What with all the miserable weather we've been having recently, we were really keen to get out of Gibraltar and try our luck bird watching in nearby southern Spain. The alarm was set for 06:00hrs and we were already in the car by 07:00hrs, eager to get going.
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| Greenshank & Redshank |
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| Swallow in flight |
We headed over to explore Puerto Real but once we got there we found it was far too windy so we moved on to the other locations we had planned to visit that day, which were Bonanza and San Luca.
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| Greater Flamingo |
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| Greater Flamingo |
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| Greater Flamingo |
We were fortunate enough to have lovely sunny weather, as we discovered that it had been grey and windy in Gibraltar that very day. Our enthusiasm certainly paid off, as we saw plenty of different bird species and these are listed below:
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| Black-winged Stilt |
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| Red-crested Porchard |
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| Avocet |
- Grey Heron
- Great White Egret
- White Stork
- Glossy Ibis
- Spoonbill
- Greater Flamingo
- Greylag Goose
- Shelduck
- Mallard
- Shoveler
- Marbled Teal
- Red-crested Porchard
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| Yellow Wagtail |
- Porchard
- Black Kite
- Red Kite
- Griffon Vulture
- Marsh Harrier
- Booted Eagle
- Kestrel
- Red-legged Partridge
- Coot
- Moorhen
- Black-winged Stilt
- Avocet
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| Swallows mating |
- Collared Pratincole
- Ringed Plover
- Kentish Plover
- Sanderling
- Turnstone
- Green Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Redshank
- Green Shank
- Black-headed Gull
- Slender-billed Gull
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
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| Greylag Goose |
- Crested Lark
- Skylark
- Swallow
- Grey Wagtail
- White Wagtail
- Black Redstart
- Wheatear
- Sardinian Warbler
- Jackdaw
- Spotless Starling
- House Sparrow
- Linnet
- Goldfinch
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| Swallow |
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| Shelducks |
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| Redshank |
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| Marbled Teal |
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| Greylag Goose |
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| Mallard |
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| Close up of a Greylag Goose |
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| Crested Lark |
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| Common Redshank |
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| Yellow Wagtail |
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| Slender-billed Gull |
