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Red-throated Bee-eater

Red-throated Bee-eater
join us for a fantastic tour of The Gambia this November

Friday, September 2, 2016

AUTUMN MIGRATION WATCH - 7-DAY TOUR DAY 1 - SEPTEMBER 2ND 2016

TRANSFER FROM MALAGA AIRPORT TO GAUCIN WITH STOPS AT GUADALHORCE WEATHER: HOT, DRY AND SUNNY ALL DAY WITH A LIGHT BREEZE
I collected Fiona from the airport just after her 12:30 lunchtime arrival, I was a little late and Fiona was in panic mode but she was keen to go birding as soon as her feet hit the ground, ‘hard core birder’ – wait for me!

Juvenile female White-headed Duck
We drove around to the Paraje Natural Desembocadura de Guadalhorce where we spent two to three hours walking the tracks and visiting the hides. One of our first birds was the Monk Parakeet, a new bird for Fiona to go onto her category D list! We saw Booted Eagle, Grey Heron, Goldfinch and Spotless Starling before we reached the first hide.

Little Tern
The number of species sitting on the water were very few but the main target and our best sighting was that of White-headed Duck, several were on show, mainly juvenile birds.  We also listed Common Kingfisher, Common Pochard, Little Grebe and a dozen Eurasian Coots.

Laguna Grande
From the hide that overlooks Laguna Grande we had much better luck, a large flock of loafing Lesser Black-backed Gulls held several Yellow-legged and a single Audouin’s Gull whilst good numbers of Little Ringed Plovers, Black-winged Stilts and Avocets were joined by Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank and a small flock of Dunlin flew around the laguna.

Banded Groundling - male
Other species seen during our walk included Sardinian Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Red-rumped Swallow, Common Swift and Eurasian Hoopoe.

Zitting Cisticola
Moving on we drove to Estepona before turning inland heading towards Casares and Gaucin. We made one stop near the rubbish tip where dozens of Griffon Vultures soared above us with both Booted Eagle and Black Kite. A single Short-toed Eagle sat on top of a pylon not far away.

An unusual sighting at Guadalhorce - European Hare
At our home in Gaucin Fiona settled into her apartment and went straight up to the top terrace to watch the sky! During 45 minutes over 300 Honey Buzzards flew over with a few Black Kites and about 50 Bee-eaters, I think she is going to like it here.

We ate a delicious meal in the courtyard with Dawn the ‘chef’ and enjoyed a nice bottle of White Rioja.

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