Centro visitante Valverde.

We  haven't been to Doñana in quite some time so we decided to head over and check out el Centro vistante Valverde. Around this time of year we were hoping to see plenty of breeding birds around the area like purple herons, black crowned night herons, egrets and more!

Our first sighting at Valverde were a flock of Collared Pratincoles. Unfortunately not close enough for photos.

There were plenty of Great Reed Warblers around as we could hear their coarse clicking sounds along with their various repeated hoarse notes.


Here are some photos of what we saw....

Great Crested Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Greater Flamingo

Greater Flamingo

Purple Heron
Black Crowned Night Heron
Glossy ibis
Little egret
Cattle egret
Great white egret
Grey heron
White stork
Black stork
Spoonbill
Black Winged Stilt
Avocet
Common Sandpiper
Ringed Plover
Curlew Sandpiper
Collared Pratincole
Great Crested Grebe

Black- necked Grebe

Red Crested Pochard

Little Grebe

There were plenty of ducks to see which made a nice change.

Pochard

Red Crested Pochard

Great White Egret

Northern Wheatear

Black Necked Grebe
Red Crested Pochard
Pochard
Coot
Moorhen
Mallard
Marbled Teal
Common Swift
House Martin
Barn Swallow
Gull-Billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
Great Grey Shrike

Greater Flamingo

Red Crested Pochard

Red Crested Pochard

Black Kite

Purple Heron

Northern Wheatear

Grey Wagtail

Yellow wagtail
Corn bunting
Spanish Sparrow
Goldfinch
Fantailed warbler
Magpie
Hoopoe
Crested lark
Spotless Starling
Bee Eater
Great Reed Warbler

Eurasian Spoonbill

Chaffinch

Mallard

Marsh Harrier

Cettis Warbler

Red Crested Pochard

Gull -billed Tern

Purple Heron

The highlight of our day was spotting a Wryneck!

The Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla) is a species of wryneck in the woodpecker family. Eurasian wrynecks measure about 16.5 cm in length and have bills shorter and less dagger-like than those of other woodpeckers. Their upperparts are barred and mottled in shades of pale brown with rufous and blackish bars and wider black streaks. Their underparts are cream speckled and spotted with brown.

Eurasian Wryneck
Whinchat
Cetti's Warbler
Black Kite
Short Toed Eagle

Black Crowned Night Heron

Black Crowned Night Heron

Black-winged Stilt

Spotless Starling

Gull-billed Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Purple Heron

Great Reed Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Marsh harrier
Black shouldered kite
Lesser kestrel
Griffon vulture

Black - winged Stilt

Red Crested Pochard

Great Reed Warbler

A great day was spent bird watching and been able to photograph as many birds as we did.
Enjoy the post,we are aiming a return vist to Valverde in a couple of weeks.
Bye for now.