spain

Long legs and whitish eyebrow

Fulica with albinism

Leucistic bird

He appeared briefly then disappeared, presumably heading North!

Morning all. I came across this article on the fauna of the Iberian peninsula, while planning a trip to northern Spain (to the Picos de Europa area). I think the article is pretty thorough, but I was wondering if there are any birds that should be added to the list. They mention several...

Iberian chiff-chaff

Two flamingos neck and neck in the take-off race.

Wheatear photographed today.

The Marbled Duck is also known as The Marbled Teal, this is a very rare duck, mainly due to many of their available habitats (mainly wetlands) being drained, then turned into agricultural land. The Marbled Teal has also been intensively hunted, over the last century. Egg collectors, pollution...

Juvenile

Small size shearwater

20-22 cm It is a swimming wader with a very similar appearance to the Red-necked phalarope, but slightly larger and with a shorter and thicker bill than this one.

Médium-sized shearwater

Médium shearwater, with elongated and pointed wings. It shows a general dark coloration, both above and below,althougt it has silver-gray áreas on the lower parts of the wings

A Stonechat giving me an evil stare!

Small ant-eater with a long tongue

It is a large pipit, somewhat larger than the country pipit, with a robust bill, long and strong legs, a long tail and a very long back claw

Stonechat with "his" son

This time the parent is a small long-tailed warbler

A rare vagrant this far down in Spain Unfortunately poor light down here at the moment with a strong levanter wind bringing in continuous cloud

Lesser spotted woodpecker, building a new home

On the beach in Lanzarote; allowed me to get very close and then zoom in for a close-up