Another lovely sunny day but windy at times. The first stop at the Bridge below Gaucin failed to produce much. All the trees are now thick with foilage and birds are difficult to locate even though you can hear them well. Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler and the common finches were all we got.
We followed the river all the way to where it meets the Rio Guadiaro and then onto Secadura. Along the way we found Woodchat Shrike, Little Ringed Plover, Serin, Nightingale (many in song) and a Twany Pipit was new for the trip.
We ate our picnic lunch in the shelter of the pine trees at Pinar del Rey, during which time we found Bonelli's Warbler, Jay, Raven, Booted Eagle and many common species.
Palmones wasn't brilliant, we logged a few species of wader, Greenshank, Kentish Plover, Ringed Plover, Grey Plover, Dunlin and Turnstone. A Whiskered Tern was a nice find and the first of the year for me.
On the way back up to Guacin we stopped to view Sierra Crestellina and quickly located the Bonelli's Eagle nest where an adult bird was attending the nest, a great bird to finsh off the day with.
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