Spain

Hmmm....seems ive been a bit remiss on the blog of late...well...couple of months...

Not been visiting the pits with the ongoing work and it would seem also that others have not either as I haven't seen or been told any reports of late....must make amends and go....

In the meantime.....I have been to Spain on holiday...so not 24hr birding, but a reasonable amount when I could..

The first week was spent 100km south of Valencia....the second week near Tortosa, 100km or so north of Valencia near the Ebro Delta....

Week one.....

Blackbird, Feral Pigeon...…

Feral Pigeon....been pooing on this statue for several hundred years....

Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Hoopoe....

Hoopoe

House Sparrow, Swift, Barn Swallow, Spotted Flycatcher, Crested Tit, Coal Tit, Red-rumped Swallow, Golden Oriole, Sardinian Warbler.....

Sardinian Warbler

Bee eater, House Martin, Long-tail Tit, Pied Wagtail, Yellow-legged Gull....

Yellow-legged Gull

Greenfich, Booted Eagle, Flamingo....

Flamingos with a Great Egret in the background

Week two....

Mallard, Grey Heron, Red Kite, Orphean Warbler, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Cettis Warbler, Squacco Heron, Corn Bunting, Cirl Bunting, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Crag Martin....

Crag Martin

Griffon Vulture, Raven, Serin, Melodious Warbler, Purple Heron...…

Purple Heron

Blackcap, Great Egret.....

Great Egrets....with some Little Egrets....

Glossy Ibis...…

Gossy Ibis flock....

Little Egret, Cormorant, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Zitting Cisticola, Chough, Little Owl, Nighingale, Wryneck, Woodchat Shrike, Black-winged Stilt, Avocet, Turtle Dove, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Purple Swamphen….

Purple Swamphen

Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Cattle Egret, Whiskered Tern....

Whiskered Tern

Curlew, Moorhen, Marsh Sandpiper, Black-crowned Night heron, White-headed Duck, Marsh Harrier, Kentish Plover, Shelduck, Collared Pratincole, Sand Martin, Kestrel, Crested Lark…..