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<blockquote data-quote="Jon Turner" data-source="post: 1386222" data-attributes="member: 64932"><p><strong>Sunday 11th January</strong></p><p>After our annual community of owners meeting head over to La Janda with Nigel, one of the other owners. Count 36 occupied <strong>Storks</strong> nests this time, and several extra <strong>Storks</strong> on pylons, lights and in nearby fields. One pair is even mating on their nest. One <strong>Griffon</strong> over the hills near the viewpoint. The beach at Tarifa (where the lagoons are) has 20+ <strong>Audouin’s Gulls</strong>, and 3 <strong>Caspian Tern</strong>, along with a very high tide. There are about a dozen <strong>Crag Martins</strong> near the car park behind the beach. No time to delay, so off to La Janda, after entering by the Venta Retina, we quickly start counting <strong>Purple Swamphens</strong> eventually seeing 20 or so. A very distant <strong>Great White Egret</strong>, a female-type <strong>Marsh Harrier</strong>. Lots of <strong>White Storks</strong> and four <strong>Spoonbills</strong>, the adult has several colour rings on: Pale green over red on left leg, red over yellow flag over blue right leg. (I think this is Dutch-ringed bird). <strong>Cranes</strong> abound - mostly in one huge loose trumpeting flock, we reckon 750 in all. Beautiful. A wet field has 20/30<strong> Black-winged Stilt</strong>, we see lots of Lapwing but only one each of <strong>Common & Green Sandpiper</strong>. Further on I see a small bird on a thistle down by the canal and through the bins it’s a summer plumage <strong>Bluethroat</strong> - first I’ve seen in sum plum! It's getting dark and quite a drive home so we head off.</p><p>Species list up to 107.</p><p></p><p>Jon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon Turner, post: 1386222, member: 64932"] [B]Sunday 11th January[/B] After our annual community of owners meeting head over to La Janda with Nigel, one of the other owners. Count 36 occupied [B]Storks[/B] nests this time, and several extra [B]Storks[/B] on pylons, lights and in nearby fields. One pair is even mating on their nest. One [B]Griffon[/B] over the hills near the viewpoint. The beach at Tarifa (where the lagoons are) has 20+ [B]Audouin’s Gulls[/B], and 3 [B]Caspian Tern[/B], along with a very high tide. There are about a dozen [B]Crag Martins[/B] near the car park behind the beach. No time to delay, so off to La Janda, after entering by the Venta Retina, we quickly start counting [B]Purple Swamphens[/B] eventually seeing 20 or so. A very distant [B]Great White Egret[/B], a female-type [B]Marsh Harrier[/B]. Lots of [B]White Storks[/B] and four [B]Spoonbills[/B], the adult has several colour rings on: Pale green over red on left leg, red over yellow flag over blue right leg. (I think this is Dutch-ringed bird). [B]Cranes[/B] abound - mostly in one huge loose trumpeting flock, we reckon 750 in all. Beautiful. A wet field has 20/30[B] Black-winged Stilt[/B], we see lots of Lapwing but only one each of [B]Common & Green Sandpiper[/B]. Further on I see a small bird on a thistle down by the canal and through the bins it’s a summer plumage [B]Bluethroat[/B] - first I’ve seen in sum plum! It's getting dark and quite a drive home so we head off. Species list up to 107. Jon [/QUOTE]
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