ZAHARA DE LA SIERRA
We took a morning drive to Ronda where Dawn and her daughter, Sophie went shopping whilst I went for a walk along the upper reaches of the Rio Guadiaro. before we got to Ronda we watched a GOLDEN EAGLE (3rd or 4th year bird) come up from a valley very close to the road and very low - how cool was that?
After dropping the girls off in Ronda I drove to the river. I parked at the car park next to the Cueva de Gato (Cave of the Cat - don't ask!). I then walked down river to Benaojan about 2 km. It was hot and there were not many birds to be seen: Bee - eaters, Crag Martin, White Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Booted Eagle and not much else.
We met up again around 2pm and after buying some picnic lunches we drove to Zahara where we met up with Jim and Alice, our friends from the village. The beautiful lake is the colour of topaz and it provided the perfect swimming pool and an afternoon of chilling, eating and snoozing.
We did see a few birds whilst we were there: Short-toed Eagle which in fact looked greenish/bluish as it flew over the lake - this was of course the reflection of the colourful water, we also saw Booted Eagle and a party of four Ravens. A few birds were coming down to drink, namely House Sparrow, Sardinian Warbler and a Melodious Warbler.
We left at 6pm, it was still 28C when we got back to Gaucin at 7pm.
Red-throated Bee-eater
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