Cabo de Palos
lighthouse garden
Weather: Sky 1/8 cloud, wind NW F4, temp.
11ºC. 08:20 – 09:05.
Back to the
lighthouse garden this morning, with the stiff NW wind still blowing (when is
it ever going to stop) and very few birds showing. The only migrants of note were 3 Corn
Buntings, 3 Willow Warblers, a couple of Swallows and a female Common Redstart.
Two of only a few migrants seen today, 2 Swallows
Species seen/heard
Shag
(Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Kestrel
(Falco tinnunculus)
Yellow
Legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Rock
Dove/Domestic Pigeon (Columba livia)
Collared
Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Swift/Pallid Swift (Apus apus/pallidus)
Crested
Lark (Galerida cristata)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Sardinian
Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Spotless
Starling (Sturnus unicolor)
Corn Bunting (Miliaria calandra)
House
Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Marchamalo salinas
Weather: Sky 1/8 cloud, wind NW F4,
temp. 15ºC. 09:10 – 09:30.
Form the
lighthouse garden I made a quick call at the Salinas.
Again, nothing startling there, the most notable birds being a Woodchat
Shrike, Common Whitethroat, 8 Kentish Plover, a Spotted Redshank and a group of
Slender-billed Gulls, now numbering 69.
Species seen/heard
Shelduck
(Tadorna tadorna)
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Black
Winged Stilt (Himantopus Himantopus)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Common
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Slender-billed Gull
(Larus genei)
Audouin’s Gull (Larus audouinii)
Yellow-legged
Gull (Larus michahellis)
Swift/Pallid
Swift (Apus apus/pallidus)
Collared
Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Crested
Lark (Galerida cristata)
White
Wagtail (Motacilla alba alba)
Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Sardinian
Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)
Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)
Corn
Bunting (Miliaria calandra)
Mar Menor, Los Urrutias / Rambla de Albujon
Weather: Sky 3/8 cloud, wind SW F3, temp. 21ºC.
17:20 – 19:00
Back at the
sailing club area in Los Urrutias again to see if there’s any change, but the only different
birds are 4 Slender-billed Gulls and a Common Redshank, so I continued on to
the rambla de Albujon. Here of note I
had 2 Great Reed Warblers singing, a single remaining Common Snipe, the Water
Pipit in breeding plumage, 3 Black Winged Stilts, and both Little Ringed and
Kentish Plovers.
Often underrated, Common Redshank in breeding plumage
Not sure quite what was happening with this Great White Egrets's neck!
Species seen/heard
Mallard
(Anas platyrhynchos)
Kestrel
(Falco tinnunculus)
Great White Egret (Casmerodius albus)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Cattle
Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Black Winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Little Ringed
Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Kentish
Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Common
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Yellow
Legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Slender-billed Gull
(Larus genei)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Moorhen
(Gallinula chloropus)
Coot
(Fulica atra)
Swift (Apus apus)
Water
Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
Blackbird
(Turdus merula)
Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
Sardinian
Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)
Goldfinch
(Carduelis carduelis)
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