26 October 2014

La Janda

A few months had passed since we had last been down to La Janda, so on Sunday
morning we decided to head that way.

Here are a few images we managed to capture of some of the birds that we saw in the area.

Stonechat

Fan-tailed Warbler

Marsh Harrier

Corn Bunting
We also saw the following birds:
  • Booted Eagle 
  • Marsh Harrier 
  • Kestrel 
  • Lapwings 
  • Common Sandpiper 
  • Ruppels Vulture

Bonellis Eagle

Bonellis Eagle

Bonellis Eagle

Bonellis Eagle
  • Bonellis Eagle 
  • Spainish Imperial Eagle (JUV) 
  • Short-toed Eagle 
  • Common Buzzard 
  • Griffon Vulture 
  • Montagus Harrier

Short-toed Eagle

Spanish Imperial Eagle

Common Crane

Black Stork

Short-toed Eagle
Enjoy the photos! 

We had great Sunday morning and hopefully it won't be too long
before we can get out birdwatching once again...


14 October 2014

Guadalhorce

For our next outing we decided to vist Guadalhorce, so at 7am we were already on our way. After a relatively short drive of just over an hour, we parked up and we were raring to go. And what a fantastic day we had.... 

Below are a few photos that we managed to take, and a complete list of all the birds that we were fortunate enough to spot in the area.

Northern Shoveler

Grey heron

White-headed duck

Northern shoveler
Little Grebe
Cormorant
Greater Flamingo
Northern Shoveler
Common Pochard
White-headed Duck
Booted Eagle
Common Buzzard
Marsh Harrier

White-headed duck

White-headed duck

Oystercatcher

Oystercatcher
Common Snipe
Moorhen
Avocet
Oystercatcher
Black-winged Stilt
Kentish Plover

Greater Flamingo

Dunlin

Greater Flamingo

Sanderling

Black-winged Stilt
Dunlin
Common Sandpiper
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-headed Gull
Serin
Goldfinch


Moorhen

Common Pochard

White-headed Duck

Avocet
Kingfisher
Crested Lark
Fantailed Warbler
Cettis Warbler

Little Grebe

Oystercatcher

Black-tailed Godwit

Overall, yet another fantastic day spent birdwatching, and enjoying what nature has to offer.