08 March 2017

Palmones, Los Lances beach and La janda.

A great three days of bird watching.

We spent a few hours at Palmones estuary some great views of waders

Here are a few photos...

Eurasian spoonbill

Dunlin

Ringed plover

Ringed plover

Redshank

Little ringed plover

Dunlin

Common sandpiper

Redshank

Sandwich terns

Common sandpiper

  • Dunlin
  • Ringed plover 
  • Little ringed plover
  • Common sandpiper
  • Turnstone
  • Lesser blackbacked gull
  • Blackheaded gull
  • Osprey
  • Cormorant
  • Gery plover
  • Eurasian spoonbill

A couple of days later we went down to Los lances beach. 

Here we saw some gulls, terns and a few more waders.

Cormorant

Audouins gull

Grey plovers

Blackheaded gulls

Turnstone

Blackheaded gull

Audouins gull

Dunlins

Sanderlings

Audouins gull

Caspian tern

Caspian tern

Caspian tern

Sandwich terns

Then on to La Janda, and here are some photos of what we saw.

Hoopoe

Hen harrier

Goldfinch

Common snipe

Common snipe

Hoopoe

Eurasian spoonbill

Eurasian spoonbill



Little owl



Green sandpiper

Greater spotted eagle

Greater spotted eagle

Greater spotted eagle

Greater spotted eagle

Greater spotted eagle


Hoopoe

Hoopoe

Don't forget to check out the photo galleries.
 
We will be posting soon with some photos of the amazing bird migration we are so privileged to see over Gibaltar.



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