Bird watching around Archidona (Costa del Sol, Malaga, Andalucia, Southern Spain)
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We have had a very pleasant morning visiting Huertas del Rio, Hoz de Marin, Archidona Lakes and Hondonero Heights...
Photo: Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
Have a look at some more pictures and the complete list of 50 species observed below!
Some of the highlights of the day were the Azure-winged Magpie, Golden Eagle and the chase of a Goshawk by a brave male Sparrowhawk at the Hoz de Marin.
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Complete list of birds observed:
SPECIES | SCIENTIFIC NAME | |
1 | Azure-winged Magpie | Cyanopica cooki |
2 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
3 | Bee-eater | Merops apiaster |
4 | Blackbird | Turdus merula |
5 | Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla |
6 | Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius |
7 | Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus |
8 | Cetti’s Warbler | Cettia cetti |
9 | Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs |
10 | Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
11 | Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus |
12 | Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
13 | Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo |
14 | Common Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra |
15 | Coot | Fulica atra |
16 | Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris |
17 | Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin |
18 | Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos |
19 | Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis |
20 | Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis |
21 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
22 | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major |
23 | Great Tit | Parus major |
24 | Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
25 | Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis |
26 | Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
27 | House Martin | Delichon urbicum |
28 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
29 | Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
30 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
31 | Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
32 | Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus |
33 | Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
34 | Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca |
35 | Pochard | Aythya ferina |
36 | Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa |
37 | Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
38 | Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia |
39 | Rock Dove | Columba livia |
40 | Sardinian Warbler | Sylvia melanocephala |
41 | Serin | Serinus serinus |
42 | Short-toed Snake Eagle | Circaetus gallicus |
43 | Short-toed Treecreeper | Certhia brachydactyla |
44 | Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus |
45 | Spotless Starling | Sturnus unicolor |
46 | Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata |
47 | Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola |
48 | Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus |
49 | Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus |
50 | Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator |
Last modified onWednesday, 12 December 2018 13:42
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House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)
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Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica Cyanus) Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica Cyanus)
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Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius) Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
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Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
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Spanish Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa) Spanish Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa)
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Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
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