Friday 24th
A good mornings Birding and a big list, so I'll keep it brief and to the best bits, crossing the Salinas stopping at the usual points.
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| Great crested Grebe |
Great white Egret, Purple Heron, lots of Curlew Sandpipers, Collared Pratincoles, Ruff and Reeves, Black tailed Godwits, Wood Sandpiper, the expected arrival of Terns, and some very Smart Yellow Wagtails.
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| Yellow Wagtail |
First breakfast at El Pinnet was uneventful except for the colony of Common Tern and a mega colony of Slender-billed Gulls, but we did bump into our friend and researcher from the university and exchanged some interesting info.
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| Gull-billed Tern |
We had an amazing few minutes with a Great-spotted Cuckoo, out came the sweets in celebration, Bee-eaters perched up and a Woodchat Shrike sat up nicely for a photo, also Turtle Dove.
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| Great-spotted Cuckoo |
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| Great-spotted Cuckoo |
2nd breakfast watching Gull-billed Terns and another Great-spotted Cuckoo dropped in to say hello, quite a few Corn Bunting calling, plus 2 more Woodchats.
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| Woodchat Shrike |
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| Marbled Duck |
We did pop into to San Felipe, but left shortly after, as there were two coach loads of children ages 6 to 10 having great fun and a nature lesson on site, I wish that I could of been encouraged at that age to get involved into nature.
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| Long-tailed Tit |
Interestingly did you know
The Long-tailed Tit is not a typical Tit, in fact it isn’t actually a Tit at all! It turns out that the long-tailed is more closely related to the babblers of India and Southeast Asia than it is to the Blue Tits and Great Tits that we associate it with.
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| Bee-eater |
Have a great weekend
Cheers BT
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