Member's Field Meeting - 15th June 2013
Event: Members Field Meeting
Date: Saturday, June 15, 2013
Meeting Point: Venta Las Vegas, Osuna. Please note that this venta has a habit of being closed on a Saturday morning. So those of you who are coffee junkies ensure you have enough time to get your morning fix elsewhere prior to us meeting at 10:00.
Time: 10:00
Leader of the day: David Hird
Directions to the Meeting Point: The Venta is just off the A92 (Sevilla to Antequerra) motorway at junction 80, Osuna. 37° 14’14”N 5° 07’39”
Information about the Meeting: If the number of people attending is large I will organise you into as few cars as possible to keep the convoy to a minimum. There will be a lot of off-road driving so we will also leave unsuitable cars at the venta. Cars do not need to be 4x4 but they do need a reasonable ground clearance.
We will follow the SE-715 road out of Osuna and stop at some of the railway bridges, as this road crosses and recrosses the new but yet unfinished AVE railway line, to scan the surrounding farmland.
We will then travel through farmland on dirt tracks, stopping at old farm buildings and also stopping on the tracks to look for species that favour this habitat.
We will then enter the Reserva Natural Lanteuela and I plan to visit Laguna de Gobierno, Laguna Ballestera, Laguna de Consuegra, Laguna de la Turquillas and Laguna de Calderon Grande before returning to Venta Las Vegas.
Accommodation:
For those of you who wish to have accommodation we have an Affiliated Member in Osuna called Hostal Fivegates -
[email protected],
www.fivegates.es
Clothing and Food: The weather is looking as if it is going to be warm with day time temperatures around 26/27C. You will need protection from the sun because it can be quite intensive around the Osuna area. I would have thought a hat will also be essential.
You will also need a picnic lunch and plenty of liquid.
Possible birds:
Red-legged Partridge, Common Shelduck, Gadwall, Mallard, Northern Shoveler,
Red-crested Pochard, Common Pochard, White-headed Duck, Little Grebe , Great Crested Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Greater Flamingo, White Stork, Western Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Black-winged Kite, Red Kite, Black Kite, Short-toed Snake Eagle, Griffon Vulture, Western Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, Common Buzzard, Booted Eagle, Lesser Kestrel, Common Kestrel, Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Purple Swamphen, Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, Stone Curlew, Black-winged Stilt, Pied Avocet, Northern Lapwing, Common Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover , Black-tailed Godwit, Common Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Collared Pratincole, Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Whiskered Tern, Black Tern, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Rock Dove, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Turtle Dove, Collared Dove, Little Owl, Common Swift, Pallid Swift, European Roller, European Bee-Eater, Hoopoe, Southern Grey Shrike, Woodchat Shrike, Common Raven, Blue Tit, Great tit, Calandra Lark, Crested Lark, Thekla Lark, Skylark, Swallow, House Martin, Red-rumped Swallow, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Spotless Starling, Blackbird, Stonechat, House Sparrow, Spanish Sparrow, House Sparrow, Iberian Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Tawny Pipit, Chaffinch, Serin, Goldfinch, Linnet, Corn Bunting.
