Birding Trip - Extremadura, Spain, April 2016 (1 Viewer)

Hi All,

A trip report from a weeks birding in Extremadura, Spain. I have included some photos.

Any problems with the link, please do let me know.


https://www.dropbox.com/s/fe3hibjgl4tfn1y/Birding Trip Report - Extremadura - April 16.pdf?dl=0

Cheers

Nice! Good to encounter birds like the Long-eared Owls too that you wouldn't have necessarily been targeting.

How many species did you see? - a trip list on reports always nice to see, but not necessary (do think you should add the year to the title though ... )

Very enjoyable read, and a great trip.

wolfbirder said:

Very enjoyable read.

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Agreed, and on a cold UK winter day a nice taster of what I hope is to come in Spain in just over a couple of months.

Thanks for the feedback guys, much appreciated.

Thats a good question dantheman, I dont think we actually counted haha.. I have tallied them up and come to a total of 122 (see list below), although I've probably missed some. I have not included heard only species, like Scops Owl and Quail.... and Yes the Long-eared Owl was amazing, first time I had ever seen one and I was shaking with excitement when I was photographing it!

foresttwitcher, which region in Spain will you be visiting?.

List of Species

Great Crested Grebe
Black-necked Grebe
Cormorant
Little Bittern
Night Heron
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Great White Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black Stork
White Stork
Black Kite
Red Kite
Griffon Vulture
Black Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Short-toed Eagle
Marsh Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Common Buzzard
Golden Eagle
Booted Eagle
Lesserr Kestrel
Common Kestrel
Spanish Imperial Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Black-winged Kite
Coot
Purple Gallinule
Little Bustard
Great Bustarad
Ringed Plover
Common Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Redshank
Black-winged Stilt
Collared Pratincole
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Little Tern
Rock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Turtle Dove
Common Cuckoo
Great-spotted Cuckoo
Little Owl
Long-eared Owl
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Alpine Swift
Kingfisher
Bee-eater
Roller
Hoopoe
GS Woodpecker
LS Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Golden Oriole
Woodchat Shrike
Iberian Grey Shrike
Chough
Magpie
Jay
Azure-winged Magpie
Raven
Jackdaw
Penduline Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Crested Tit
Bearded Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Calandra Lark
Crested Lark
Thekla Lark
Woodlark
Sand Martin
Crag Martin
House Martin
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Cetti's warbler
Blackcap
Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Dartford Warbler
Orphean Warbler
Sardinian Warbler
Subalpine Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Zitting Cisticola
Firecrest
Nuthatch
Short-toed Treecreeper
Wren
Spotless Starling
Blackbird
Robin
Nightingale
Blue Rock Thrush
Black Redstart
Stonechat
Wheatear
Black Wheatear
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
White Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Tawny Pipit
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Serin
Linnet
Hawfinch
Cirl Bunting
Corn Bunting
Rock Bunting

ChrisRuralSpain said:

foresttwitcher, which region in Spain will you be visiting?

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Aragon, Castilla la Mancha & Navarra.

Sounds interesting, I've driven through Castilla la Mancha quite a lot but never really done any birding there.... will be keeping an eye out to see how you get on.

Very good report, brought back great memories of a lovely place. Extremadura was our first overseas birding trip in April 2009 and it really gave my friends and myself the taste ( some might say addiction ) for birding holidays. Mind you I do not think my bank manager is so thrilled about all the subsequent journeys abroad.

Hi Phil, Thanks. Haha, well I'd say it's worth it