Cabo de Palos
lighthouse garden
Weather: Sky 1/8 cloud, misty, no wind,
temp.13ºC. 08:00 – 09:40.
There has
obviously been a small overnight fall as on my way around the garden area I saw
14 Willow Warblers, 3 Turtle Doves, 3 Redstart, 4 Woodchats, 5 Subalpine
Warblers, 6 Northern Wheatears, 2 Short Toed Larks, 6 Common Whitethroats, 3
Pied Flycatchers, a single Robin and the first Melodious Warbler I’ve seen this
year that didn’t come out of a ringing net.
Apart from
these, the only other bird of note was the Great Tit, still singing in the same
place as yesterday.
Two juvenile Shag swimming around the base of the lighthouse
One of 5 Subalpine Warblers seen this morning
One of the lightrhouse gardens residents, Crested Lark
Another resident, always on the lookout for an easy meal (tired incoming migrants), Kestrel
One of the 3 Pied Flycatchers seen here today
Species seen/heard (and numbers)
Little
Egret (Egretta garzetta) -1
Kestrel
(Falco tinnunculus) - 1
Shag
(Phalacrocorax aristotelis) - 2
Yellow
Legged Gull (Larus michahellis) – c 60
Common
Tern (Sterna hirundo) - 3
Sandwich
Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) -1
Collared
Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) - 8
Rock
Dove/Domestic Pigeon (Columba livia)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) - 3
Swift (Apus apus) – 5
Crested
Lark (Galerida cristata) - 2
Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) - 2
‘flava’ Wagtail (Motacilla flava) - 1
White
Wagtail (Motacilla alba alba) – 1
Swallow (Hirundo rustica) - 4
Blackbird (Turdus merula) - 7
Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) - 6
Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) – 3
Robin (erythacus rubecula) - 1
Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) – 6
Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans) – 5
Sardinian
Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala) - 5
Melodious Warbler (Hippolaispolyglotta) - 1
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) - 14
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) - 3
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) - 1
Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) - 4
Great
Tit (Parus major) - 1
Spotless
Starling (Sturnus unicolor) - 15
House
Sparrow (Passer domesticus) - 11
Greenfinch
(Carduelis chloris) – 2
Marchamalo Salinas
(La Manga)
Weather: Sky 1/8 cloud, wind SW F1,
temp. 16ºC. 09:45 – 10:25.
On the way back from Cabo de Palos, a quick call into
the Salinas. The waders were much as in previous days,
with 32 Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Redshank and a Greenshank. The area of Mimosas however was buzzing. Singles of Woodchat Shrike, Spotted
Flycatcher, Short-toed Lark, Common Redstart, ‘flava’ Wagtail and Whinchat, and
4 Red Rumped Swallows, 2 Turtle Doves, 3 Willow
and Subalpine Warblers, 5 Common Whitethroats, and 9 Pied Flycatchers, 4 of
which were males. Not a bad tally of
birds for such a small area.
This was definitely the day for Pied Flycatchers
With 9 seen on or near this fence
Mustn't forget the other migrants though, like this Whinchat
Species seen/heard
Kestrel
(Falco tinnunculus)
Avocet
(Recurvirostra avosetta)
Greenshank
(Tringa nebularia)
Redshank
(Tringa totanus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Slender-billed
Gull (Larus genei)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Crested
Lark (Galerida cristata)
Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
‘flava’ Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica)
Fan-tailed
Warbler (Cisticola juncidis)
Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans)
Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Woodchat
Shrike (Lanius senator)
Greenfinch
(Carduelis chloris)
Goldfinch
(Carduelis carduelis)
Serin
(Serinus serinus)
Corn
Bunting (Miliaria calandra)
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