Southern Spain, 23-27 September (1 Viewer)

A quick visit to Spain to see what was passing over to Africa.

The town nearest to where I was staying was Estepona, between Malaga and Gibraltar.

Not a great deal was seen that could be identified on the drive down but in the Puerto de la Duquesa area on the first day were:

Little Egret
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Kestrel
Booted Eagle
Swift
Stonechat
White Wagtail
Blackbird
Collared Dove
Sardinian Warbler
Goldfinch
Spotless Starling
Yellow-legged Gull
Grey Heron
House Sparrow

24.9.13

Pdl Duquesa:
Great Tit
Swallow
House Martin
Ring-necked Parakeet

Tarifa Beach:
Thekla Lark
Black-winged Stilt
Greater Flamingo
Sanderling
Dunlin
Black-tailed Godwit
Oystercatcher
Osprey
Black-headed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Short-tailed Eagle
Griffon Vulture
Wheatear
Fan-tailed Warbler
Cattle Egret
Sparrowhawk

Sotogrande:
Kingfisher
Monk Parakeet
Cormorant
Little Grebe
Kentish Plover
Cetti's Warbler

25.9.13

Casares:
Corn Bunting
Lesser Short-toed Lark
Chough
Spotted Flycatcher
Greenfinch
Kestrel
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Buzzard

26.9.13

Tarifa Beach:
Sandwich Tern
Little Ringed Plover
Audouin's Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Shag
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Whimbrel
Black Kite

Zahara:
Woodpigeon

Another good trip, well worth doing.

Rob

PS Many thanks to the Spanish birdwatchers who alerted us to the Slender-billed Gull flying with the Sandwich Terns! A second positive experience of our Spanish friends after last year when we alerted to the Lesser Crested Tern in amongst a flock of Gull-billed Terns.

Hi Rob, thanks for posting: interesting to see your record of Lesser Short-toed Lark at Casares. Whereabouts was this? It's a bird more usually associated with the Rivers further north and the Coto Donana...