A very grey overcast day and not too many birds, and not much flying, but on todays list some birds that's worthy of a mention.

So John and I went to our furthest point (San Felipe) and Birded back to GA. Through the back roads and tracks and trails.

3 or 4 Spoonbill, 5 Bluethroat. A few Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Penduline Tit, 4/5 Kingfishers, there seem to been an arrival of Stone Chat and today we must of seen 20 + and a similar number of Southern Grey Shrike. The usual Marsh Harrier's showed up, and only 1 distant Booted Eagle, also a lone Common Kestrel.  An Iberian Green Woodpecker sat up on a post for a little while which was okay.

The usual suspects like Marbled Teal, Red knobbed Coot, big numbers of Little Egret, and Glossy Ibis and a large commotion of Common Coot, at San Felipe 

San Felipe is now drained of water and there's plenty of mud so a decent wader should turn up? at some point, I was hoping for a Spotted Crake or Jack Snipe, but not today.

And after quite a few miles, it was slow, to say the least,  saving grace was a Blue Rock Thrush across the road from the Monastery (La Marina) in a dead tree. And at El Pinet the best bit was the Tea and some Mcvities Biscuits  with only some distant views of Stone Curlew. It was porbably the quietest its ever been.

So no Swallow's today untill I got home when I watched a a load of  Common Swallow's heading south?

Plain Tiger butterfly, Scarce Swallow tailed seen.

And so a slow day for birds. Oh how I wish this October I was Birding on the Isles of Scilly, first for England's  Blackburnian Warbler,  found by my old mate John Judge, Pectoral Pipit, Red eyed Vireo, by Spider, ect and the morale of the story is effort, John Judge has Birded Bryher probably, for the last 25 years + in October, with little or no return  and the same for my other mate Higgo (legend) who only birds Bryher. all you need is the self belief that one day dreams can comes true.

Blackburnian Warbler
Bryher, Isles of Scilly.

I should take a leaf out of there book and believe that one day. John and I will get lucky? Fingers crossed?

It's a mega of megas so well done John Judge

Happy days

Cheers Bryan 

Three Amigos go Birding

Not expecting too much today, and with heavy localised rain forecast, surprisingly it turn out to be okay. And only a little spirkle of rain.

Nothing seen out of the ordinary today, and it's what you would expect for the time of year. The route was our normal one, across the Salinas then El Pinet,  and then inland via Lower La Marina, then to Vista bella road, and the back tracks to Santa Aguada. 

Santa Pola Salinas

Gadwall+10 a few Great White Egret, fly over Spoonbills, Whiskered Tern, lots of Sandwich Tern, Gulls seen Slender billed, Black headed, Medertranean Gull, Cettis Warble, they seemed too had a good breading  season as the we're calling from lots of places. and all the resedent usual suspects.

El Pinet

Greenshank, Redshank, Ringed Plover. little Stint, 20 +Stone Curlew, lots of Grey Heron, and throughout the day 8+ Southern Grey Shrike, and good numbers of Stone Chat, Barn Swallow's still hanging on.

Lower La Marina

Lots of Wood Pigeon, and lots Collard Dove, good numbers of European Starling, little Owl, Tree Sparrow, Blackcap, odd Kestrel. Including a luistic type Common Kestrel.

Road and tracks too Santa Aguada

  Booted Eagle, 5 and a double fingers for Marsh Harrier.

We we're hoping for a flooded field and the gods above smiled on us, and at the last chance salloon it happened, and for some crazy reasons we seem to leave the best for last, why can't we just skip to the good bits instead of chugging around?

In the flood field

200+ Glossy Ibis, probably the same in Cattle Egret, and in the field 14 Ruff including 6 Reeves, 10 + Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpipers a scattering of Linnet and Gold finch seen throughout the day.

A Nice Birding  morning and good to get out of the mountains and see some different birds.

Not many photos today but will post tomorrow

Have a great day.

Not mention every bird seen

Thanks to John and Michelle