2011 Bird List

[David]

Juliet and I have decided to keep a 2011 Andalucia Bird List and invite you all to create one of your own and post it on this Forum.

We went to Vejer de la Frontera in Cádiz for the New Year holidays and stayed at the Hotel La Botica, which is in the old town.  Enrique Ysasi who is also a member of the Andalucia Bird Society owns it.  He provides a 10% discount for members.  We had a great time there.

On the morning of January 1st, we went to Barbate Marshes and started our list as follows. (It is in alphabetical order):

Cisticola, Zitting
Cormorant, Great
Dove, Rock
Egret, Little
Greenshank, Common
Gull, Black-headed Gull
Gull, Lesser Black-backed
Gull, Yellow-legged
Heron, Grey
Mallard
Pipit, Meadow
Plover, Grey
Redshank
Redstart, Black
Sandpiper, Common
Sparrow, House
Starling, Spotless
Stonechat
Swallow, Barn
Tern, Caspian
Tern, Sandwich
Warbler, Sardinian

A total of 22 species – a very good start.

In the afternoon we went to La Janda with Enrique and two girls from Hungary, Andrea and Dora, who were on holiday in Spain and also staying at La Botica.  They had never been bird watching before and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

We added the following species to our list:

Bunting, Corn
Bunting, Reed
Buzzard, Common
Coot, Eurasian
Crane, Common
Eagle, Bonelli’s
Egret, Cattle
Goldfinch
Harrier, Hen
Harrier, Western Marsh
Kestrel, Common
Lapwing
Moorhen
Owl, Little
Owl, Short-eared
Partridge, Red-legged
Pheasant, Common
Sandpiper, Green
Serin
Stork, White
Swamphen, Purple
Wagtail, White
Warbler, Cetti’s

A total of 23 species for La Janda bringing the total for the list to a whopping 45 species for the first day.  What a start!!!

The complete list is attached.

Happy New Year to you all and good birding in 2011

David & Juliet

[David]

2011 Bird List continued

On Sunday, 2nd January Juliet and I travelled to the town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, a town and an area that we had never visited before.  The town is located on the estuary of the Río Guadalquivir on the very edge of Cádiz Province – cross the estuary and you are in the province of Huelva.  The motivation for visiting this area was the marshland next to the Río Guadalquivir.  We first visited the Salinas de Bonanza (Bonanza saltpans).  These are shallow lagoons that are located on the shore of this mighty river.  There is a vehicle track that you can follow through them.  Unfortunately, the morning of 2nd January was very misty, which interfered with the bird watching.  The sun did eventually clear the mist and we were able to add the following birds to our list:

Avocet
Greater Flamingo
Crested Lark
Red Kite
Osprey
Black-winged Stilt
Dartford Warbler

This brought our 2011 Bird List total to 52 species.

We then went for lunch in Sanlúcar de Barrameda.  After lunch we drove through Pinar de la Algaida, a pinewood, heading for Codo de la Esparraguera a large expanse of natural wetland beside the Río Guadalquivir.

We drove straight through Pinar de la Algaida as lunch had taken longer than planned and we were keen to spend as long as possible in the area called Codo de la Esparraguera.  However we were still able to add two species to our 2011 list as we drove through:

Booted Eagle
Common Magpie

Codo de la Esparraguera is an impressive bird site that needs more time than a rushed two hours.  Despite this we did see two rare species – the Slender-billed Gull (1 adult) and the Marbled Duck (12 adults), which we were delighted with.  The species we were able to add to our list were as follows:

Marbled Duck
Little Grebe
Slender-billed Gull
Common Kingfisher
Southern Grey Shrike

With those species we saw in Pinar de la Algaida this brought our total to 59 species at the end of day two.  Not bad.

The complete list for day 2 is attached.

David and Juliet

[Peter]

Well I guess compared to David I have had a quiet start, work and more work, but managed my first birding day with a small group on Wednesday and a walk today.

1. Red-legged Partridge
2. Griffon Vulture
3. Bonelli's Eagle
4. Peregrine Falcon
5. Common Kestrel
6. Lesser Kestrel
7. Sparrowhawk
8. Grey Heron
9. Great White Egret
10. Little Egret
11. Cattle Egret
12. Great Cormorant
13. Great Crested Grebe
14. Little Grebe
15. Mallard
16. Common Pochard
17. Jackdaw
18. Chough
19. Raven
20. Rock Dove
21. Woodpigeon
22. Collared Dove
23. Crag Martin
24. Ring ouzel
25. Blackbird
26. Blue Rock Thrush
27. Song Thrush
28. Mistle Thrush
29. Black Wheatear
30. Stonechat
31. Black Redstart
32. Meadow Pipit
33. Water Pipit
34. White Wagtail
35. Serin
36. Siskin
37. Greenfinch
38. Goldfinch
39. Linnet
40. Chaffinch
41. Great Tit
42. Blue Tit
43. Common Starling
44. Spotless Starling
45. Sardinian Warbler
46. Chiffchaff
47. Blackcap
48. House Sparrow
49. Rock Sparrow
50. Cirl Bunting
51. Rock Bunting
52. Corn Bunting
53. Robin
54. Crested Lark
55. Thekla Lark
56. Southern Grey Shrike
57. Dartford Warbler

And counting......

Peter

[David]

2011 Bird List continued
Thank you Peter for joining me with your 2011 list.  I am very impressed with your one day total.

Continuing with Juliet and my list – just to put a little distance between us and Peter.

On Monday 3rd January we left Enrique and Paloma and Vejer and set off back home.  On the way we decided to visit Bolonia and managed add the following species to our list:

Collared Dove
Feral Dove
Wood Pigeon

Bringing the total to 62 species

While we were in Bolonia we visited Sierra de la Platter and added more species:

Blackbird
Short-toed Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Crag Martin
Robin
Great Tit
Griffin Vulture

Bringing our total to 69

Next we visited Playa de Los Lances because I wanted some photographs for a site description and added another species:

Sanderling

We then drove along the Ojén Valley Road and added another species:

Chaffinch

Finally we dropped into the Rio Palmones & Marshes and added another species

Plover, Ringed

This brought our total to 72 species.

Our latest 2011 Bird List is attached.

David & Juliet

[Peter]

Umm too much work is making me a dull boy, but did actually get out and about yesterday with visits to the surrounding sierras, so a few additions to the lisy for me!

58. Spectacled Warbler
59. Brambling
60. Little Owl
61. Fan-tailed Warbler (for want of a worse name)
62. Green Sandpiper
63. Common Sandpiper
64. Grey Wagtail
65. Dipper
66. Redwing
67. Short-toed Treecreeper
68. Nuthatch
69. Common Buzzard
70. Tawny Owl
71. Spanish Sparrow
72. Dunnock

And afraid I am as yet unable to surpass our illustrious project and survey officer's total....



Peter 

[David]

Juliet and I like you Peter have found ourselves too busy to get out birding, but this weekend we have done better and have added another 19 species to our list.

We went up into Sierra de Mijas, which is local for us and saw:

Rock Bunting
Common Raven
Coal Tit
Crested Tit
Wren

We were also hoping to see Firecrest, Short-toed Treecreeper, Jay and Long-tailed Tit but hopefully we will see these next time.

We then walked around the urbanisation we live on and saw:

Hoope
Siskin
Black Wheatear

Today I have been down to Guadalhorce and bumped into Mick Smith who was also walking round the reserve.  He told me that he spent most of Christmas in hospital and is still not very well so he will not be with us in Jaen this weekend, but is hoping to be with us in Almeria.  He also told me that he had been looking at six small larks near the sea bird observatory, which he was sure were Lesser Short-toed Larks.  I found them and watched them for quite a while and I also concluded they were Lesser Short-toed Larks.  A Spanish birder also looked through my scope and agreed with our conclusion.  So my list from Guadalhorce was as follows:

White-headed Duck
Gadwall
Black-necked Grebe
Greenfinch
Lesser Short-toed Lark
Monk Parakeet
Pochard
Razorbill
Common Scoter
Northern Shoveler
Eurasian Teal

So our total is now 91 species.  Do you think we can get one hundred species before the end of January?  With Jaen this weekend we just might do it.

Is anyone else going to join Peter, Juliet and I in this little challenge?

I think you need more play and less work Peter.

Our current 2011 list is attached for you to download if you so wish.

David

[Peter]

Managed a day out today, well an afternoon semi-business! Anyway onwards and upwards with the year's list in Andalucia.........

73. Common Crane
74. Greater Flamingo
75. Black-necked Grebe
76. Eurasian Teal
77. Red-crested Pochard
78. White-headed Duck
79. Gadwall
80. Northern Shoveler
81. Tufted Duck
82. Marbled Teal
83. Moorhen
84. Coot
85. Little Bustard
86. Sand Martin
87. House Martin
88. Hoopoe
89. Bluethroat
90. Lapwing
91. Black-winged Stilt
92. Sanderling
93. Dunlin
94. Stone Curlew
95. Black-headed Gull
96. Yellow-legged Gull
97. Lesser Black-backed Gull
98. Yellow Wagtail
99. Marsh Harrier
100. Reed Bunting
101. Calandra Lark

And so progress is slow and likely to get harder until spring migrants start to arrive, although the Sand and House Martins were encouraging today!!

Peter

[Mick]

Hi All.

Been lucky so far with visits to several good sites, so the list started well but will almost certainly slow very quickly.

1.   Avocet (Avoceta Común/ Recurvirostra avosetta),
2.   Azure-winged Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cyanus),
3.   Balearic Shearwater (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus),
4.   Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans),
5.   Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros),
6.   Black Vulture (Buitre Negro / Aegypius monachus),
7.   Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura),
8.   Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis),
9.   Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
10.   Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricapilla),
11.   Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus),
12.   Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cuellinegro / Podiceps nigricollis),
13.   Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa),
14.   Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus),
15.   Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus),
16.   Blue Rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius),
17.   Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus),
18.   Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila-azor Perdicera / Hieraaetus faciatus),
19.   Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus),
20.   Brambling (Pizón Real / Fringilla montifringilla),
21.   Calandra Lark (Calandria / Melanocorypha calandra),
22.   Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone),
23.   Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
24.   Cetti’s Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
25.   Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus),
26.   Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater),
27.   Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
28.   Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo),
29.   Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs),
30.   Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita),
31.   Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus),
32.   Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra),
33.   Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulga / Falco tinnunculus),
34.   Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
35.   Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinula Chloropus),
36.   Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina),
37.   Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus),
38.   Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos),
39.   Common Scoter (Negrón Común / Melanitta nigra),
40.   Common Starling (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris),
41.   Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
42.   Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
43.   Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris),
44.   Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata),
45.   Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino /Parus cristatus),
46.   Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata),
47.   Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina),
48.   Eagle Owl (Buho Real / Bubo bubo),
49.   Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
50.   Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
51.   Eurasian Wigeon (Silbón Europeo / Anas Penelope),
52.   Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca),
53.   Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus),
54.   Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
55.   Golden Plover (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia),
56.   Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
57.   Great Bustard (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda),
58.   Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocorax carbo),
59.   Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus),
60.   Great Skua (Págalo Grande / Catharacta skua),
61.   Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
62.   Great Tit (Carbonero Común / Parus major),
63.   Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus ruber),
64.   Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus),
65.   Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus viridis),
66.   Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
67.   Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia),
68.   Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea),
69.   Grey Plover (Chorlito Gris / Pluvialis squatarola),
70.   Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea),
71.   Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus),
72.   Hawfinch (Picogordo / Coccotraustes coccotraustes),
73.   Hen Harrier (Aguilucho Pálido / Circus cyaneus),
74.   Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops),
75.   House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer Domesticus),
76.   Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
77.   Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius),
78.   Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus),
79.   Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis),
80.   Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Somria / Larus fuscus),
81.   Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina),
82.   Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax),
83.   Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egretta garzetta),
84.   Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis),
85.   Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua),
86.   Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta),
87.   Long-legged Buzzard (Busardo Moro / Buteo rufinus),
88.   Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus),
89.   Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
90.   Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
91.   Meadow Pipit (Bistita Común / Anthus pratensis),
92.   Mediterranean Gull (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus),
93.   Merlin (Esmerejón / Falco columbarius),
94.   Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus),
95.   Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus),
96.   Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax),
97.   Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus),
98.   Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus),
99.   Northern Pintail (Ánade Rabudo / Anas acuta),
100.   Northern Shoveler (Cuchara Común / Anas clypeata),
101.   Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus),
102.   Penduline Tit (Pájaro Moscón / Remiz pendulinus),
103.   Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus),
104.   Purple Sandpiper (Correlimos Oscuro / Calidris maritime),
105.   Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax),
106.   Red Avadavat (Bengali Rojo / Amandava amandava),
107.   Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus),
108.   Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax),
109.   Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina),
110.   Red-knobbed Coot (Focha Moruna / Fulca cristata),
111.   Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
112.   Redwing (Zorzal Alirrojo / Turdus iliacus),
113.   Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus),
114.   Ring Ouzel (Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus),
115.   Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula),
116.   Robin (Petirrrojo / Erithacus rubecula),
117.   Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia),
118.   Rock Pigeon (Paloma Bravia / Columba livia),
119.   Rock Sparrow (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia),
120.   Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres),
121.   Ruff (Combatiente / Philomachus pugnax),
122.   Ruppell’s Vulture (Bultre Moteado / Gypus ruppellii),
123.   Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis),
124.   Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
125.   Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
126.   Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna),
127.   Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
128.   Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis),
129.   Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei),
130.   Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago),
131.   Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
132.   Southern Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis),
133.   Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aguila Imperial Ibérica / Aguila adalberti),
134.   Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus),
135.   Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
136.   Spotted Redshank (Archibebe Oscuro / Tringa erythropus),
137.   Stone-curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus),
138.   Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae),
139.   Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer Montanus),
140.   Trumpeter Finch (Camachuelo Trompetero / Buccanetes githagineus),
141.   Tufted Duck (Porrón Monudo / Aythya fuligula),
142.   Water Pipit (Bistita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta),
143.   Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus),
144.   White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia),
145.   White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
146.   White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala),
147.   Woodlark (Totovia / Lullula arborea),
148.   Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
149.   Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes),
150.   Yellowhammer (Escribano Cerillo / Emberiza citronella),
151.   Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis),
152.   Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis),

All the best for now Mick.

[Peter]

I am not going to mention Mick's list, must have cost a fortune though in fuel...... 

My own modest efforts continued and managed a few extras.

102. Wigeon
103. Egyptian Goose
104. White Stork
105. Common Snipe
106. Black-winged Kite
107. Swallow
108. Carrion Crow
109. Jackdaw
110. Magpie
111. Azure-winged Magpie
112. Skylark

And so the list continues, very slowly to grow for the year in Andalucia.

Peter 

[Mick]

Pleased to say someone else was paying as most were seen whilst guiding during the first week of the year.

At Fuente de Piedra yesterday but only added

153, Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), a couple.
154, House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), lots.

Mick.

[David]

Juliet and I went on the Field Trip to Ubeda in the province of Jaen at the weekend.  We drove up there on the Friday 21st January and called into Fuente de Piedra on our way where we added the following species to our list:

Spanish Sparrow
Common Snipe
Linnet

The following day, Saturday, we met the rest of the group and went to Herradura Laguna, not far from Ubeda, and found more birds for our list:

Carrion Crow
Common Shelduck
Black-winged Kite

After lunch we went to Embalse de Guadalén, which is north of Ubeda, and we were able to add more birds to our list:

Azure-winged Magpie
Eurasian Wigeon
Great-crested Grebe
Egyptian Goose
Grey Wagtail
Mistle Thrush

Sunday was a non-birding day and we visited the old centres of Baeza, Ubeda and Cazorla.  It was very cold and in Cazorla it even started to snow.

On Monday we left Jaen for home and travelled through the Sierra Mágina on our way down to Granada where we found even more birds for our list:

Common Starling
Skylark
Firecrest
Green Woodpecker

A very good weekend and we now have a total of 107 species.

A full list can be downloaded.

Regards
David and Juliet

[Bob Wright]

27 January 2011


Looks like it's time that I, too, joined in this game!  Find below my list for this month/year to date:
Went today to Gaudalhorce, Malaga and added 5 more species to take my total to 118:

114  Common Scoter
115  Purple Heron
116  Kentish Plover
117  Whimbrel
118  Reed Bunting

Full list:

Azure-winged Magpie
Black Redstart
Black Wheatear
Blackbird
Blackcap
Black-headed Gull
Black-necked Grebe
Black-winged Stilt
Blue Rock Trush
Blue Tit
Bluethroat
Bonelli`s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Buzzard
Calandra Lark
Carrion Crow
Cattle Egret
Chaffinch
Chough
Cetti´s Warbler
Chiffchaff
Collared Dove
Common Gull
Common Sandpiper
Common Scoter
Coot
Cormorant
Corn Bunting
Crag Martin
Crane
Crested Lark
Crossbill
Eagle Owl
Egyptian Goose
Firecrest
Flamingo
Gadwall
Golden Eagle
Goldfinch
Goshawk
Great Crested Grebe
Great Tit
Great White Egret
Greenfinch
Green Sandpiper
Grey Wagtail
Griffon Vulture
Hen Harrier
Heron
Hoopoe
House Martin
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Kentish Plover
Kestrel
Kingfisher
Lapwing
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Linnet
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Owl
Little Ringed Plover
Magpie
Mallard
Marsh Harrier
Meadow Pipit
Merlin
Miditerranean Gull
Mistle Thrush
Moorhen
Night Heron
Nuthatch
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Pheasant
Pochard
Purple Heron
Purple Swamphen
Raven
Red-legged Patridge
Redshank
Reed Bunting
Ringed Plover
Robin
Rock Bunting
Rock Dove
Rock Sparrow
Sanderling
Sandwich Tern
Sardinian Warbler
Serin
Shelduck
Shoveler
Sky Lark
Snipe
Southern Grey Strike
Spanish Imperial Eagle
Spanish Sparrow
Sparrow Hawk
Spotless Starling
Starling
Stone Curlew
Stonechat
Swallow
Teal
Thekla Lark
Tree Sparrow
Whimbrel
White Stork
White Wegtail
White-headed Duck
Wood Pigeon
Wren
Yellow-legged Gull
Zitting Cisticola

[Mick]

Hi All.

Spent a few days up in Valencia and called at El Fondo / Hondo on the way back and got good views of the Great spotted Eagle from the southern gate.

Total 155.

Regards Mick.

[Peter]

Working day, but with good friends and enjoy absolute spectacular displays by Golden and Bonelli's Eagles.. It was a great raptor seeking day and only spoilt by having my mobile phone stolen! Anyway, onwards..

113. Golden Eagle
114. Crossbill
115. Fieldfare
116. Jay
117. Coal Tit
118. Crested Tit
119. Firecrest
120. Goldcrest (Pine forest near El Burgo, only my 3rd record in 8 years)
121. Northern  Wheatear

And that wraps-up my list to date.....

Peter

[David]

We have managed to get some birding done during the week and added more birds to our list.

On Thursday, 27th Jan it was Guadalhorce and we added the following birds to our list.

Great Egret
House Martin
Kentish Plover
Purple Heron
Whimbrel

This brought our total to 112.

Then on the morning of Sunday 30th Jan it was back to Sierra de Mijas and we added –

Long-tailed Tit
Short-toed Treecreeper

But I still did not see a Jay, which are usually quite common up there.

During the afternoon of the same day it was a walk along the beach between Fuengirola and La Calla and we added –

Audouin’s Gull
Northern Gannet
Turnstone

This brings our total to 117

A current full list is attached.

David