After a quick run around Santa Pola Salinas, lower La Marina, and Clot de Galvany, the cold bitter northerly wind didn't help matters our first stop didn't produce much with just a single Mediterranean Gull, it can only get better.
At the Salt tower
A nice Grey plover showers well and Spoonbills pasted by and landed out of sight, Sandwich Terns were fishing and Slender-billed Gulls were on the water. Also saw Great white Egret, and a distant Marsh Harrier to be honest it was quiet, and not much moving and very little on the water
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El Pinet
Was better with about 40 Black Tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover, Green, and Redshank's little Stint, we moved on to lower La Marina, the big news about this area is that huge areas of scrub have been cleared and being prepared for planting it's a big loss of habitat and will surely have an impact for birds? And at the abandoned Monastery there was a group of Tree Sparrow, Robin, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Meadow Pipits, Little Owl,
Clot de Galvany
No sign of the Garganey which was present on the 17th but everything else is as it was see my previous blog for details
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