The songs and calls of summer birds are gone at dawn though we could hear a few shy calls from the Tawny Owl and Redstarts will be part of the morning choir for some weeks at Montes de Malaga. We saw our first Chiffchaff of the season!

It is the same at El Torcal, where brambles and hawthorns await for Ring Ouzels and Redwings to arrive. The vultures were very active here today and we were so lucky to spot a gorgeous young Golden Eagle so close to Las Ventanillas viewpoint that I could not even try a shot.

The Fuente de Piedra Lake is very dry though Flamingos still feed in a couple of puddles in the lake bed and the Laguneto as well as in the little pools around Campillos. There were several Curlew Sandpipers, Black-tailed Godwits and the starring birds of the day there: a couple of Spotted Redshanks. The number of some winter birds like Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Teals is increasing and we spotted our first three Snipes of the season.

It was very hot at the farmlands, where Calandra Larks were sitting on top of the clods, beak and wings half-open in search for a little breeze to cool their bodies and lungs.

Herons, egrets and wagtails for the list at the Valley of the Guadalhorce and seagulls, shearwaters and more waders on passage at the mouth to complete a fantastic birding experience around The Route of 100 Birds.

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