Oceanites oceanicus).

Wilson's Storm Petrels (Paiño de Wilson / Oceanites oceanicus).

Other species included Balearic Shearwater (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus) and both Scopoli’s (Pardela cenicienta mediterránea / Calonectris diomedea) and Cory's Shearwaters (Pardela Cenicienta Canaria / Calonectris diomedea borealis), Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus), a single Great Skua (Págalo Grande / Stercorarius skua) and Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii).

Balearic Shearwater (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus).

Balearic Shearwater (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus).

Balearic Shearwater (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus).

Scopoli’s Shearwater (Pardela cenicienta mediterránea / Calonectris diomedea).

Scopoli’s Shearwater (Pardela cenicienta mediterránea / Calonectris diomedea).

Cory's Shearwater (Pardela Cenicienta Canaria / Calonectris diomedea borealis).

Cory's Shearwater (Pardela Cenicienta Canaria / Calonectris diomedea borealis).

Cory's Shearwater (Pardela Cenicienta Canaria / Calonectris diomedea borealis).

Scopoli’s Shearwater (Pardela cenicienta mediterránea / Calonectris diomedea).

Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus).

Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus).

Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus).

Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii).

Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii).

Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis).

Blue Shark (Prionace glauca).

Blue Shark (Prionace glauca).

Some Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres)on the pontoons in the port when we returned.

We returned to port seeing several Ruddy Turnstones (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres) before I met Paqui again and we went for something to eat before popping to Playa Montijo but the tide was fully in and there were no birds so we moved on and only added Large White (Pieris brassicae) and as we drove towards Lebrija we had a pale Morph Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila penntuas).

We headed for the hotel and chilled for a while before heading out to the Marismas de Trebujena just before sunset, on the pools we recorded Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Northern Shoveler (Cuchara Común / Spatula clypeata), Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus), Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia), Grey (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) and Black-crowned Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax), Little (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta) and Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Common Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula), Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa), Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus), Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina), Little Tern, Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis) and Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae).

The Moon rising on our way back to Lebrija.

We returned to the car and headed back to Lebrija where we went and had a couple of drinks and some Tapas in Restaurante Miano.