John and Jenny Wainwright managed to spend an interesting morning down at the Guadalhorce, Malaga on Tuesday and, in addition to the selection of birds, managed to record a number of "creepy-crawlies" as per the following description and photographs.
11th June 2013
A very hot day but mercifully a nice breeze and after dropping our friends off at the airport we headed for the reserve. Only one car here today so plenty of room to park.
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| Little Bittern Isobrychus minutus (PHOTO: Jenny Wainwright) |
On the track our first sighting was a Moorhen followed by Zitting
Cisticola, Barn Swallows, House Martin and House Sparrow. We headed for
the "Sea Watch" area and en route stopped at Laguna de la Casilla; here we
saw two Little Bitterns, Common Swift, Mallards, White-headed Duck,
Reed and Sardinian Warblers, Common Coot, Black-winged Stilts,
Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Yellow-legged Gull, Bee-eaters, Crested Lark
and Monk Parakeets.
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| Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius (PHOTO: John Wainwright) |
At the Rio Viejo we found Little Ringed and Ringed Plovers, Little
Egrets - over a dozen of them, all being hassled at some time or other
by the Black-winged Stilts as their chicks were feeding in the shallows,
a Turtle Dove, Jackdaw, Cattle Egret and the lame Spoonbill.
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| Juvenile Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus (PHOTO: John Wainwright) |
As we headed towards the Sea-Watch we saw Avocets, Black-headed
Gulls, Sardinian Warbler, Collared Dove. A Short-toed Lark was put up as
a Common Kestrel swooped low over its resting place.
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| Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla (PHOTO: John Wainwright) |
The sea-watch area was deserted not even a gull was seen there, so we back tracked round to the Escondida hide.
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| Egyptian Grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium (PHOTO: John Wainwright) |
Here again very little to speak of although we did get good views of
a Ladybird Spider (Eresus cinnebarinus), Egyptian Grasshopper
(Anacridium aegyptium) and a Moorish Gecko (Tarentola mauritanica).
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| Grasshopper Acrida ungarica (PHOTO: John Wainwright) |
At the entrance to the Laguna Grande hide we saw the very handsome
Acrida ungarica (grasshopper with blade antenna) and from the hide
Little Ringed Plovers, two Gull-billed Terns, Wood Pigeon, Redshank and a
Yellow Wagtail (Iberiae).
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Ladybird Spider Eresus cinnebarinus (PHOTO: John Wainwright)
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