Weather : Sky no cloud, no wind, temp. 14ºC. Time : 15:50 to 18:00.
Observers : Richard Howard; Diego Zamora Uran; Antonio Fernandez-Caro Gomez
The monthly census of the main Cartagena sewage farm (located behind the ‘Parque Mediterraneo’), surveying water birds on and around the two large settlement lagoons. Also seen, a Red Fox.
The Greylag Goose that has taken up residence here for the past few months
Species seen
Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) - 171
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) - 4
Greylag Goose (Anser anser) - 1
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) - 13
Common Teal (Anas crecca) - 18
Pintail (Anas acuta) - 2
Red Crested Pochard (Netta rufina) - 1
Pochard (Aythya ferina) - 2
White Headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) - 38
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) - 131
Shoveler (Anas clypeata) - 365
Coot (Fulica atra) - 95
Black Winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) - 42
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) - 5
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) - 3
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) - 5
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) - 1
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) - 3
Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) - 143
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans) - 150
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) - 1
Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa) - 3
Stonechat (Saxicola torquata) – 2
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) – 1
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba alba) – 15+
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