A morning birding with Friend Juan.
Ebird List for Playa de Poniente 1.
Ebird List for Playa de Poniente 2.
Ebird List for Playa de Poniente 3.
Ebird List for Guadalfeo.
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| Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii). |
I met Juan down on the coast near to Charca Suarez, we set up at a spot on Playa de Granada and spent the next 90 minutes doing a sea-watch, species seen included
Audouin's (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii), Black-headed (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus),
Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Thalasseus sandvicensis),
Scopoli’s (Calonectris diomedea) and Balearic Shearwater (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus), Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius),
Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata).
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| Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus). |
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| Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus). |
At just after 09:30 we packed in and went down to the gate and onto the reserve at 10:00 when Manu let us all in, Beatriz, Juan and I started by checking the two hides which over look Laguna del Taraje where we started the list off with Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Red-knobbed Coot (Focha Moruna / Fulca cristata),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común /
Tachybaptus ruficollis), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Common Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and
Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos). |
| Little Grebe (Zampullín Común /
Tachybaptus ruficollis). |
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| Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
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| Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
Our next stop was at the hide over looking Alamo Blanco but apart from a few more Mallards and a Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) we didn't see anything so we moved on and made our way around towards the main hide overlooking Laguna de las Aneas, on the way we saw a nice singing
Common Nightingale Monk Parakeets (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and a calling but not seen Eurasian Penduline Tit (Pájaro Moscón / Remiz pendulinus), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and a flock of 18 passing
Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus).
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| Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos). |
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| Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos). |
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| Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus). |
From this hide we added a male
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina) including a couple of broods of ducklings, an immature
Black-crowned Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio), a single
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus), European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur),
Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus),
Great Cormorant,
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum),
Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti),
Black Percher (Diplacodes lefebvrii) x3, Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) x4, Scarlet (Crocothemis erythraea) x3 and Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) x1, Iberian Bluetail (Ischnura graellsii) x3, Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa) and a couple of Monarch (Danaus plexippus) x2 butterflies. |
| Little Bittern (Avetorillo Común / Ixobrychus minutus). |
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| Little Bittern (Avetorillo Común / Ixobrychus minutus). |
We returned to the main hide but found nothing new so we started to make our way back around to the entrance, on the way we heard a calling
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus) before we reached the exit.
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| Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata). |
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| Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata). |
I said bye to Beatriz and Juan and headed home via the old road and checked out a spot Juan told me about where I was hoping to see
Western Olivaceous Warbler (Iduna opaca), I parked and walked out to the spot picking up
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus),
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster),
Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola Europea / Oriolus oriolus),
Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula),
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator),
Eurasian Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris),
Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and a
Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides).
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| European Eel (Anguilla anguilla). |
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| European Eel (Anguilla anguilla). |
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| European Eel (Anguilla anguilla). |
As I crossed the river at the wire I noticed a movement on the main slope of the wire and was surprised to see a
European Eel (Anguilla anguilla) trying to make its way up stream.
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| Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides). |
I reached the spot and almost instantly I could here the
Olivaceous singing from the Tamarisk trees but as I searched for it the bird flew across the river and landed close to me in a Eucalyptus tree giving me great views before I continued on home.
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| Western Olivaceous Warbler (Iduna opaca). |
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| Western Olivaceous Warbler (Iduna opaca). |
