Birding Big Day around the Route of 100 Birds, Feb 2018 (Costa del Sol, Malaga, Andalucia, Southern Spain)
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Despite it was still a pretty cold day out at the countryside, we got a good record of 102 species.
Have a look at some more pictures and the complete list of birds observed below!
For those fellow guides that are determined to imitate this fantastic trip I have been doing and offering to my clients for the last two years, after my dear friend Derek Etherton thought of a way to excite a bit of healthy competition between members of the Andalucia Bird Society in every Andalusian province by promoting one day birding outings to try and spot more than 100 different species, I will say the itinerary we followed today was Mouth of the Guadalhorce, Montes de Malaga, Fuente de Piedra Lake, farmlands and El Chorro reservoirs, where I called it a day, as I run out of light on the way back to Malaga city.
Despite the Barn Owl is on my list again today, the first bird of the day this time was the Blackbird as they have already started with their early morning city songs here in the south. The walk around the mouth of the river proved a strong passage of Barn Swallows and House Martins mixed with the local Crag Martins. Our wintering Booted Eagles and Starlings are still around and most of the Cormorants show a fantastic breeding plumage that will soon sport in their northern breeding quarters. The number of Kentish Plovers seems to be higher at the beach and we could also find other interesting birds like Audouin’s and Mediterranean Gulls as well as the common White-headed Ducks and Zitting Cisticolas.
We missed some of the ordinary forest birds at Montes de Malaga but still spotted such interesting birds like Cirl Bunting, Common Crossbill and Short-toed Treecreeper, Siskins are still present and we saw all our tits: Great, Coal, Blue, Crested and Long-tailed.
The population of Greater Flamingos has not increased significantly yet but Black-tailed Godwits are on the move now, it seems as if White Storks will try to nest again in the old chimney and we found the first Yellow Wagtail of the season. There are still many Cranes in the farmlands, the first Lesser Kestrel have already arrived and some water in the Campillos pools hosts nice flocks of Red-crested Pochards.
The Great Crested Grebes are turning into their summer dresses in the reservoirs of El Chorro, and the cliffs around gave us Griffon Vultures, Black Wheatear, Blue Rock Thrush, Rock Doves, Choughs and the wonderful deep hooting of the Eagle Owl.
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Complete list of birds observed:
1 | Auydouin's Gull | Ichthyaetus audouinii |
2 | Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta |
3 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
4 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
5 | Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros |
6 | Black Wheatear | Oenanthe leucura |
7 | Blackbird | Turdus merula |
8 | Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla |
9 | Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
10 | Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
11 | Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
12 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
13 | Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius |
14 | Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus |
15 | Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus |
16 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
17 | Cetti’s Warbler | Cettia cetti |
18 | Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs |
19 | Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita |
20 | Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
21 | Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus |
22 | Coal Tit | Periparus ater |
23 | Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
24 | Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo |
25 | Common Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra |
26 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
27 | Coot | Fulica atra |
28 | Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
29 | Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra |
30 | Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris |
31 | Crane | Grus grus |
32 | Crested Lark | Galerida cristata |
33 | Crested Tit | Lophophanes cristatus |
34 | Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
35 | Eagle Owl | Bubo bubo |
36 | Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus |
37 | Gadwall | Anas strepera |
38 | Gannet | Morus bassanus |
39 | Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria |
40 | Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis |
41 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
42 | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major |
43 | Great Tit | Parus major |
44 | Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
45 | Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis |
46 | Greenfinch | Chloris chloris |
47 | Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
48 | Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
49 | Griffon Vulture | Gyps fulvus |
50 | Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
51 | House Martin | Delichon urbicum |
52 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
53 | Jackdaw | Corvus monedula |
54 | Jay | Garrulus glandarius |
55 | Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus |
56 | Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
57 | Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus |
58 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
59 | Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni |
60 | Linnet | Carduelis cannabina |
61 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
62 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
63 | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius |
64 | Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus |
65 | Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
66 | Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis |
67 | Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus |
68 | Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus |
69 | Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus |
70 | Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
71 | Nuthatch | Sitta europaea |
72 | Pochard | Aythya ferina |
73 | Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina |
74 | Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa |
75 | Redshank | Tringa totanus |
76 | Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
77 | Robin | Erithacus rubecula |
78 | Rock Dove | Columba livia |
79 | Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia |
80 | Sanderling | Calidris alba |
81 | Sardinian Warbler | Sylvia melanocephala |
82 | Serin | Serinus serinus |
83 | Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna |
84 | Short-toed Treecreeper | Certhia brachydactyla |
85 | Shoveler | Anas clypeata |
86 | Siskin | Spinus spinus |
87 | Skylark | Alauda arvensis |
88 | Snipe | Gallinago gallinago |
89 | Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos |
90 | Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis |
91 | Spotless Starling | Sturnus unicolor |
92 | Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
93 | Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola |
94 | Teal | Anas crecca |
95 | Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta |
96 | White Stork | Ciconia ciconia |
97 | White Wagtail | Motacilla alba |
98 | White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala |
99 | Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus |
100 | Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava |
101 | Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahelis |
102 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
Image Gallery
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Shelducks at dawn (Tadorna tadorna) Shelducks at dawn (Tadorna tadorna)
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Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
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Mouth of the Guadalhorce beach Mouth of the Guadalhorce beach
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Sanderling (Calidris alba) Sanderling (Calidris alba)
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Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
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Mediterranean Gulls (Ichtyaetus melanocephalus) Mediterranean Gulls (Ichtyaetus melanocephalus)
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Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
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Avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) Avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta)
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Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
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Pochards (Aythya ferina) Pochards (Aythya ferina)
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Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
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Sardinian Warbler and Stonechat Sardinian Warbler and Stonechat
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Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
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Coal Tit (Periparus ater) Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
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Great Tit (Parus major) Great Tit (Parus major)
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Siskin (Carduelis spinus) Siskin (Carduelis spinus)
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Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
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Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus)
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Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
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Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
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Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta) Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
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"Wheel" of Shovelers (Anas clypeata) "Wheel" of Shovelers (Anas clypeata)
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
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Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
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Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
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Cranes (Grus grus) Cranes (Grus grus)
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Corn Buntings (Miliaria calandra) Corn Buntings (Miliaria calandra)
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Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
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