04 March 2011

Salt Pans at Bonanza

Greater Flamingoes
We arrived at Bonanza early on and fortunately there was a lot of bird activity for us to observe. Bonanza is in San Luca de Barrameda, for those of you who may be wondering!

There were large flocks of Greater Flamingoes and Slender Bills, larger numbers of birds than what you would typically see at locations such as La Janda. We were able to observe them all closely and additionally, take a few photos for the blog.

We spotted the following birds:
Red Shank (Common)


  • Cormorant
  • Cattle Egret
  • Little Egret
  • Grey Heron 
  • White Stork
  • Spoonbill
  • Greater Flamingo
  • Glossy Ibis
  • Shelduck
  • Mallard
  • Red Kite

  • Shoveler

  • Porchard
  • Whiteheaded Duck
  • Red Kite
  • Black Kite
  • Marsh Harrier
  • Buzzard
  • Coot
  • Avocet

Slender Bills
  • Black-winged Stilt
  • Kentish Plover
  • Turnstone
  • Redshank
  • Whimbrel
  • Black-headed Gull
  • Slender Billed Gull
  • Sardinian Warbler

Greater Flamingoes

Slender Billed Gulls
  • Crested Lark
  • Swallows
  • Meadow Pipit
  • White Wagtail
  • Sardinian Warbler
  • Chiff Chaff
  • Waders 

    Greater Flamingoes

    Red Kite

1 comment:

  1. good pictures, compliments

    complimenti belle foto, ciao Piero

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