
On our route today as soon as we drove in to the pallet road a Kestrel flew over. A little further up the road I spotted a bird in a distant tree, it turned out to be a Great Spotted Cuckoo. In the same tree was a Hoopoe, one of many that we saw. A Marsh Harrier flew above the reeds. On the way back down there was a Little Owl perched on a fence. On round to the Monastery road where there were another two Little Owls sitting on the wall of a finca. By the Monastery the horses and riders were setting off on their morning ride. There were Goldfinches, Chaffinches and Black Redstarts in abundance but not a lot else so we continued on to the PFT. I was about to take a photo of a Blackcap when a car drove past and it flew off. A Buzzard sat on a pylon by the bridge and a bit further along there was a flooded field with White Wagtails and Meadow/Water Pipits. A flock of Lapwing flew over, I take it to join them on the flooded field.
We decided to see if the Spoonbill were still at El Pinet, we weren’t disappointed. Species seen today:- Kestrel, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Booted Eagle, Hoopoe, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Wagtail, Meadow/Water Pipit, Marsh Harrier, Crested Lark, Robin, Buzzard, Little Owl, Lapwing, Black Redstart, Red Legged Partridge, Blackcap, Siskin, Spoonbill, Great White Egret, Black Tailed Godwit, Avocet and Starling.
Black tailed Godwits by Greta Owen© Spoonbills by Greta Owen©